HO2603 : Deciduous fruit tree

Department

Department of Gardening

Academic Program

Bachelor in Horticulture

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

HO1004

Overview

A compulsory course in the Department of Horticulture, and it studies a number of topics: important facts about deciduous fruits, the economic and nutritional importance of different fruit trees, botanical and horticultural division, the study of apples (apples, quince pears), the study of stone fruits (peaches, nectarines) A study of apricots and plums, a study of almonds, calculating thermal units and cold hours, a study of fig trees, a study of pomegranate, pecan and pistachio trees, a general review of all deciduous fruit trees

Intended learning outcomes

Successfully completing the course, the student will be able to:

1. Learn about the historical development, economic and nutritional importance, botanical and horticultural division of all types of deciduous fruit trees

2. Determines the appropriate environmental conditions and methods of propagating fallen fruit trees and producing seedlings with scientific and technical specifications for the success of growing fallen fruit.

3. Explain the methods of planting deciduous fruit trees and improving the quality of the crop.

4. Know the methods of pruning deciduous fruit trees used for each type of deciduous fruit trees to obtain the required results

5. Supervising fruit farms and providing various agricultural operations. Pruning, watering, fertilizing, disease prevention.

Teaching and learning methods

1. Lectures

2. Discussion and expressing opinions about the scientific material

3. Presentation of visual materials (scientific videos recorded by prestigious universities and the World Wide Web).

4. View websites and programs on the network

5. Presentation of available laboratory capabilities and their uses

Methods of assessments

comments	percentage	Evaluation date (week)	evaluation methods	No
	20%	after the fifth week	first midterm exam	1
	20%	after the tenth week	Second midterm exam	2
	10%	after the twelfth week	Practical exam	3
	10%	after the twelfth week	Report	4
	40%	after the twelfth week	final exam	5
100%			total

Agricultural Economics (AE1503)
Agricultural Extension (AE3682)
ZOOLOGY (ZO1014)
(MA1113)
Botany (BO1014)
(SW3043)
(BO1024)
principles of horticulture (HO1004)
Principles of Breeding horticulture crops (HO3804)
Diseases of horticultural crops (PP3313)
Plant propagation (HO3853)
Apiculture (PP3353)
Vegetable cultivars (HO3403)
Landscape Design (HO3213)
Vegetable crops production (HO2403)
Floriculture (HO2203)
General Microbiology (Practical) (SW1001)
(SW1003)
Deciduous fruit tree 2 (HO3603)
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (HO3233)
(AP1001)
(AP1003)
Under Cover Vegetable Production (HO2413)
(SW1014)
Plant tissue culture (HO2304)
Vegetable seed Production (HO3412)
Arboriculture (HO3203)
Molecular Biology (HO230)
Deciduous fruit tree (HO2603)
Special problem (HO3992)
Postharvest physiology (HO3814)
Evergreen fruit production (HO2614)