HO3203 : Arboriculture

Department

Department of Gardening

Academic Program

Bachelor in Horticulture

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

HO1004

Overview

This course is from the essential requirements for the floriculture courses. It includes many contents: Definition of woody plants/trees - their division - the agricultural operations that are conducted for them / the anatomical structure of trees/ Trees and environmental conditions/ Shrubs - types - selection – services/ Methods of propagation and cultivation/ Transplantation of tree plants, its method, the best time for it, and the materials used for that/ Air pollution and its relationship to trees/ Fertilizing shrub plants/pruning/feeding/ Soil change around trees and the damage they cause/ Windbreaks and protective belts and their ties to combating desertification/ Nurseries / agricultural environments/ Wood producing plants / Breeding and development of woody trees.

Intended learning outcomes

By succeeding in the course, the student will able to:

Distinguish between the different types of woody plants and the factors that determine their spread.

2- Explain the methods of propagation and cultivation

3- Distinguish their uses in stabilizing sand dunes and controlling erosion and their role as windbreakers and in making protective belts.

4- Explains the methods of establishing nurseries, their types and success factors

5- Distinguish how to establish forests, take care of them, and organize wood cutting

Teaching and learning methods

1. . 1. Theoretical lectures based on good diction and the use of the fat-blasting method.
2. 2. Discussion and expressing opinions about the scientific material.
3. 3. Presentation of visual materials (scientific videos recorded from well-known scientific sites).
4. 4. Making field visits to the college farm.

Methods of assessments

evaluation number	Evaluation methods	Evaluation period	evaluation weight	percentage
First evaluation	First midterm exam	One hour	20	20%
Second evaluation	Second midterm exam	One hour	20	20 %
Third evaluation	practical exam	One hour	10	10%
Fourth evaluation	Discuss reports	-	10	10%
Fifth evaluation	final exam	2 hours	40	40 %
The total			100	100%

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)