An advanced,
specialized and compulsory course for master's students interested in studying
fruits. It contains a number of topics related to physiological processes
within fruit trees: water relations, water absorption and its relationship to
osmotic potential and water potential, metabolic processes: photosynthesis,
respiration, plant nutrition (fertilization) and its relationship to
physiological activity. The role of growth regulators and hormones in growth,
development and differentiation, photophysiology: the relationship of light and
temperature to flowering, the role of plant hormones in light responses such as
flowering, the relationship of phytochrome to flowering, the vital rhythm of
plants and internal growth factors
Successfully the student will be
able to:
1. Shows the cultivation areas of
apples, stone fruits, transport fruits, figs, pomegranates and berries in Libya
and their climatic and environmental needs.
2. Distinguish between the
varieties and origins of fallen fruit trees and their characteristics
3. Specifies the methods of
propagation, breeding and pruning, the dates of their implementation and their
effects on production
4. Distinguish between the effects
of different agricultural operations on production and ripening dates
5. Explains how
to establish orchards for the mentioned types of fruits
