A compulsory course in the Department of Horticulture, and it studies a
number of topics: citrus trees - origin and spread - scientific division -
species and varieties, propagation - origins - their effect on grafts -
grafting methods - collecting and preserving shoots - nurseries and seedlings -
transferring seedlings - distances in the field - intensive cultivation
Planting trees in the field - breeding and pruning. Flowering and fruit growth
- ripening factors - dates - methods of collection and marketing, fertilization
- quantities of fertilizers and dates of their addition, irrigation-Irrigation
effect - Citrus irrigation systems - Irrigation amounts, palm trees -
Establishment and spread - Scientific division - Varieties, Palm cultivation in
Libya - Climatic factors - Seed propagation, Vegetative propagation - Methods
of separating offshoots - Cultivation of offshoots in permanent place,
flowering and pollination methods - Growth Fruits - irrigation – fertilization.
Successful completion
of the course, the student will be able to:
Explains the basics of
cultivation of citrus, olives, palm trees and some other sustainable fruit
trees such as loquat fruit , guava
and mango.
2. Determine the
environmental factors suitable for planting and producing these trees
3. Distinguish between
the agricultural operations required for citrus, olives, palm trees and other
fruits and supervising fruit orchards
4. Explains the
different methods of planting, breeding, pruning and propagation of these trees
5. Distinguish between factors and dates of fruit ripening and
harvesting
