A compulsory course in the Department of Horticulture, and it studies a
number of topics: the economic importance of the grape tree, the nutritional
importance of the fruits of the grape tree, grape-growing regions and the most
important countries in production, botanical and horticultural division,
suitable environmental conditions for grape cultivation, calculating thermal
units and cold hours, water and its properties and irrigation methods The
different types of soil (preparation and preparation) for grape cultivation,
description of the grape tree, its propagation, pruning, grafting and
establishing orchards, different breeding methods and fortifying grapes.
Successful completion
of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Shows the stages of
development, economic and nutritional importance, botanical and horticultural
division, and grape-growing regions in the world
2. Determine the
methods of grape propagation and seedling production according to scientific
specifications and environmental conditions suitable for the success of grape
cultivation.
3. Explains the
methods of growing grapes and improving the quality of the crop over large
areas, and the methods of installing and implementing all types of support for
grapes.
4. Distinguish between
the breeding and pruning methods used for grapes to obtain the required
results.
5. Supervising grape farms and providing various agricultural
operations. Pruning, watering, fertilizing, disease prevention
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