HO4413 : Advanced vegetable seed production

Department

Department of Gardening

Academic Program

Master in Horticulture

Type

University requirement

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Overview

An advanced, specialized and compulsory course for master’s students interested in studying vegetables. It contains a number of subjects: the basics of seed production and knowledge of some terms used in seed production, agricultural processes for seed production, seed harvesting, extraction and circulation, methods of selecting and approving seeds, and finally: methods of producing seeds of some crops Vegetables: peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, eggplant, cucumbers, onions, carrots.

Intended learning outcomes

Successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

1. Explain the differences between the seeds of vegetable crops

2. It proposes the steps involved in the production of seeds of various vegetable crops that are traded locally

3. Distinguish between the characteristics of good seeds and methods of verification based on genetic concepts to improve seed production programs, seed maturity stages and harvesting methods.

4. Explain the relationship of environmental conditions affecting plants with regard to seed production

5. Distinguish between methods of dealing with seeds and methods of storing them

Teaching and learning methods

1. Theoretical lectures

2. Writing scientific reports

3. Reviewing the results of different scientific experiments

Methods of assessments

Evaluation methods

evaluation date

First midterm exam

after the fifth week

Second midterm exam

after the tenth week

Scientific activities (e.g. writing a report or giving a presentation)

during the semester

Theoretical final exam

after the fifteenth week