Course Code : ABF 212
Course Title : Principles of Crop Production
Weekly lecture and application hours of the course: 2 – 2
Course Description:The course is separated into 2 Sections:
a) Crop Science that deals with general cultivation and climatic aspects (climate and weather, water and air, soil properties, nutrition/fertilizers, cultivation techniques) for plant growth and
b) Three interrelated sub-sections, regarding general aspects of annual, vegetable and fruit crops.
Crop Science: Crop production and society, climate and weather, plant and soil
water, crop improvement and transgenic, agricultural production systems, crop rotation, organic crop production.
Annual and Vegetable Crops: Vegetables (introduction), types of vegetable and annual crop cultivation, propagation and seedlings, field preparation,
crop start-up.
Fruit crops: Pomology (introductory note), parts of fruit species, fruit bearing habit, pollination fertilization, pruning, ecology, propagation, orchard design, cultivation techniques, aqueous relations-Irrigation, mineral nutrition-fertilization, fruit growth and fruit thinning, harvesting, fruit ripening.
Textbooks and supplementary books:
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Principles of Crop Production 2th edition by George Acquaah ISBN:0131145568 ISBN13:9780131145566
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Principles of Crop Production: Theory, Techniques, and Technolog by George Acquaah ISBN-10: 0131145568 ISBN-13: 978-0131145566
Course Evaluation:
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Class Participation 10%,
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Mid-term Examination 30%,
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Assignments 10%,
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Final Examination 50%,
Attendance 95%compulsory