Horticultural Science unit (KLA610)

Introduction

The objective of the unit is to provide students with a detailed understanding of key physiological processes underlying horticultural crop production and post-harvest management practices that are designed to provide products desired by the market.The breadth of horticulture is considered including tree (fruit and nut) crops, viticulture and intensively produced vegetable production with some reference to industrial crops and amenity horticulture. The focus of the unit is on the physiology of plant growth regulation and the responses of plant regulatory systems to environmental and management factors. This will be explored through focus on the physiological principles and complementary laboratory studies, that lays the foundations for application through consideration of case studies, and multiple field trips to underpin understanding of past and current production practices and systems and enable insight into potential future systems. Students will be expected to provide advice on solutions for how to address problems associated with production.

Summary

Unit name	Horticultural Science
Unit code	KLA610
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Sciences and Engineering Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture
Discipline	Agriculture and Food Systems
Coordinator	Professor Dugald Close
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

• Explain how market forces impact on and inform production and post-harvest decisions
• Examine and consider physiological principles of plants to critically evaluate past and present and propose future production systems.
• Appraise and propose recommendations to address horticultural industry challenges and to communicate a preferred solution based on interrogation, synthesis and integration of literature relating to both theory and practice.
• Design, execute and interpret experiments that demonstrate key horticultural principles.

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Teaching

Assessment	Case Study (20%)|Report (20%)|In-class test (30%)|Take home essay - major assessment task (30%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.

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