Protected Plant Production

Protected Plant Production

Course info

This course is designed to teach you how to manage your plant production with less pest and disease problems. It will help you to develop a broad understanding of practices and processes involved in successful plant cropping in greenhouses or other protective structures, as well as give you a clear understanding of environmental control and plant growth, together with a practical knowledge of plant husbandry techniques.

What will you achieve from this course?

After completing Protected Plant Production you will have the knowledge necessary to evaluate environmental controls in protected cropping as well as have an understanding of the nature of solar radiation, water requirements, harvesting, marketing and more!

Lessons:

•     Structures for Protected Cropping
•     Environmental Control
•     Cladding Materials and their Properties
•     Irrigation
•     Nursery Nutrition
•     Relationship Between Production Techniques and Horticultural Practices
•     Horticultural Management in a Greenhouse: Pests And Diseases
•     Harvest and Post Harvest Technology
•     Greenhouse Plants
•     Risk Assessment

Course Delivery

This course is able to be completed either online or by correspondence.

Work Load  | Full time: 12hrs per week |  Part time: 6hrs per week |  Total Duration 100hrs

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