Fall Semester 2021 Catalog

HORT 1250 PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROPAGATION

Credits

4

This course provides instruction and hands-on experience in crop production with emphasis on the production of seasonal crops for the local areas and managerial skills involved with crop production. The technical principles of plant propagation focusing on hands-on application are introduced. Topics include cultural controls for propagation and production, insects and diseases, production and scheduling, methods of propagation (seed germination, rooting cuttings, layering, grafting,and budding, tissue culture),and propagation facilities construction.

Lecture Hours

37.5

Lab Hours

52.5

Prerequisite

HORT 1030 or HORT 1050

Corequisite

None