| CODE | AGR2551 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Horticultural Crops | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Rural Sciences and Food Systems | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Objectives: To teach the principles of vegetable production with particular reference to those crops which are grown in greenhouses. Contents: Development of protected cropping in the Maltese islands; various types of greenhouses and greenhouse cultivation of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, melons and aubergines. Reading List: - Macmahon, An Introduction to Greenhouse Production. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Larry Shoemake |
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