Fruit and Vegetable Science and Technology

After successfully completing this course, you’ll be able to:

• Describe the highest-level differences among the fruit and nut crops and vegetables covered in the course
• Recognise and appropriately use the general language of pomology and olericulture
• Discuss and defend or critique the horticultural, physiological, and economic principles upon which management decisions in orchards are made
• Apply knowledge gained from lectures in the laboratory portion of the course
• Demonstrate familiarity with common tools of orchard and vegetable management
• Define the issues facing growers, compile the information and design solutions or improvements from the principles of culture, management, and physiology of tree fruit and nut crops presented in the course.