Advanced Greenhouse Crop Production - AGC4801 |
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| Post Graduate Diploma | Year module | NQF level: 8 | Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English | Module presented online | ||
| Pre-requisite: GRC4701 | |||
| Purpose: Students studying this module focus on the following specialized techniques and applications for ornamental plant production in specialized plant production facilities: greenhouse forcing techniques to modify plant growth and optimise quality plant production in a greenhouse; hydroponic plant production; tissue culture and micropropagation; plant breeding and selection techniques; genetic engineering; post-harvest techniques to improve vase life of cut flowers; green powered greenhouses and; specialized/state of the art greenhouse environment information management systems ("environmental computer"). | |||