5. PLANTING MATERIALAcquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and

Practices. Chapter 10, 11, 18

6. PLANTING

AND CROPPING SYSTEMWillem, C. Beets. 1982. Multiple Cropping & Tropical Farming Systems. Chapter 4 – 7.

Mucuna bracteata

7. SHADING NET, GREEN HOUSE,

MULCHAcquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 6

Nelson, P.V. 1998. Greenhouse Operation and Management

8. MIDTERM TEST

MIDTERM TEST BASED ON MATERIAL

FROM THE LECTURES OF WEEK 1 – 7

AND THE TEXTBOOK

GROWTH STAGE OF MAIZE

5-9 DAS

(SEEDLING)12-55 DAS 71-112 DAS55-59 DAS

VEGETATIVE GROWTH FLOWERING and FERTIZATION

GRAIN FILLING and MATURITY

Kling, J.G, and Gregory, E. 1997. Morphology and Growth of maize.

GENERATIVE GROWTH

9. THE STRATEGY OF PLANT MANAGEMENT Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 5

10. WATER AND IRRIGATION

Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 23, 24

The yield of plants depends directly on the amount of plant food available.

Base your fertilizer quantity on the pre-plant soil test, leaf analysis and district experience

The main nutrient : Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg), Sulphur (S) & Fe, Mn, B, Mo, Cu, Zn, Cl

11. FERTILIZER

Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices Chapter 4 (4.4)

12. THE PLANT PROTECTIONAcquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and

Practices. Chapter 8 & 9

Management of Pest and Diseases

13. WEEDS

AND WEEDINGAcquaah, George. 2005.

Horticulture. Principles and

Practices. Chapter 9 (9.4), 23

14. Pruning and Defoliation Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and

Practices. Chapter 20

15. HARVEST AND POST HARVEST

Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 7

16. FINAL TEST

FINAL TEST BASED ON MATERIAL

FROM THE LECTURES OF WEEK 9 – 15

AND THE TEXTBOOK

III. COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Homework : weekly homework group student assigment are due every week. The assigment will evaluated by another group and the lectture with criterias : Group members, Presentation content, Delivery, Hand out, Pre/post test, Disscussion

Field practical : weekly field practical group student are due every week. The field practical will evaluated by field practical coord / lecttures

Quiz: quiz will be completed everytimes without prior warning

Midterm Test : based on material from the lectures of week 1 – 7 and the textbook

Final Test : based on material from the lectures of week 9 – 15 and the textbook

The exams will be doing an open book and closed book test

A make-up exam in week 17, available only to those who miss an exam for a good reason, such as a serious illeness or death in the family

If students are more than 20 % absent they will not be allowed/permitted to sit the final examination

There are 3 assesments to this course :

Class assesment : 60 %

(mid + final test + homework + quiz)Practical assesment : 30 %

Tutorial/assigment : 10 %

(weekly homework + etc)

Student who do not pass one of the assesment will get E grade which means not be able to pass this course

IV. GRADING POLICY

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION HANDS UP PLEASE

I hope you will enjoy this class Good luck