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Applied Crop Production and Horticulture (AGRI20035)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Dookie)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Email: doring@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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Applied Crop Production and Management explores the science and technology of major Australian food crop production systems, to improve both yield and sustainability, with a particular focus on field crops, and annual and perennial horticulture crops. Topics covered will include the factors that influence yield such as plant genetic make-up, plant functioning, climatic zones, crop management practices including nutrient management, crop rotations, crop protection, and will also focus on measurement of crop yield. Consideration of the impact of climatic uncertainties and management practices will provide students with a sound understanding of the requirements of a profitable and sustainable cropping system, and the competencies needed to manage such a system. This subject will be delivered as combination of lectures, workshops and hands-on field and laboratory activities at the Dookie campus, and will capitalise on the proximity of Dookie to major cropping enterprises of the north central and Goulburn Valley regions.
Intended learning outcomes
The objectives of this subject are to extend the student's ability to:
- Identify the ecological principles underpinning crop production systems
- Understand how the processes of growth and development of plants interact with management operations in a crop production system
- Identify the role and place of selected crops in production systems
- Develop skills in predicting outcomes from particular management practices on economic and environmental benchmarks
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, the student should have developed the following generic skills:
- An ability to demonstrate a broad knowledge of fundamental scientific precepts across crop production systems
- An understanding of the structures of agriculture and related industries and the principal factors that determine location, environmental impact, sustainability, profitability and international trade competitiveness
- The capacity to apply scientific knowledge to the definition, analysis, and solution of agricultural and environmental problems
- A capacity for the exchange, acquisition and dissemination of scientific and industry information and for technology transfer
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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AGRI10048 | Plant Production Systems | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BIOL10004 | Biology of Cells and Organisms | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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AGRI20037 | Crop Production and Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AGRI30031 | Crop Production and Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- A small plant collection; collection, presentation and short description of approximately ten plants due towards the end of semester (20%)
- Practical Report (2000 words) due in approximately Week 10 (40%)
- 2-hour end-of-semester examination (40%)
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum 80% of scheduled workshops/practical classes
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Dorin Gupta Mode of delivery On Campus (Dookie) Contact hours 52 hours. 36 hours of lectures and 16 hours of practicals, workshops or field work Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018 Semester 2 contact information
Email: doring@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject is taught at the Dookie Campus.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Loomis, R. S., & Connor, D. J. (1992) Crop Ecology: Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems. Cambridge University Press.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Major Agricultural Economics Major Plant and Soil Science Major Production Animal Science - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022