Lecturers

Prof. Stefaan Werbrouck

THEORY:

•  Crop science: Overview of main crops: scientific name, botanical features, specific physiology, culture, plant diseases and end products 

• Propagation: generative propagation techniques (seed morphology, physiology and technology). and vegetative propagation (cutting and grafting) 

• Plant chimeras: Types, origin, possibilities, problems 

• Vegetables: introduction 

• Trees: recognizing and naming

EXERCICES:

Sowing, cutting, grafting of ornamentals and vegetables, observation of growth and development in fytotron.

EXCURSION:

Modern companies specialised in sowing, cutting or grafting

FINAL COMPETENCES:

• 1  KNOWLEDGE & INSIGHT: To define horticultural terminology 

• 2  KNOWLEDGE & INSIGHT: To use a correct scientific plant nomenclature 

• 3  KNOWLEDGE & INSIGHT: To evaluate pro en contras of generative and vegetative multiplication 

• 4  KNOWLEDGE & INSIGHT: To recognize vegetables and to discuss basic features and culture 

• 5  KNOWLEDGE & INSIGHT: To recognize and name trees 

• 6  KNOWLEDGE & INSIGHT: to have insight in plant chimeras 

• 7  SKILLS: To be able to sow, propagate by cuttings and graft plants

• 8  SKILLS: To critically evaluate classical propagation techniques