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Syllabus for:
PLSS 437 Vegetable Production
Fall 2003
Instructor: Dr.
Alan Walters - Assistant Professor of Horticultural Science
109 Public Policy Institute
Office - 453-3446 Secretary - 453-2496
Office hours: Monday 9-12, Wednesday 9-12 (or by
appointment)
Class: Lecture - Ag.
170; 8:00 A.M. – 8:50 A.M. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Lab – Ag. 170; 4:00 – 5:50 P.M. Tuesday
Course Objectives:
PLSS 437. 4 hours. Vegetable Production.
1.
Understand commercial culture, harvesting,
and marketing of vegetables.
2.
Apply the principles of sustainable
agriculture to vegetable soil management, cover crops, and IPM for insects,
diseases, and weeds of vegetables.
3.
Acquire familiarity with commonly grown
vegetables in southern Illinois, Illinois, midwestern U.S., and the U.S., as
well as understand relationships among
vegetables.
Prerequisites: PLSS
220
Attendance: Without regular, punctual
attendance, you should not expect a good grade in this course. Attendance
will be recorded. If your grade is borderline, attendance will determine if
you receive a higher letter grade. If attendance is regular and punctual, I
feel that the student has an interest in learning and understanding the
material presented. This indicates to me that the student has a willingness
to learn and should be rewarded if a borderline grade is obtained.
Text:
Producing Vegetable Crops, Swiader/Ware/McCollum, 4th Edition,
1992, Interstate Publishers.
Midwest Vegetable Production Guide 2003 For
Commercial Growers, University of Illinois Extension Bulletin C1361.
Course Requirements and
Grading:
Your grade will be determined based on the following:
3 exams (150 points each)
- 450 points
Quizzes (4@25 points each)
- 100 points
Comprehensive
Final - 200 points
Paper Summaries (2 @ 25 points) -
50 points
Laboratory Reports (10 @ 20 points) - 200
points
Total -1000 points
A
= 900-1000, B = 800-899, C = 700-799, D = 600-699, F = below 600
There will be 5
Unannounced Quizzes on Fridays during the course of the semester and the
lowest score of the five will be dropped. Two paper summaries are required
on a topic of vegetable production from journals such as the American
Vegetable Grower, HortScience, HortTechnology, etc. For each summary (which
should be 1 page), include an overview of the paper (list author, title,
journal, and why you chose the paper), importance of paper to growers, how
does it affect vegetable production today and the future, and your opinion
on topic discussed. First paper due: October 10, and second paper due:
November 14.
The academic
honesty policy will follow the Student Conduct Code, section II, article A.
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Laboratory and Field
Trips:
Labs and field trips cannot be made up and all students are
expected to attend. Three trips will be on Saturday. Several of our field
trips require traveling considerable distances. These are valuable
experiences to learn more about vegetable production. However, several will
require extra time than what is allotted for lab. For all labs and field
trips wear clothes and shoes that you wouldn’t mind getting dirty. Shoes
should offer protection (i.e., no sandals). Laboratory reports need to be
1-2 pages in length describing and interpreting the major points of the
laboratory. The $10 lab fee covers transportation costs of field trips.
Class Schedule:
Introduction, Vegetable Statistics
August 18
Conventional Field Prod./Intro. To Vegetables
August 20
Sustainable Vegetable
Production August 22
Organic Vegetable
Production August 25
Organic Vegetable
Production August 27
Sustainable Vegetable Production-Video August 29
Labor
Day-Holiday September 1
Greenhouse Vegetable Production
September 3
Greenhouse Vegetable Production
September 5
Sweetcorn
September 8
Lettuce
September 9
Cucurbitaceae
Vegetables September 12
Cucurbitaceae
Vegetables September 15
Cucurbitaceae
Vegetables September 17
EXAM
1
September 19
Solanaceous
Vegetables September 22
Solanaceous
Vegetables September 24
Solanaceous
Vegetables September 26
Brassicaceae
Vegetables September 29
Brassicaceae
Vegetables October 1
Onion,
Garlic October
3
Asparagus October
6
Snap Beans,
Peas October 8
Sweetpotato
October 10 (1st paper due)
EXAM
2 October
13
Heirloom
Vegetables October 15
Miscellaneous
Vegetables October 17
Miscellaneous
Vegetables October 20
Miscellaneous
Vegetables October 22
Vegetable Soils and
Fertilization October 24
Vegetable Soils and
Fertilization October 27
Vegetable
Irrigation October
29
Fertilization
Video October 31
IPM
Video
November 3
Vegetable IPM
November 5
Vegetable IPM
Video November
7
Vegetable
Insects November 10
Vegetable
Diseases November
12
Vegetable Diseases
November 14 (2nd paper due)
EXAM
3
November 17
Vegetable
Weeds November 19
Vegetable
Weeds November 21
Thanksgiving
Break November 24
Thanksgiving
Break November 26
Thanksgiving
Break November 28
Harvesting, Cooling, Storage of Vegetables
December 1
Vegetable
Marketing December 3
Summary
December 5
FINAL EXAM Mon., Dec 8 7:50-9:50a.m.
PLSS 437
Vegetable Crop Production
Lab – Ag. 170; 4:00 – 5:50 P.M. Tuesday
Laboratory Schedule:
Introduction to
Vegetables
August 19
Vegetable Tour-Brumleve
Farm August 26
Organic
Vegetables
September 2
Carbondale Farmers Market
(Saturday) September 6
Vegetable Research Tour-HRC
Farm September 9
Ranges Farms (Saturday)-(count
as 2 labs) September 13
Home Vegetable Gardening (J. Preece)
September 16
Scates Farm + Schwartz Farm(Saturday)-(count as 3 labs)
September 20
Vegetable Diseases and Insects-HRC
September 23
Cucurbits/Solanaceous/Brassicaceae Vegetables-HRC
September 30
Weed Lab-HRC
October 7
Season Extension Techniques for Vegetables-HRC
October 14
No
Lab
October 21
No
Lab
October 28
No
Lab
November 4
No
Lab
November 11
No
Lab
November 18
No Lab-Thanksgiving
Break November
25
Vegetable Pot-Luck
Dinner
December 2
For lab reports:
One to two page reports describing the major points discussed in lab (i.e.,
vegetables grown?, how many acres?, spray schedules?, fertilization?,
labor?, marketing?). Example Report. Lab reports are due the Monday in
Lecture following the previous Tuesday’s lab. This gives you almost a week
to write it up. For Saturday Labs, the lab write up is not due until a week
from the following Monday’s class period; this gives you over a week to
write it up.
There are 15 labs, but
only 10 lab reports are due. So, 5 labs can be missed without penalty since
there is a total of 15 labs that can be written up. But the 5 extra labs
can be written up for extra credit.
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