0 or 3 credits
Spring 2025 Lecture Laboratory Upper Division
This course will offer students foundational information on the principles of planning, organizing, and managing greenhouse operations for bedding plant production. Students will learn about current cultural practices and challenges faced by the industry, as well as how environmental factors are monitored and controlled in production facilities. Hands-on activities will focus on integrated crop management practices for commercial greenhouse production. Case studies and discussions of relevant literature will help prepare students for positions in the green industry.
Learning Outcomes1Demonstrate basic technical knowledge of the operations performed in a commercial greenhouse facility.
2Explain methods of monitoring and manipulating environment factors (e.g., light temperature) and cultural practices (e.g., fertilizer composition and rate, container size, substrate type) to help maximize plant quality and minimize production costs.
3Demonstrate skills required for bedding plant management in production.
4Describe the various production technologies used by the greenhouse industry.
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