Horticulture

Biology

The development of the theoretical component is carried out using the expository method and presentation of specific materials, using participatory exhibition strategies and practical examples, as well as occasional passages of videos, slideshows and documentaries, as a complement to the information on the topics in question ; The organization of seminars with guest speakers and study visits is also worth considering. The preparation of field work, using the techniques discussed, involving observation and discussion of the class, is part of the practice of UC, forcing the student to structure and apply the knowledge acquired in situations with their respective applicability.

1. Understand the concept and importance of Horticulture; 2. Identify the main horticultural families and species and understand their cultural requirements; 3. Plan, install and maintain a vegetable garden; 4. Possess relevant knowledge of horticultural technology; 5. Perform horticultural tasks

1. Concept of Horticulture and its importance; 2. Planning and Installation of a vegetable garden; rules and principles to be established: shifting, rotations, consociations, intercropping and staggering; 3. Knowledge of horticultural technology and cultural operations: sowing, transplanting, pricking out, watering, thinning and weeding; 4. Special care in horticulture: grafting, pruning, topping, capping and castration, tutoring, bleaching and etching; 5. Knowledge of horticultural technology with regard to: greenhouses, tunnels, nurseries and substrates; 6. The “greenhouse effect” and the “temperature inversion”; methods, techniques, systems and materials used in “forcing, semi-forcing and ground cover”; 7. Environmental conditioning and soil disinfection; 8. Cultural requirements and operations of the main families and horticultural species and identification of seeds;

• - Módulo 2 avalia os resultados de aprendizagem referentes às competências 4 e 5. Teste escrito - 50.0%
• - Módulo 1 avalia os resultados de aprendizagem referentes às competências 1, 2 e 3. Teste escrito - 50.0%

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SEMEDO, C.M. Bugalho (1988). A Intensificação da Produção Hortícola – O meio ambiente, a preparação de plantas e a protecção das culturas. 4ª ed., Publicações Europa- América, Port., 187 p.