HORT 321- Olericulture Lab

 

 

 

*   Tenative_Lab_Schedule

*   Materials_on_Reserve

*   Laboratory_Exercises/Demonstrations

*   Lab_Notebooks

*   HORT 320 Home Page

*   Dr. Hiller's Home Page

 

Tenative Lab Schedule

 Lab meets Tues 2:10 - 5 pm / JSN 24

 

Lab

Date

Activity

1

Aug 29

Introduction and organization.  Seed identification.  Introduce garden project.  Discuss field trip.

2

Sept 5

Seed/seedling identification.  Classification.  Seed ID quiz #1.  Germination study.  Discuss garden project.  Transplant fruit set.

3

Sept 12

Hort Farm tour -- square foot gardening, transplanting.  Plan garden project.

4

Sept 19

Seed/seedling identification/quiz #2.  Final garden plans.  Spacing study.

5

Sept

25-26

Field Trip. 

6

Oct 3

Seed/seedling/classification test #3.  Terminate "warm" germination.  Finish planting garden project.  Thin spacing.  Start fruit set. 

7

Oct 10

Photoperiod.  Terminate "cool" germination.  Thin spacing.

8

Oct 17

Herbicide study.  Terminate “cold” germination.      

9

Oct 24

Root regeneration/CHO status.  Nutrient studies. 

10

Oct 31

Evaluate root regeneration.  Spray herbicide PostE.

11

Nov 7

Sex expression.  Harvest spacing study.

12

Nov 14

Terminate herbicide.

13

Nov

20-24

THANKSGIVING BREAK

 

Nov 28

Senescence.

14

Dec 5

Potato quality.  Review.  Group reports.

15

Dec 12

Terminate & discuss: garden project, photoperiod, nutrient, fruit set & senescence studies.  Group reports.  Hand in notebooks.  Course evaluations.  Final exam.

 

Other Activities (as time and interest permit)

** Tropical Vegetables

** "Field Trip"  -- greenhouses, growth chambers, growth rooms, etc.

** Plant Introduction

** Greenhouse Vegetable Production

 

 

 

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Materials on Reserve

(Ag Sci Library:  2-hour reserve)  Johnson Hall 137B  335-344

 

Call #

Title

Author

pc

Vegetable Seed Plates -- plate 1-6

Hiller

pc

Vegetable Seed Bottles (set #1)

Hiller

pc

Park's Success With Seeds

Park Seed Co.

 

 

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Laboratory Exercises/Demonstrations

 

Groupz

 

 

 

 

1.  Introduction.

 

 

2.  Seed Identification.

 

 

3.  Seedling Identification & Classification.

 

 

4.  Class Garden Project.

1

z

5.  Germination.

3

z

6.  Spacing.

1

**z

7.  Nutrient Deficiencies, Toxicities, Antagonisms.

2

z

8.  Photoperiod.

4

z

9.  Root Regeneration & CHO/N Status.

4

**z

10.  Herbicide.

3

**z

11.  Sex Expression (Growth Regulators).

2

**z

12.  Senescence.

 

 

13.  Pollen Germination.

 

 

14.  Potato Quality.

 

 

15.  Tomato Fruit Set.

 

**= Labs that require more time & effort.

Z= Labs in which students can collect data, summarize, report and discuss.

 

Group 1 =

Group 2 =

Group 3 =

Group 4 =

 

 

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Lab Notebooks

 

A.     Divistions/Tabs:

 

1.      Labs in Progress

2.      New & Completed Labs

3.      Garden Project

4.      Field Trip

5.      Seed ID

6.      Seedling ID & Classification

7.      Germination

8.      Spacing

9.      Nutrients

10.  Photoperiod

11.  Root Regeneration/CHO

12.  Herbicides

13.  Sex Expression

14.  Fruit Set/Parthenocarpy

15.  Senescence

16.  Pollen Germination

17.  Potato Quality

18.  Quizzes/Exams

 

B.      Evaluation/Grading:

 

1.      20 points = Handed in!

2.      4 points = Neat & organized (with dividers).

3.      10 points = Notes, observations, reports, etc. on 5 or more labs.

4.      10 points = Notes, observations, reports, etc. on 10 or more labs.

5.      6 points = Conclusions & summaries on labs.

6.      50 points = Total.

 

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Last revised: 8-16-00 ES