Stockbridge Sch of Agriculture 315 - Greenhouse Management

Fall
2017
01
4.00
Douglas Cox
M W F 10:10AM 11:00AM
UMass Amherst
36674
With lab. Introduction to the greenhouse environment and the technology used in production of greenhouse crops. Greenhouse experiments in crop production; exercises on greenhouse structures, heating and cooling, growing media, crop nutrition, photoperiod control and lighting, and crop scheduling; field trip to local greenhouses. Prerequisite: BIOLOGY 103 or equivalent.
Open to AS-HORTI, AS-FRVEG, BS-SUSTFD, BS-SUSTHRT & PLSOILIN majors only. Students must have taken or be concurrently enrolled in STOCKSCH 108 (formerly PLSOILIN 102).

Students in programs other than -HORTI, AS-FRVEG, BS-SUSTFFD, BS-SUSTHRT, or PLNTSOIL may seek permission of instructor to enroll.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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