I.  INTRODUCTION

A. Overview of fruit and plantation crop production in Zimbabwe.  Nutritional value of fruits, factors
     affecting choice of fruits  to grow - climate, soils, water and altitude.
B. Orchard design and establishment: preparation of terrain, soils and water conservation, erosion
     preventive and control measures, windbreaks and planting systems.
 

II. TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUITS

A. Overview of the tropical and subtropical climates as they relate to fruit production.
B. Specific crops: All the following fruit and plantation crops will be studied considering they economic
     importance, botany, propagation, development and physiology, agronomy, pests, diseases and
     marketing.

    B1. CITRUS

•         Sweet orange (Citrus siriensis)
•         Lemon (C. limon)
•         Lime (C. aurantifolia)
•         Grapefruit (C.  paradisi)
•         mandarin (C. reticulata)

    B2. AVOCADO (Persea americana)

    B3. BANANA (Musa cavendishii)

    B4. CASHEW NUT (Anarcadium occidentale)

    B5. GUAVA (Psidium guajava)

    B6. MACADAMIA NUT (Macadamia integrifolia)

    B7. MANGO (Mangifera indica)

    B8. PAPAYA (Papaya carica)

    B9. PINEAPPLE (Bananas comosus)

    B10. PASSION FRUIT (Passiflora spp.)

    B11. LITCHI (Litchi chinensis)

III.  PLANTATION CROPS

A. COFFEE (Coffea arabica)
                   (Coffea canephora)

B. TEA (Camellia sinensis)

IV.  DECIDUOUS FRUITS
Introduction: dormancy and rest requirements, pruining techniques and tree training forms.

A. Stone fruits

•     peaches and nectarines (Prunus spp)
•     plums (P. domestics)
•     apricots (P. armenica)

•     apple (Malus domestica)
•     Pear (Pyrus communis).

V.  OTHER FRUITS

• Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa)

    Irrigation systems, scheduling and management.

VII.  FERTILIZATION

    Diagnosis of deficiencies, methods of fertilizer application and management.

VIII. FRUIT PRODUCTION IN THE SMALLHOLDER SECTOR VERSUS THE
        COMMERCIAL SECTOR

IX.   INDEGENOUS PRUITS OF ZIMBABWE