CR320   FLORICULTURE, POST HARVEST PHYSIOLOGY AND PROCESSING

I.  Introduction to ornamental horticulture

                                                                                                                                         Lectures: 1
II.  Floriculture
        A. Greenhouse flowers
        B. Field flowers
        C. Shade flowers
        D. Indoor/pot plants
                                                                                                                                       Lectures: 20
                                                                                                                                       Practicals:6
III.  Stone fruit production in Zimbabwe
        cultivates, rootstocks, propagation, site selection, land
        preparation, spacing, training, fertilizer and irrigation application,
        thinning, pruning, harvesting, storage, pests and diseases.
Lectures: 3                                                                                                                                        Practicals:1
IV.  Postharvest handling and storage of horticultural commodities
        overview of postharvest biology and technology, maturation and
        maturity indices, harvesting systems, preparation for fresh market, cooling,
        storage systems, ethylene, postharvest diseases, postharvest treatments for
        insect control, transportation of fresh market commodities, handling at
        destination markets, quality factors, postharvest handling systems for different
        horticultural crops.
Lectures: 10
Practicals:4


V.  Processing of fruits and vegetables
        crop utilization (reasons for processing, types of processing), raw material
        quality (quality factors and factors influencing, e.g. color, sugar, flavor, cultivar),
        factory layout (requirements, etc.), dehydration (types: liquid ? osmosis, gas ?
        evaporation, solid ? sublimation- freeze drying; factors influencing), juice
        extraction, packaging (containers, aseptic packaging, types and characteristics),
        waste disposal (solid waste, liquid waste).

Lectures: 4
Practicals:2
VI.  Marketing of horticultural commodities

        A. Domestic markets
        B. Foreign markets

Lectures: 2

TOTAL LECTURES:      39
TOTAL PRACTICALS:      13

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