ROOT CROPS - Agronomy III

Study Root Crop farming Online - potatoes, carrots, sweet potato, taro, etc

Course Code: BAG310

Fee Code: S2

Duration (approx) Duration (approx) 100 hours

Qualification Statement of Attainment

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Within Australia
AUD $822.80inc GST

Outside Australia
AUD $848.00

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Delivery Method
   Online
   E-Learning (USB stick via post)
   Correspondence (Paper notes via post)

All prices in Australian Dollars.

Learn Root Crop Production

Lesson Structure

There are 10 lessons in this course:

Scope and Nature of Root Cropping and the Botany of Roots
- What are root vegetables?
- Human nutrition and root vegetables
- Botany of roots
Cultural Practices A: Soil Management, Crop Scheduling and Soil Water
- General guide to growing root vegetables
- Improving soils
- Sampling soils
- Cover crops
- Cultivation techniques
- Soil fertility and plant growth
- Plant nutrition
- Fertiliser
- Soil and water
Cultural Practices B: Weed control, Pest Management
- Weed and weed management
- Methods of weed control
- Pest and disease management
- Toxicity
- Diseases
- Common environmental problems
Potatoes
- Growing conditions
- Nutrient requirements
- Planting
- Care
- Watering
- Problems
- Harvest and post-harvest
Carrots and their Relatives
- Carrots
- Parsnips
- Bulb fennel
- Turnip rooted chervil
- Skirret
- Celeriac
Turnips and their Relatives
- Turnips
- Rutabaga (swede)
- Radish
- Horseradish
- Daikon
- Kohlrabi
Beets
- Growing conditions
- Nutrient requirements
- Planting
- Care
- Watering
- Problems
- Harvest and post-harvest
Taro, Yams and Sweet Potato
- Growing conditions
- Nutrient requirements
- Planting
- Care
- Watering
- Problems
- Harvest and post-harvest
Other Root Crops
- Salsify
- Scoronera
- Scolymus
- Mashua
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Potato bean
- Arrowroot
- Oca
- Dandelion
- Chinese artichoke
- Water chestnuts
- Yacon or jicama
- Root chicory
- Ullico
- American groundnut
Harvest and Post-Harvest Management
- Harvesting root vegetables
- Cooling methods
- Storage

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