Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Understand the principles involved in the practice of field crop production;
2. Understand the production practices and importance of the major field crops of PNG and the world generally.
Principles involved in the production of field crops and vegetables; Land preparation, tillage, spacing, seeding rates and fertiliser requirement; Cropping systems: shifting cultivation, sole cropping, intercropping, crop rotation; General characteristics of the major groups of field crops (namely root/tuber crops, cereals, grain legumes, and vegetables); Specific coverage of each of the major crops in each group, with particular emphasis on botany, ecology, cultivation, crop protection, harvesting, storage, marketing and economic importance of each crop; Integrated crop and animal production systems.
Martin, J. H., Leonard, W. H., Stamp, D. L., Waldren, R. P., Principles of Field Crop Production, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, USA, 2005.
Bourke, R. M., Harwood, T., Food and agriculture in Papua New Guinea, ANU E Press, Canberra, Australia, 2009.
De Datta, S. K., Principles and practices of rice production, John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA, 1981.
Yoshida, S., Fundamentals of rice crop science, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines, 1981.
Continuous assessment 40%
Written examination 60%
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