Horticultural Production Physiology

Education facts

Code: BI1405

This is a course where you get the chance to go in depth when it comes to how plants are produced and how the results can be affected. What happens to the plant physiology when a growth factor is altered? Stress is central to all types of plant production. It is often important to be able to avoid stress and optimize growth - but it is almost as common to control the growth of the plant with the help of conscious stress through control/restriction of various growth factors. Regardless of which, it is important to understand what is happening in the plant, how this can be measured and evaluated and be able to weigh advantages and disadvantages when designing a cultivation system for a particular plant. All this is addressed in this course. The course is designed so that you can spend about half the time writing an in-depth work on a specific cultural plant that you are particularly interested in. The second half of the course is devoted in parallel to lectures, exercises and excursions that deepen and support the individual work. The course ends with a seminar where you will give a short lecture and present your crop - but above all get to learn about all your classmates´ in-depth work.

Entry requirements

Knowledge equivalent to 180 credits, including at least 60 credits in Natural Science or 60 credits in Social Science, and English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Horticultural Production Physiology

  Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

  Alnarp

  Start date: 25 March 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %