Students study modern practices for greenhouse crops

PLSOILIN 321: Environmental Physiology and Biology of Fall Greenhouse Crops is the first of the two-semester course focuses on modern concept and practices that are used to control growth and flowering of ornamental crops. Topics include chemical and non-chemical methods for controlling plant height, photoperiod manipulation of flowering, use of CO2 enrichment to enhance growth, scheduling crops for specific marketing dates, concepts of base temperature and the effects of greenhouse temperatures on crop growth, calculating production cost, and detail discussion of the production of some important floricultural crops. The lab component provide the students a true hands-on learning experience of the production of high quality flowering plants. Professor: Susan Han.