HORT30190 Food Production: Fruit and Post Harvest Physiology

Academic Year 2021/2022

The lectures cover: Top fruit and soft fruit, apple orchard site requirements, nutritional status, pest and disease management. Postharvest practices cover handling, packaging, transportation and storage of produce. Postharvest physiology covers the need for pre-cooling to remove field heat, refrigeration, controlled atmosphere storage, ethylene inhibition and physiological disorders. Practical sessions include identification of fruit species, pressure and bruising tolerance of fruits, starch content, sugar content, and fruit juice extraction.
There will be continuous assessment at unspecified intervals throughout the duration of the trimester.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Students will learn:
The physiological background to growing and storing commercial fruit crops;
How root growth, shoot growth, flowering and fruiting are controlled and interact with each other;
Management techniques that allow manipulation of plant physiology (in controlled atmospheres and hypobaric storage);
Manipulation and control of storage atmospheres;
Practical management skills;
Measurement of quality parameters in fruits;
Application of EU quality standards.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Practical

24
Field Trip/External Visits

6
Autonomous Student Learning

70
Total

124
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Includes self assessment 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

None

Learning Exclusions:

None

Learning Recommendations:

None


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Journal: Reflective learning journal Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

10
Continuous Assessment: Group Project Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

40
Examination: Terminal Examination 1 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded Yes

50

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer Yes - 1 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Dr Tony Twamley Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr David Brogan Tutor