Module Details

Module Code: AGRI6019
Title: Nursery Stock Production
Long Title: Nursery Stock Production
NFQ Level: Fundamental
Valid From: Semester 1 - 2016/17 ( September 2016 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 5
Field of Study: 6210 - Agriculture
Module Delivered in: 1 programme(s)
Module Description: This module is an introduction to the production of plants for the landscape and retail amenity sector. It will give a grounding to students wishing to pursue a career in nursery stock production and management.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Describe the facilities and equipment used in Nursery Stock Production
LO2 Discuss how to produce bedding plants for sale
LO3 Describe how to cultivate hardy plants in a nursery
LO4 Discuss the cultivation of indoor plants
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
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Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Requirements

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
No requirements listed
 
Indicative Content
Facilities & Equipment
Overhead, flooded bench and capillary bed irrigation systems, shelter, rootballing & containerisation, seed & cutting trays, covered structures, mechanised plant handling, plant labelling and dispatch.
Production of Bedding Plants
Bedding plants production techniques, hardening off, nutrition, basic pest disease and weed control.
Plant Management
Nutrition and irrigation, spacing, trimmimg, potting-on, composts, pest weed and disease control. Arboriculture and woody plant cultivation.
Indoor Plants
Domestic and commercial indoor plants, temperature, media, nutrient, irrigation, light and relative humidity special requirements of indoor plants.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework40.00%
End of Module Formal Examination60.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Short Answer Questions % of Total Mark 20
Timing Week 6 Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
Assessment Description
Protected bedding plant production
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 20
Timing Week 10 Learning Outcomes 1,3
Assessment Description
Create a production program for a Hardy Nursery Crop
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 60
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4
Assessment Description
End-of-Semester Final Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Lecture Every Week 4.00 4
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Study Course Material Every Week 3.00 3
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 4.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Investigation of literature Every Week 5.00 5
Lecture Contact Lecture Every Week 1.00 1
Lab Contact Student undertakes nurserystock activities or visits Every Month 1.00 4
Total Hours 10.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Julie P. Newman. (2014), Container Nursery Production and Business Management Manual, University of California ANR, California, USA, p.345, [ISBN: 1601078420].
  • D. G. Hessayon. (2016), The New Tree & Shrub Expert, Transworld Publishers Ltd, p.128, [ISBN: 9781909663039].
  • John Mason. (2004), Nursery management, Landlinks Press, Collingwood, Vic., p.320, [ISBN: 064309024X].
  • D.G. Hessayon. (2005), The House Plant Expert, 2nd. Expert, UK, p.128, [ISBN: 0903505614].
  • M Megan Quinlan. (2016), Beyond Compliance: A Production Chain Framework for Plant Health Risk Management in Trade, Chartridge Books Oxford, p.274, [ISBN: 1911033107].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • American Nursery and Landscape Association. (2004), AMERICAN STANDARD FOR NURSERY STOCK, ANLA, USA, p.113, [ISBN: 1890148067].
  • J.M. van Tuyl and D.P. de Vries. (2010), XXIII International EUCARPIA Symposium, Section Ornamentals, Colourful Breeding and Genetics - Part II, Leiden, Netherlands, [ISBN: 9789066051102].
  • Maher, M., Roe, G. and Twohig, D.. (1999), Nursery Stock Production in the Republic of Ireland, Teagasc, [ISBN: ASIN: B00018TSF16].
  • Avent, T.. (2003), So you want to start a nursery, Timber Press, p.340 pages, [ISBN: 978-0881925845].
  • D. G. Hessayon. (2015), The New Fruit Expert, 2nd. Expert, [ISBN: 0903505746].
  • Dirr, M.A. and Heuser, C. W.. (2006), The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation, [ISBN: 978-1604690040].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_BHORT_7 Bachelor of Science in Horticulture 6 Mandatory