Information Package / Course Catalogue
Cut Flower Growing
Course Code: PSB124
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 1
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

To provide theoretical and practical knowledge on commercially important cut flower and cut foliage species cultivated under open-field and protected cultivation systems, including their production, cultivation, cultural practices, harvesting, post-harvest handling, and marketing processes.

Course Content

Definition, importance, and classification of cut flowers; the status of the cut flower sector in Türkiye and worldwide; production structures, growing media, propagation and production techniques; cultivation of major cut flower species; cut foliage; harvesting, post-harvest handling, quality criteria, storage, marketing, and the auction system.

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