週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
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Sep. 22 (Wed) - Syllabus; Deciduous-fruit trials in the subtropics: Orchard record of the Taihoku Imperial University Farm No. 1.; Pre-course evaluation.
Sep. 27 (Mon) - Introduction to deciduous fruits, and statistics of world deciduous fruit production; Case study: New Zealand’s fruit industry |
Week 2 |
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Sep. 29 (Wed) - Environment factors: Temperature, water, and soil Project initiation.
Oct. 4 (Mon) - Morphology and growth |
Week 3 |
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Oct. 6 (Wed) - Flower and fruit development;
Stone fruit I: Peaches and nectarines.
Oct. 11 (Mon): Observed National Day Weekend (no class meeting) |
Week 4 |
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Oct. 13 (Wed) - Rootstocks and orchard establishment; Stone fruit II: Japanese apricots.
Oct. 18 (Mon) - Cultural practices: training and pruning |
Week 5 |
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Oct. 20 (Wed) - Cultural practices: training and pruning (continues); Stone fruit III: cherries, plums, prunes, apricots, and novel hybrids.
Oct. 25 (Mon) - Cultural practices: fertilizing, orchard floor management, and irrigation |
Week 6 |
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Oct. 27 (Wed) - Application of growth regulators in deciduous fruit crops; Asian pears I – introduction.
Nov. 1 (Mon) - Fruit growth and thinning. |
Week 7 |
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Nov. 3 (Wed) - Propagation of deciduous fruit crops; Asian pears II – topworking and industry overview.
Nov. 8 (Mon) - Propagation of deciduous fruit crops (continues). |
Week 8 |
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Nov. 10 (Wed) - Mid-term examine begins
Nov. 15 (Mon) - Mid-term examine ends |
Week 9 |
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Nov. 17 (Wed) - Maturity and harvest; Project progress report; Persimmons
Nov. 22 (Mon) - Pest and diseases control; Integrated fruit production and organic farming. |
Week 10 |
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Nov. 24 (Wed) - GAPs: Farm and food safety;
European pears
Nov. 29 (Mon) - Re-planting and orchard renewal |
Week 11 |
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Dec. 1 (Wed) - Dormancy, chilling and heat, and dormancy breaking; Figs and pomegranates
Dec. 6 (Mon) - Dormancy, chilling and heat, and dormancy breaking (continues) |
Week 12 |
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Dec. 8 (Wed) - Climate change and deciduous fruit production; Apples I: biology and cultivation
Dec. 13 (Mon) - Climate change and deciduous fruit production |
Week 13 |
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Dec. 15 (Wed) - Minor deciduous fruits; Apples II: varieties.
Dec. 20 (Mon) - Special considerations for growing temperate deciduous fruit crops in warm climates |
Week 14 |
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Dec. 22 (Wed) - Project Presentation
Dec. 27 (Mon) - Research and development trends in deciduous fruits. |
Week 15 |
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Dec. 29 (Wed) - Project Presentation
Jan. 3 (Wed) - Field trip – Asian pear production in central Taiwan |
Week 16 |
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Jan. 5 (Wed) - Final examine begins
Jan. 10. (Mon) - Final examine ends |
Week 17 |
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Reports due 1400 |