The aim of the course is to acquaint students with a specific range of economically most important crops grown in the tropics and subtropics. The course deals in more detail with centers of origin, botanical classification, morphology, agroecology, chemical composition of fruits and products for which plants are grown, propagation, cultivation systems and post-harvest processing of individual crops in connection with social, cultural, nutritional, health and economic aspects of their production. In this subject, plants that can be grown in residential conditions, or in outdoor conditions.
Basic knowledge of ecology, botany and plant anatomy.
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