Professor Daniel J. Cantliffe
Lecture: Tue., Thurs. Period 2, 8:30 - 9:20 am
Lab: Thurs. Periods 3 and 4, 9:35 -
11:30 am
Location: Room 2316 Fifield
Hall (Tue.) &
Lecture room and greenhouses at PSREU
(Thurs.)
Greenhouses are
widely used to grow and protect vegetables around the world. For certain
vegetable crops, greenhouses present several advantages with respect to field
production. In greenhouses, crops lead to greater yields, higher quality,
and the harvest season is extended per unit of cropped area. High-value
crops can be grown in soil-less media and irrigated with water and nutrients
which can be recycled into the cropping system. Pests and diseases can be
managed using biological control strategies. The
high returns commanded by specialty crops grown in greenhouses can make this
production system a viable alternative for growers in regions where production
constraints such as unfavorable climate, reduced land due to urbanization, and
restriction and reduction in the use of pesticides make field production more
difficult.
In
Florida, the greenhouse industry is
expanding; high value vegetables such as colored peppers, cucumbers, and
tomatoes are grown under protective structures. Strawberries, melons and
other high value vegetables are promising crops for this state.
Greenhouse technology for Florida and other subtropical regions is being
developed and adapted from other production regions at the Protected
Agriculture Project at the Horticulture Sciences Department of the University
of Florida (please visit http://www.hos.ufl.edu/ProtectedAg/).
Greenhouse and
Protected Vegetable Production,
is a course intended for graduate and
undergraduate students who want to learn about the many components of vegetable
greenhouse production systems.
Lectures by the
professor will present an overview of the world and local greenhouse vegetable
industry, the components of greenhouse structures and plant growing systems,
irrigation and fertilization management using containers and soil-less
media, pests and diseases management, postharvest handling of vegetable
crops, production of selected greenhouse-grown vegetable crops, and economics,
marketing and global competition.
The course will be
composed of lectures, laboratory classes, and visits to commercial
growers. The professor and invited speakers will give lectures and
provide updated reading materials. Laboratory classes will provide
students with the possibility of ‘hands-on’ experience. Students will
learn about greenhouse crop management practices working on a vegetable crop
that they will grow in a commercial-type greenhouse throughout a complete crop
cycle. Students will learn how to manage and solve crop production
problems applying knowledge acquired in the lectures and lab classes.
Visits to commercial
greenhouse operations will provide students with the opportunity to directly learn
from the growers’ experiences and to complement the knowledge acquired through
lectures and lab classes.
If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate in contacting Dr. Daniel Cantliffe (http://www.hos.ufl.edu/djcweb/)
at djcant@ufl.edu.
HOS 3222C & HOS
6932 - Greenhouse and Protected Vegetable Production
Spring 2008 Class Schedule and Syllabus
Instructor:
Dr. Dan Cantliffe 1251 Fifield 392-1928
x 203 djcant@ufl.edu
Office hrs: Mon. & Wed. 10:00 -
11:00 am (other times by appointment)
Credit hours:
3
Section Number:
0132 / 0140
Meeting Times: Lectures
– Tues. /Thurs. Period 2, 8:30am - 9:20am 2316 Fifield / PSREU (Plant Science Research and Education
Unit) Protected Ag Headhouse / Greenhouse Lab - Thursday Periods 3 and 4, 9:35am -11:30am PSREU
Protected Ag Greenhouse
Grading System
Attendance
Class
attendance is mandatory and will be used as one index of student participation
and subsequent student evaluation. Special circumstances necessitation absences
must be arranged in advance or, in the event of an emergency, explained upon
return.
Academic Honesty
As a result of completing the registration form at the University of Florida,
every student has signed the following statement: I understand that the
University of Florida expects its students to be honest in all their academic
work. I agree to adhere to this commitment to academic honesty and
understand that my failure to comply with this commitment may result in
disciplinary action up to and including expulsion from the University.
Classroom Decorum University
policy is that beverages and food are not permitted in classrooms. No
smoking and no other uses of tobacco are permitted. The university is a
drug and alcohol free workplace and any student under influence will not be
permitted participate in class activities. Cellular and other types of
communications devices must be turned off during class (if it buzzes, beeps or
chimes, turn it off). Please keep reading of newspapers and other
non-class materials reserved for an appropriate location such as the lounge
area in this building.
UF Counseling
Services
Resources are available on-campus for students having personal problems or
lacking clear career and academic goals, which interfere with their academic
performance. These resources include:
1.
University
Counseling Center,
301 Peabody
Hall, 392-1575, personal and career counseling;
2. Student Mental Health, Student
Health Care Center, 392-1171, personal counseling;
3. Sexual Assault Recovery Services
(SARS), Student Health Care Center, 392- 1161,
sexual counseling; and
4.
Career Resource
Center, Reitz
Union, 392-1601, career development assistance and counseling.
Software Use All
faculty, staff and students of the University are required and expected to obey
the laws and legal agreements governing software use. Failure to do so
can lead to monetary damages and/or criminal penalties for the individual
violator. Because such violations are also against University policies
and rules, disciplinary action will be taken as appropriate. We, the members
of the University
of Florida community,
pledge to hold our peers and ourselves to the highest standards of honesty and
integrity.
Lecture
Schedule -
HOS 3222C & HOS 6932
Tuesday 2318 Fifield
Hall Thursday (PSREU)
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DATE
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TOPIC
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DATE
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TOPIC
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Jan.
8
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Overview
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Jan.
10
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Laboratory
Overview
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Jan.
15
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Overview
(cont.)
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Jan.
17
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Greenhouse
Structures
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Jan.
22
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Structures,
Covering Materials
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Jan.
24
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Site
Selection
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Jan.
29
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Site
Selection
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Jan.
31
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Media
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Feb.
5
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Irrigation
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Feb.
7
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Fertilization
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Feb.
12
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Fertilization
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Feb.
14
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Pest
Management - IPM
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Feb.
19
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Augmented
Biological Control / Insects and Diseases
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Feb.
21
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Augmented
Biological Control / Insects and Diseases
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Feb.
26
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EXAM
1
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Feb.
28
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Mar.
4
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Greenhouse
Pepper Production
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Mar.
6
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Estimated
Costs and Returns of Greenhouse Pepper Production in Florida
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Mar.
11
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Spring
Break - No Classes
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Mar.
13
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Spring
Break - No Classes
(extra credit for data collection)
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Mar.
18
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Greenhouse
Cucumber, Melon, and Squash Production
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Mar.
20
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Tomato
Production
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Mar.
25
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Strawberry,
Lettuce, Herb, and Misc. Crop Production
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Mar.
27
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Postharvest
Handling of Greenhouse Vegetables
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Apr.
1
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Organic
Production of Greenhouse Crops
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Apr.
3/4
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Trip
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Apr.
8
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Marketing
/ Global Competition
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Apr.
10
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Growing
Practices and Competiveness of the European, Canadian and Mexican Greenhouse
Industries to the U.S.
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Apr.
15
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Global
Competition
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Apr. 17
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Student
Presentations
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Apr.
22
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Review
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Apr.
29
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Final Exam
(7:30-9:30 am)
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HOS
3222C & HOS 6932 Field Trip (Date April 3-4, 2008)
*** Tentative Schedule
Day 1
7 am – leave
Gainesville for Robrick
Nursery in Hawthorne,
FL. Ornamental operation using sustainable practices such as leachate
collection and recycling.
Noon – lunch in Wildwood, FL
1 – 3 pm – Visit Holloway Tree Farm,
Leesburg, FL.
An amazing operation using patented lined collection / holding ponds and flood
irrigation for both vegetables and ornamentals.
4 - 6 pm – Visit Dr. Lance Osborne, Entomologist, Mid-Florida Research
and Education
Center, Apopka, FL. Dr. Osborne
specializes in biological control of insect pests, using IPM techniques, native
beneficial species, and banker plants.
6 pm – Overnight in
Orlando,
FL
Day 2
7 am – depart hotel for The Land,
EPCOT
Center, Walt Disney World
Noon – lunch on route
to
Sun City,
FL
2 – 5 pm – Visit
Speedling, Inc. The largest vegetable transplant producer in Florida. Speedling
utilizes patented floating trays and sub-irrigation for optimum plant and root
growth with minimal irrigation inputs.
5 pm – Return to
Gainesville.
This
trip will be funded by the University of Florida Office of the Provost, UF
Sustainability Committee, and the Horticultural Science Department. The UF Sustainability Committee awarded
the funds as a Minigrant for the Enhancement of Sustainability in Instruction
2007-2008.
The
objectives of the field trip are to enhance the educational opportunity of
students enrolled in HOS 3222c/HOS 6932 – Greenhouse and Protected Vegetable
Production, by visiting several commercial operations implementing sustainable
practices, the students’ active involvement with the course will be complemented
with real-world situations. Coursework, including lectures and hands-on lab
class, focus on each component of greenhouse vegetable production, including an
overview of the world and local greenhouse vegetable industry, the components
of greenhouse structures and plant growing systems, irrigation and
fertilization management using containers and soil-less media, pests and
diseases management, postharvest handling of vegetable crops, production of
selected greenhouse-grown vegetable crops, and economics, marketing and global
competition. A large component of greenhouse vegetable production is sustainability.
These crops can be produced pesticide-free using integrated pest management and
biological control, thus reducing environmental chemical inputs, and
furthermore, fertilizers and irrigation can be precisely controlled and
recycled so that nothing is misused or lost to the environment.