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Tropical Research And Education Center

Tropical Research And Education Center

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Tropical Fruit Production & Research (HOS5555)

An intensive 5-1/2 week intensive graduate-level course on the horticulture and physiology of tropical and subtropical fruit production in Florida. Numerous field site visits. The course is taught at the Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead.

  • Course Overview
    • Instructor: Dr. Jonathan H. Crane, Tropical Fruit Crop Specialist
    • Target audience: This course offers graduate students, qualified undergraduate students (e.g., horticulture or agronomy majors), scientists, extension faculty, and other professionals (including experienced producers) an opportunity to increase their knowledge of tropical fruit crop horticulture and plant physiology
    • This course is scheduled to take place in person from June 28 - August 5, 2022.
    • For information on how to register for this course, review this document: HOS5555 Class brochure 2022
    • Course syllabus and tentative class schedule: HOS5555 Syllabus 2022
  • Course Description

    Classes are held Monday through Friday, beginning at 8:30 AM and ending between 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM daily. Typically, class lectures will be held in the mornings and field trips to commercial orchards, nurseries, and educational and research institutions will be made in the afternoon.

    The course will emphasize applied aspects of research, the physiological basis for horticultural practices used, and the practices of commercial tropical and subtropical fruit crop production in Florida and the world. Other subject matter will include crop physiology and modern production methods.

    Guest lectures will be offered in tissue culture/biotechnology, soil and water science, environmental plant physiology, insect and disease management, hydrology, postharvest physiology and handling, agricultural economics, germplasm collection and retention, and genetics and plant breeding.

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2012 class with Gene Joyner, Unbelievable Acres Botanic Gardens, W. Palm Beach

2014 class visiting with Alfredo Gomez, longan production, Homestead

2016 class visiting with Alex Perez, pitaya production, Homestead

class visiting the Mango Factory mango farm on Pine Island

2018 Class visiting the Mango Factory, mango farm, Pine Island


Program Faculty


Dr. Jonathan H. Crane
Associate Center Director & Professor
Horticultural Sciences Department
786-217-9271
jhcr@ufl.edu

 

 

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