HORT 254 - Fruit and Nut Production III

1. Identify and select bioregionally appropriate soft fruit cultivars and rootstock and manage their site specific growth and cultural requirements.
2. Discuss cultivar physiology and the limiting factors to growth, such as soil conditions, pollination, insects and pests, weeds, and diseases.
3. Demonstrate tree fruit bud grafting propagation, summer pruning and training techniques, and harvest and storage practices while managing limiting factors.
4. Apply integrated pest management (IPM) and other biological control techniques to maintain cultivar health, vigor, and productivity.
5. Design polycultural cropping plans and food forest systems and discuss management methods that integrate soil building, annual crops, and small animals.