COURSE CODE: PCP 201
COURSE TITLE: Principle of crop production (I)
NUMBER OF UNITS: 3Units
COURSE DURATION: Three hours per week
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Mr. Sunday Gbenga Aderibigbe B.Agric., M.Sc.,PhD
Email: adebiggs@yahoo.com
Office Location: Room 232 COLPLANT
Other Lecturers: Prof. S.T.O. Lagoke, Prof. J.A. Adigun, Dr. S.O. Adigbo, Dr. T.O. Fabumi, Dr. P.O. Akintokun, Dr. A.O. Olaiya, Dr. O.R.Adeyemi, Dr. I.O. Lawal, Dr. P.M.Olorunmaiye
COURSE CONTENT:
History of agriculture and its relationships with other sciences.Agricultural ecology:ecosystem distribution of vegetation and animals.Cropping systems,tillage practices-convectional,minimum,no tillage.Farm tools and machinery,farm buildings and structures.General production practices of field crops.Derivation and characteristics of common varieties of cereals,grain legumes and pulses,roots and tubber species,plantain and bananas.Insects orders and diseases of economic importance in crop production in the topics.Seed viability,dormancy,germination testing.Crop propagation;Seed and vegetative.General role of extension in crop production.
Practicals:
Identification, usage and maintenance of farm tools and machinery. Identification of seedling materials of arable crops propagated by seed, sett, stem, vine, root, sucker corms and cormel and rhizomes etc. Methods of seed viability testing. Dormancy: causes and how to overcome them. Identification/collection of weed, insects and plant disease of economic importance. Field practice on various cultural management practices: land preparation, seedling, weeding, insect control fertilization, harvesting etc.
