ROOT CROPS - Agronomy III

Lesson Structure

There are 10 lessons in this course:

1. Scope and Nature of Root Cropping and the Botany of Roots
   • What are root vegetables?
   • Human nutrition and root vegetables
   • Botany of roots
2. Cultural Practices A: Soil Management, Crop Scheduling and Soil Water
   • General guide to growing root vegetables
   • Improving soils
   • Sampling soils
   • Cover crops
   • Cultivation techniques
   • Soil fertility and plant growth
   • Plant nutrition
   • Fertiliser
   • Soil and water
3. Cultural Practices B: Weed control, Pest Management
   • Weed and weed management
   • Methods of weed control
   • Pest and disease management
   • Toxicity
   • Diseases
   • Common environmental problems
4. Potatoes
   • Growing conditions
   • Nutrient requirements
   • Planting
   • Care
   • Watering
   • Problems
   • Harvest and post-harvest
5. Carrots and their Relatives
   • Carrots
   • Parsnips
   • Bulb fennel
   • Turnip rooted chervil
   • Skirret
   • Celeriac
6. Turnips and their Relatives
   • Turnips
   • Rutabaga (swede)
   • Radish
   • Horseradish
   • Daikon
   • Kohlrabi
7. Beets
   • Growing conditions
   • Nutrient requirements
   • Planting
   • Care
   • Watering
   • Problems
   • Harvest and post-harvest
8. Taro, Yams and Sweet Potato
   • Growing conditions
   • Nutrient requirements
   • Planting
   • Care
   • Watering
   • Problems
   • Harvest and post-harvest
9. Other Root Crops
   • Salsify
   • Scoronera
   • Scolymus
   • Mashua
   • Jerusalem artichoke
   • Potato bean
   • Arrowroot
   • Oca
   • Dandelion
   • Chinese artichoke
   • Water chestnuts
   • Yacon or jicama
   • Root chicory
   • Ullico
   • American groundnut
10. Harvest and Post-Harvest Management
    • Harvesting root vegetables
    • Cooling methods
    • Storage