Horticulture (HORT)
HORT 403G Landscape Design and Construction 2 Hours
Design of residential and commercial landscapes; techniques and materials for construction of landscape features such as decks, patio covers, walls, patios, pools and irrigation are presented.
Prerequisite(s): HORT 402G or permission of instructor
Corequisite(s): HORT 404G
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
HORT 404G Landscape Design and Construction Lab 1 Hour
A laboratory course correlated with HORT 403G.
Corequisite(s): HORT 403G
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
HORT 405G Nursery Management 2 Hours
Developing, planning, planting, and maintaining a modern plant nursery of container and field grown stocks of trees, shrubs, and ground covers. An introduction to the organization and management of a landscape plant nursery for container and field grown stock. Students will design and plan a working nursery for south central Kentucky.
Prerequisite(s): AGRO 110
Corequisite(s): HORT 406G
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
HORT 406G Nursery Management Lab 1 Hour
A laboratory course correlated with HORT 405G.
Corequisite(s): HORT 405G
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
HORT 407G Plant Propagation 2 Hours
Plant propagation is studied and practiced as an art and a science. Sexual and asexual techniques include propagation by seed, cuttings, grafting, layering, division and tissue culture.
Prerequisite(s): AGRO 110
Corequisite(s): HORT 408G
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
HORT 408G Plant Propagation Lab 1 Hour
A laboratory course correlated with HORT 407G.
Corequisite(s): HORT 407G
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
HORT 412G Modern Fruit Production 3 Hours
Production, harvesting, post-harvest handling, and marketing of the major tree and small fruits of the temperate region. Emphasis is given to those crops adaptable to Kentucky.
Prerequisite(s): AGRO 110
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
HORT 419G Vegetable Production 3 Hours
Production of vegetables that are particularly suited for Kentucky, considering variety selection, culture, harvesting, processing, and marketing.
Prerequisite(s): AGRO 110 or permission of instructor
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2020; spring 2022
HORT 426G Viticulture 3 Hours
An introductory study of grape culture including morphology and growth habit, geographical distribution, dormant pruning techniques, canopy management, management of grapevine pests, and vineyard establishment/maintenance.
Prerequisite(s): (AGRO 110 and AGRO 350) or permission of instructor
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
HORT 475G Selected Topics Horticulture 1-3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs)
Special topics acquaint advanced undergraduate students with scientific developments of current interest in agriculture. Appropriate topic titles are assigned. Lecture and assignments vary with credit.
Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
HORT 675 Advanced Topics in Horticulture 1-3 Hours
No course description is available
Recent Term(s) Offered: None