2021 Principles of Fruit & Nut Tree Growth, Cropping & Management
April 19 - April 23, 2021
Zoom
Due to UCD campus directives, the 2021 Principles of Fruit & Nut Tree Growth, Cropping & Management will be held remotely. A Zoom link will be provided to registrants.
Understanding the fundamentals of tree biology is essential in making sound orchard management and business decisions in the tree fruit and nut industry. However, access to educational courses on basic fruit and nut tree biology and how it relates to agronomic practices is limited. Our course incorporates lecture, lab exercises, and field demonstrations to provide information on all aspects of basic plant biology and the relationship between plant biology and nuts and fruit orchard management.
Our course includes five days of instruction. Each day will have 4 hours of synchronous instruction, with supplemental asynchronous video instruction, and question and answer sessions with our instructors.
Course Topics
Tree growth, development & pruning
Dormancy, chilling & rest breaking
Flowering, pollination & fruit set
Fruit development & thinning
Tree water relations & irrigation
Plant nutrition & fertilization
Root growth & rootstocks
Tree fruit pests and pathogens
Harvesting
For course content questions, please contact the Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center staff at fruitsandnuts@ucdavis.edu.