[园艺专业英语]教学大纲
《园艺专业英语》教学大纲
总学分： 2学分 学时：36
面向专业：园艺专业
大纲执笔人：于喜艳 大纲审定人：杨建平
一、说明
1、课程的教学目的、性质、地位和任务
园艺专业英语是为园艺专业学生开设的课程。以《Principles of Horticulture 》为教材（Ervin L. Denisen 著），主要讲授园艺学的基本知识，以帮助学生查阅科技外文资料，参加英语科技讲座、会议，撰写英语科技论文，进一步培养学生读、说、听、写的能力。是将已学英语转为实际应用的桥梁。
2、 程教学的基本要求
学习《大学英语》后选修。
二、课程教学大纲及学时分配
Chapter 1.Horticulture in Everyday Life
1. What is horticulture ? (0.5 学时)
2. The boundaries of horticulture. (1.5学时)
3. The divisions of horticulture. (1.5学时)
Chapter 2.Classification, Anatomy and Growth of Horticultural Plants
Classification of horticultural plants (3学时)
Chapter 3.Plants and Their Environment
1. Water (1学时)
2. Light (1学时)
3. Nutrients(1学时)
Chapter 4. Growing Plants from Seeds
1. What is seed ? (1.5学时)
2. Using good seed. (1.5学时)
Chapter 5.Growing Plants by Layerage, Cuttage and Specialized Structures
1. Layerage (1.5学时)
2. Cuttage (1.5学时)
Chapter 6.Grafting and Budding
1. The art of graftage and grafting methods. (2学时)
2. Budding methods. (1学时)
Chapter 7.Pests of Horticultural Plants and Their Control
1. Classifying horticultural pests. (1.5学时)
2. Diseases. (1.5学时)
3. Methods of pest control (3学时)
Chapter 8.Harvesting and storing
1. Harvesting. (1学时)
2. Storage and preservation. (2学时)
Chapter 9.Marketing Hort icultural Products
1. Supply and preservation. (2学时)
2. Quality and quality maintenance. (0.5学时)
3. What to look for in marketing. (1.5学时)
Chapter 10.Improvement of Horticultural Plants by Breeding and Selection
1. Genes and herbedity and basic procedures in plant breeding. (1.5学时)
2. Selecting parental material. (0.5学时)
3. Making crosses and techniques of grossing. (1.5学时)
4. Growing seedings and the selection process. (1学时)
5. Evaluation program. (0.5学时)
6. Philosophies of plant improvement. (1学时)
二、课程考核要求
闭卷考试。每章讲完后将布置思考题和作业。