Potted crop focus: Guelph's 'Greenhouse crop' class tackles a variety of themes with 2012 research projects

摘要

This is the 10th edition summary of student research abstracts, this year prepared by the 2012 class taking the course "Greenhouse Crop Production" at the University of Guelph. Most students are in their third or fourth year and working towards a bachelor of science degree in agriculture (B.Sc. Agr.) or are working on a BA degree. The topics the students studied came mostly from suggestions by industry contacts or from personal interest. There were eight projects in total. These studies present theresults of a single experiment, which had to be completed within a 10-week period (a semester). The goal is for the students to get some practical experience in growing plants and to determine whether research is up their alley. So, the reader has to becareful about making final conclusions from these projects.