M.Sc. in Crop Science (CW only)

• Магистр

  Образовательный уровень

• Английский

  Язык обучения

• 1 год

  Продолжительность обучения

• Очная

  Форма обучения

• Шри-Ланка

  Локация

The M.Sc. degree in Crop Science is open to a wide range of graduates with Bachelor’s qualification in Agriculture, Biological Sciences and Applied Sciences. Course package of the degree programme includes courses in the following broad disciplines of Crop Science: Agronomy of field and plantation crops, Horticulture, Crop Physiology, Plant-Water Relationships, Management of Plant Nutrition, Seed Physiology, Weed Biology and Management, Commercial Nursery Management and Fruit and Vegetable Crop Production. Courses on advanced crop production technologies such as Protected Culture, Tissue Culture and Postharvest Physiology of Horticultural Produce and a course on Climate Change and its impacts on crop production are particular features of the course package. All courses contain up-to-date curricula and are taught by a faculty of highly-qualified Professors and Senior Lecturers from the University of Peradeniya, qualified and experienced officers from the National Agricultural Research System and experienced managers from the private sector. As part of the broad-based nature of the degree programme, a considerable range of courses related to Forestry, Agroforestry and Natural Resource Management are also included in the course package as elective courses so that interested candidates can obtain a broader knowledge in these disciplines. For more information http://www.pgia.pdn.ac.lk/files/notice/2020/handbook_2020.pdf