Chelsea Duquette

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Courses of Interest

 HORT-428-Greenhouse Management
Principles of greenhouse operation and management for commercial production of floral crops. Greenhouse construction and operation. Regulating and controlling the environment and applying cultural practices as they affect plant physiological processes and influence plant growth and development. Management and marketing of high quality floriculture crops.

HORT-429-Greenhouse Crop Production
Production of floriculture crops in the greenhouse environment. Scheduling and controlling crop growth for target market periods. Specific flowering crops will be used as models to demonstrate potted flowering plant, cut flower, and garden plant production systems. Hands-on crop production experience is given in labs plus field trips to commercial floriculture production facilities.

HORT-489-Horticulture Internet Technology
Internet Technology for Horticulture will teach students to evaluate critically the role of computer technology in horticultural production and management systems. While several advanced information technologies will be discussed, the focus will be on the Web. After lecture/discussion presentations of the subject matter, students will create projects that illustrate the course principles and will evaluate them individually and collectively through written and oral assessment sessions.

HORT-485-Research-Directed Studies
Growing and postharvest methods of specialty cut flowers such as snapdragons, sweetpeas and zinnia.

HORT-485-Horticulture Department Career Fair-Directed Studies
Organized and hosted the 2004 Hort Career Fair.