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Title / Demonstrate knowledge of botany in horticulture activities
Level / 4 / Credits / 4
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard will be able to apply knowledge of structure and form of plants, life cycles, and growth processes in the planting, cultivation, and care of horticulture specimens and crops.
Classification / Horticulture > Horticulture Production Management
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills and knowledge / Open, but development of introductory level skill and knowledge in botany is recommended before this unit standard is undertaken.
Explanatory notes
None.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of plant anatomy and morphology.
Evidence requirements
1.1Identification of cell types present and the function of each type is determined for a given plant sample.
1.2Application of plant tissue structure and function knowledge provides description of inter-relationship between tissue types.
Rangephloem, xylem, meristems, epidermis, storage tissues.
1.3Explanation of morphological structure adaptations identifies changes which take place in plant elements.
Rangeroots, stems, leaves, fruit.
1.4Management and care of plants demonstrates ability to apply knowledge of plant anatomy and physiology effectively in horticulture activities.
Rangepropagation, planting, training and pruning, growing, harvesting, and storage of crops.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of plant growth processes and life cycles in horticulture.
Evidence requirements
2.1Application of growth processes knowledge provides accurate description of relationships between plant growth processes.
Rangephotosynthesis, respiration, water movement, nutrient uptake, cell division.
2.2Identification of methods to be adopted provides the basis for development of vascular reproduction process management for plants in horticulture.
Rangemeiosis, pollination, fertilisation, fruit, seed dispersal, vegetative reproduction.
2.3Explanation provided details ways in which plants adapt to their growing environments and how these adaptations can be used in plant management.
Rangexerophytes, mesophytes, hydrophytes, shade and sun plants, ecotypes.
2.4Explanation provided defines relationships between world climate conditions and distribution of vegetation types.
2.5Description provided identifies management implications for a range of plant life cycles and forms.
Rangeannual, biennial, perennial, angiosperm, fern, moss, liverworts.
2.6Methods adopted show ability to apply knowledge of plant requirements effectively in all stages of horticulture plant and crop management.
Rangepropagation, planting, growing, training and pruning, harvesting, storage.
Replacement information / This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 29885.This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 20 March 1995 / 31 December 2020
Revision / 2 / 28 July 1999 / 31 December 2020
Revision / 3 / 13 February 2002 / 31 December 2020
Revision / 4 / 24 February 2006 / 31 December 2020
Review / 5 / 16 February 2017 / 31 December 2020
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0052
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Primary Industry Training OrganisationSSB Code 101558 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018 / / New Zealand Qualifications Aut