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Academic Misconduct

University Policy

Academic misconduct is behaviour that erodes the basis of mutual trust on which scholarly exchanges commonly rest, undermines the University's exercise of its responsibility to evaluate students' academic achievements, or restricts the University's ability to accomplish its learning objectives.

The University takes a serious view of academic misconduct and will severely penalize students, faculty and staff who are found guilty of offences associated with misappropriation of others' work, misrepresentation of personal performance and fraud, improper access to scholarly resources, and obstructing others in pursuit of their academic endeavours. In addition to this policy, the University has adopted a number of policies that govern such offences, including the policies on Misconduct in Research and Scholarship and the Student Rights and Responsibilities regulations. These policies will be strictly enforced.

It is the responsibility of the University, its faculty, students and staff to be aware of what constitutes academic misconduct and to do as much as possible through establishment and use of policies and preventive procedures to limit the likelihood of offences occurring. Furthermore, individual members of the University community have the specific responsibility of initiating appropriate action in all instances where academic misconduct is believed to have taken place. This responsibility includes reporting such offences when they occur and making one's disapproval of such behaviour obvious.

University of Guelph students have the responsibility of abiding by the University's policy on academic misconduct regardless of their location of study; faculty, staff and students have the responsibility of supporting an environment that discourages misconduct. Students should also be aware that if they find their academic performance affected by medical, psychological or compassionate circumstances, they should inform the appropriate individuals,(instructors, program counsellors, graduate advisors) and follow the available procedures for academic consideration outlined in the University's calendars.

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Department Policy

1. No Quotation and references. Plagiarism has occurred if the author does not place quotation marks around word-for-word copying of print or electronic format source material even if the source is correctly cited. To further reduce the possibility that a quotation will be misrepresented or mistaken as one's own work, instructors may request that quotations be italicized or double indented.

2. Degree of fidelity to source. Plagiarism has occurred if the author's writing is clearly recognizable as essentially derived from cited or uncited print or electronic format sources, even though the author has altered the original source material by inverting word or sentence order, or substituting synonyms. Authors should summarize and synthesize ideas and concepts rather than interchange words.

3. Group projects. Teams working on group projects should practice group dynamics (such as meetings of the whole group, review of each other's work and discussion of academic misconduct) that will discourage individuals from contributing plagiarized material. Groups may bear collective responsibility for the academic integrity of their project.

4. Identical individual projects. Plagiarism will be strongly suspected if two or more students submit individual projects that are substantially identical.

5. Editing answers. It is an improper academic practice to add, delete, or edit answers after the exam period has concluded, or using prohibited materials during an exam.

**HORT*4420** Fruit Crops

UNDERGRADUATEGrowth patterns, fruiting characteristics and adaptation to environmental conditions of fruit crops in temperate regions. Classification, cultural practices including propagation and the physiological principles underlying these practices will be emphasized.

Instructors

A. Sullivan
Rm. 4222 E.C. Bovey Building
Phone: ext. 52792
Email: asulliva@uoguelph.ca

J. Cline
Rm. 3120 E.C. Bovey Building
Email: jcline@uoguelph.ca

Course syllabus, schedule and Prof Cline's lecture notes, grade and labatory notes, visit the course website on Desire2Learn (CourseLink https://courselink.uoguelph.ca/)

Course Objectives

To familiarize the student with the cultural practices and principles underlying these practices in the production of tree fruit and berry crops. Physiological principles will be related to the growth of several fruit crops in temperate regions, particularly Ontario and Canada.

Method of Presentation

Course material will be presented in a lecture-laboratory format and in modules where students will work independently. Crop production and physiology will be discussed from a discipline viewpoint with opportunities for discussions about specific species. Topics that will be discussed will include choice of location and site, low temperature injury, cultivars, rootstocks, propagation, pollination, soil management, growth regulators, pest control and management, fruit maturity and harvesting, pruning and orchard systems. Sustainability of production practices will be highlighted where appropriate.

Laboratory Periods

These will complement the lectures. Likely they will include a visit to a research station, to growers, and studies of plant material and literature during indoor periods. A schedule will be announced when details of the visits are finalized. Come prepared for cold, wet weather, etc. All students must complete and sign an indemnification form for each field trip at the first class meeting. Field trips may return later than 17:20, students are therefore asked to make suitable arrangements in advance.

Field Trip Diary

Students will submit a diary compiling the details and experiences from each field trip. Details for inclusion are name and location of operation, species grown, successful cultivars, management practices, marketing practices, post-harvest handling, analysis of the relationship between management and marketing practices, etc.

Field trips are designed to provide the student with direct exposure to successful management and marketing practices. There will be common themes that all students will discover but each student will take away unique experiences from each visit.

Poster Preparation & Presentation

A scientific-type poster covering a specific crop production or plant physiology aspect of tree fruit or berry crop science will be presented during one of the lab periods. Appropriate reference material should be obtained from scientific journal articles - not factsheets and bulletins. The poster should be based on a minimum of 3 and not more than 10 scientific articles.

Topics should be directly related to tree fruits or berry crops and must be approved by the instructor. The topic should pertain to a specific aspect of plant production/ physiology. Topics on tree fruit or berry crop diseases and insects are not permitted unless they are closely linked to some aspect of plant physiology. A list of suggested topics will be provided. Topics will be distributed equally between tree fruit and berry crop subjects.

More appropriately, indicate: outdoor or indoor study, treatments, rootstocks and cultivars, and the region of research. Not all experiments need to be reported nor do all results need to be included. Summarize and condense where appropriate. The discussion and conclusion should be your creation, but you may borrow some thoughts from the authors. Neatness, correct English, and correct spelling are expected. Students will be held responsible for all the information presented on the posters.

The poster will be designed according to the guidelines provided during an information session on poster presentation. The format to be followed will be similar to the American Society for Horticultural Science. Size of the poster will be defined for the student. Generally a three column format is most acceptable with pictures and graphs to provide focus.

Audit

Students who register under audit status in this course will be required to write the mid-term tests and the laboratory practical examination and must pass all examinations.

Evaluation of Student Progress

Mid-term Exam	30%
Laboratory Practical Exam	15%
Diary	5%
Poster Presentation	20%
Final Exam	30%