Textbooks:
R. Tesi: Orticoltura Mediterranea Sostenibile
2010. Patron Editore, Bologna
E. Baldini – Arboricoltura generale. Clueb.
Fabbri A., Produzioni Vegetali, Calderini Edagricole 2001.
Giardini L., Agronomia generale ambientale e aziendale. Pàtron Editore 2002.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired:
The module aims to make the students able to analyze problems, to evaluate possible solutions and to achieve goals concerning field crops and Horticultural crops. Main agronomic techniques which are able to influence quality characteristics of row materials obtained by crop cultivation.
Competence acquired (at the end ):
Ability to estimate the biologic and qualitative characteristics of vegetable production, considered under a gradient of increasing complexity and achievable goals; the different system of production of various vegetables crops according to their requirements and to the aims to be achieved (market or industry). Knowledge about agronomic techniques influencing technological characteristics of cereals and some root crops, vegetables and fruits.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
- To be able to choose the most suitable cultivar in order to achieve definite goals;
- To be able to manage suitably the crops in order to achieve definite goals.
- Information about main factors influencing crop production from the qualitative point of view. Such factors are treated according to the different growing stage of species and the final destination of the raw product and the quality required.
Prerequisites
Courses to be used as requirements (required and/or recommended)
Courses required: none
Courses recommended: none
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course: (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations etc.): 245
Private study and other individual formative activity: 145
Contact hours:72
Laboratory: 0
Contact hours for field practice: 28
Seminars: 0
Stages: 0
Further information
Frequency of lectures, practice and lab., although non compulsory, is strongly recommended
Teaching tools: video projector, PC, overhead projector
Type of Assessment
Exam modality: oral examination on the subjects dealt with in the course. Or the students my be asked to carry out final written test on the arguments.
Course program
Course content (detailed programme):
Vegetables crops: classification of plants, alimentary properties, commercial requirements (market or industry), statistical data on production and consumption of vegetables; types of vegetable productions and cultural systems (conventional, integrated and organic production); nursery and planting techniques (sowing or transplant); protected crops and efficiency of various techniques; characteristics and analisys of vegetable seeds .
Monografic study of main crops: Tomato, Potatoes, Sweet Pepper, Melon, peas, beans, Cucumber, Squash, Onion, Artichoke, carrot, Strawberry, Cabbages, Salads, Spinach.
Crop Production:
Concept on the quality of crop production for industrial transformation. Biological and economical yield meaning. Natural and agronomical yield factors. Climate and agriculture. The plant: water, minerals, growing, biodiversità. Seminars on: vegetables quality with special reference to nitrates accumulation; the production of quality in potatoes for processing.
Arboriculture: Introduction to arboriculture. The anatomy and functions of roots, trunk, leaves, flowers and fruits. Propagation of woody species: seed, cutting, micropropagation. Abiotic and biotic stresses