FLORICULTURE

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2016/2017

Type of Course:

Elective Course

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Disciplinary Sector:

Horticulture and Floriculture

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

MELITO Sara

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Agronomy, Plant physiology, Botany

AF code:

40000675

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

During the course, the acquired knowledge and skills will be evaluated through a report. Each student will present a report on the cultivation technique and the principal characteristics of an ornamental plant.
A midterm exame, is planned at half of the course.
The final exam is an oral exam. The final evaluation will also take account of the outcome of report prepared by the student during the course.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The aims of the course is to provide basic knowledge on floriculture, cultivation and post-harvest techniques in the principal ornamental species. Student will acquire basic knowledge in general and specific topics of floriculture; the studente should be also be able to recognize the principal floriculture species and to know their use and requirements. At the end of the course the student will know how to apply their knowledge to specific case studies, make judgments independently and have developed communication skills

Contents

Floriculture markets (National and International)
Propagation Sistems (gamic and agamic propagation)
Germination, seeding and translplant of ornamental plant
Bulbs
Substrates
Greenhouse system (important factors influencing flower production: light, temperature, photoperiod)
Cultivation technique
Factors regulating growth and flowering of floriculture in ornamental plants
Post harvest handling of cut flowers
Rosa and Lilium.
House and garden plants: principal characteristics (examples: Chrysanthemum and Petunia).
Innovation in floriculture: plants from mediterranean maquis cultivated in pots.

Recommended Bibliography

Notes provided by the Lecturer.
Books:
-Accati. Trattato di Floricoltura. Edagricole, Bologna.
-O. Masera. Floricoltura. Utet, Torino

Journal and research article:
COLTURE PROTETTE
L'INFORMATORE AGRARIO
ITALUS HORTUS REVIEW
IL FLORICULTORE
FLORTECNICA

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course consists of 18 hours of lectures and 6 hours devoted to laboratory and visit to ornamental and floriculture farms.

Other courses

Course year: 1

AGRICULTURAL POLICY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ENERGY APPLIED TO RURAL SYSTEMS
6 credits - Caratterizzante
FOOD TECHNOLOGY PROCESSES
7 credits - Caratterizzante
HERBACEOUS CROPS II
7 credits - Caratterizzante
MEDITERRANEAN TREE CROPS
6 credits - Caratterizzante
PLANT PATHOLOGY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
SOIL SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES OF LAND EVALUATION
7 credits - Caratterizzante
BIODIVERSITY STUDIES BY APPLICATIONS OF GENOME ANALYSES
3 credits - A scelta dello studente
ENTOMOLOGICAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES
7 credits - A scelta dello studente
FLORICULTURE
3 credits - A scelta dello studente
PHYSICAL AND SENSORIAL ANALYSIS OF FOOD
7 credits - A scelta dello studente
PLANT TISSUE CULTIVATIONS
7 credits - A scelta dello studente
OTHER ACTIVITIES
3 credits - Altro
TECHNICAL ENGLISH
5 credits - Altro

Course year: 2

FINAL TEST
25 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale

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