Botany and Agronomy
Oral exam
How can we manage weeds in the agro-ecosystem? This course will help to answer this question starting from the knowledge of plants' biology and ecology and the different strategies/tactics that can be used
- Botanical classification of weeds - Ecology and eco-physiology of weeds - How can we manage weeds? Chemical control and herbicides' impacts - Hown can we manage weeds? Mechanical, agronomical strategies and introduction to precision farming -IWM - Sampling methods to access changing in vegetation communities -Weed scouting
Pietro Catizone e Giuseppe Zanin. Malerbologia. Patron Editore, 2001. Gino Covarelli. Principi di controllo della flora infestante. Edagricole, Bologna, 1995.
Lessons and practical activities in the farm of the University
