HERBACEOUS CROPS II

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Disciplinary Sector:

Agronomy and Herbaceous Cultivation

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

LEDDA Luigi

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

General Botany, Plant Physiology, Botany Special, General Chemistry, Biochemistry, Soil Chemistry, Genetics, Agronomy

AF code:

40003619

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Assessment methods are:
- Ongoing oral examination aimed at verifying the learning achieved during the development of the program;
- Oral presentation (about 30 ') of case studies proposed by students (individual or group);
- Final oral examination.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The student will gain:
1) Morpho-physiological knowledge of the major field crops;
2) Knowledge of agricultural techniques adoptable for the cultivation of major field crops
The student must also achieve:
1) The capacity for critical analysis of the main herbaceous crop systems;
2) Ability to integrate knowledge resulting from the preparatory disciplines;
3) Ability to interdisciplinary analyze critical aspects of the main herbaceous and horticultural cropping systems

Contents

List of crops:
- Cereals: Wheat, barley, oats, triticale, corn, grain sorghum, rice;
- Grain legumes: Broad bean, pea, bean;
- Oil crops: soybean, sunflower, canola, peanut;
- Horticultural crops: potato, tomato, artichoke;
- Grasslands, pastures, meadows, short term forage crops
- Forage crops harvesting and storage.
For each crop in the list is required following discussion:
- Origin, spread and economic importance;
- Botanical classification, morphological, biological phases;
- Requirements and adaptation to the climate and soil;
- Genetic improvement and selection of cultivars;
- Rotation and soil preparation;
- Periods and mode of sowing;
- Fertilization;
- Water requirements and irrigation technique;
- Weed scientist;
- Collection and storage of the product;
- Adverse weather conditions, animal and plant pests

Recommended Bibliography

Recommended books:
- Remigio Baldoni, Luigi Giardini. COLTIVAZIONI ERBACEE: FORAGGERE E TAPPETI ERBOSI, Patron Editore
- Remigio Baldoni, Luigi Giardini. COLTIVAZIONI ERBACEE: PIANTE OLEIFERE, DA ZUCCHERO, DA FIBRA, ORTICOLE E AROMATICHE, Patron Editore
- Remigio Baldoni, Luigi Giardini. COLTIVAZIONI ERBACEE: CEREALI E PROTEAGINOSE, Patron Editore
- F. Bonciarelli & U. Bonciarelli. COLTIVAZIONI ERBACEE, Calderini EDAGRICOLE
- V.V. Bianco & F. Pimpini. ORTICOLTURA, Patron Editore
- R. Tesi. PRINCIPI DI ORTICOLTURA. EDAGRICOLE
- R. Tesi. ORTICOLTURA MEDITERRANEA SOSTENIBILE, Patron Editore
Course materials:
- Presentations provided by the teacher;
- Scientific and popular articles provided by the teacher

Teaching Methods

During the course of the training will be complemented by:
- Laboratory exercises, aimed at deepening the main methods of analysis on soil and plant samples;
- Exercises in the laboratories and experimental farm (Experimental farms Mauro Deidda (SS) and St. Lucia (OR);
- Exercises an interdisciplinary activity in private farms;
The aim of the exercises is to integrate the theoretical and scientific knowledge with practical and application activity.

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