Unit FOOD CROP CULTIVATION
- Course
- Food technology and biotechnology
- Study-unit Code
- A002137
- Curriculum
- Tecnologie alimentari
- Teacher
- Marcello Guiducci
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
FRUIT TREE CULTIVATION
| Code | GP000794 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Franco Famiani |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Discipline della produzione e gestione. |
| Academic discipline | AGR/03 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Design, establishment and cultural techniques of an orchard in relation to the utilisation of the production and cultivation system (conventional, integrated or organic), with reference to the most important fruit tree species. |
| Reference texts | AA.VV. - Frutticoltura speciale. Edizioni REDA, Roma. F. Gorini - Conservare e Trasformare la frutta. Edizioni L'Informatore Agrario, Verona. R. Valli - Arboricoltura generale e speciale. EDAGRICOLE, Bologna. AA.VV. - Linee guida per l'agricoltura biologica - fruttiferi e fragola. EDAGRICOLE, Bologna. S. Sansavini, A. Errani - Frutteti ad alta densità, EDAGRICOLE. D.I. Jackson, N.E. Looney - Temperate and Subtropical Fruit Production - 2nd Edition, CABI Publishing, UK. AA.VV. - Manuali di corretta prassi per la produzione integrata del melo, del pesco e del susino, 3A-Parco Tecnologico Agroalimentare dell'Umbria - Regione dell'Umbria. K. Lind, G. Lafer, K. Schloffer, G. Innerhofer, H. Meister - Organic Fruit Growing. CABI Publishing, UK. |
| Educational objectives | The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge of systems and techniques for a correct cultivation of the main fruit tree species, with particular regard given to safeness and quality of food and impact of the cultivation on the environment. |
| Prerequisites | In order to understand the subjects of the course on the cultivation of plants for the production of food it is necessary that the students have a good background on agronomy and arboriculture. |
| Teaching methods | Lectures on all the subjects of the course. Exercise/Practical lectures, also in the field, on: determination, with different methods, of nutrient and water requirements of the different fruit tree species and set up of a fertililization and irrigation plan; training and production pruning of the different fruit tree species; design and management of an orchard cultivated according to a conventional, integrated or organic method; examination of different training and management systems applied to orchards of different fruit tree species. |
| Other information | Attendance is not compulsory. Place of teaching: Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Studies of Perugia. |
| Learning verification modality | The evaluation of the knowledge acquired by the student will be done through an exam which consits of an oral test. The oral test consists on an interview, of about 1 hour, aiming at evaluating the knowledge acquired by the student and his/her ability to use it to establish and manage, in a profitable and environmental friendly way, herbaceous and tree crops for the food industry. The oral test will also allow to to evaluate the communication skills of the student. |
| Extended program | Theorical lessons Economic importance and distribution of fruit tree species. Rules, environmental impact and principles of conventional, integrated and organic cultivation of fruit tree species. Design, establishment and cultural techniques of an orchard in relation to the utilisation of the product and cultivation system (conventional, integrated or organic) for the following fruit species: apple, pear, peach, apricot, plum, cherry, citrus, kiwifruit, olive, grapevine, almond, chestnut, hazelnut, walnut. In particular, for each species the following subjects will be treated: - botanical characteristics, phenology, floral and fruiting biology; - soil and climatic requirements; - choice of the environment, cultivar, pollinator, rootstock, plant type (at the nursery) and tree training system and spacing; - plantation systems; - soil management (tillage, use of herbicides, mulching, green cover); - fertilization of young and adult trees (determination of nutrient requirements of the trees; effects of fertilization on the tree vegetative development and production quantity and quality; fertilizers that can be used and time and modality of distribution); - irrigation (determination of water requirements of the trees; effects of irrigation on the tree vegetative development and production quantity and quality; irrigation systems and timing); - training and production pruning (time, modality and intensity); - fruit harvesting (ripening indexes, time and modality), storage and utilization; - new trends and achievements on cultural techniques, plantation systems and genetic improvement. Practical lessons Determination, with different methods, of nutrient and water requirements of the different fruit tree species and set up of a fertililization and irrigation plan. Example of training and production pruning of the different fruit tree species. Design and management of an orchard cultivated according to a conventional, integrated or organic method. Practical lessons in the field Examination of different training and management systems applied to orchards of different fruit tree species. |
FIELD CROPS
| Code | GP000795 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Marcello Guiducci |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Discipline della produzione e gestione. |
| Academic discipline | AGR/02 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | The course introduces the characteristics, crop managements of some of the following field crops: -Cereals: soft Wheat, durum wheat, barley, spelt and maize; -Leguminous crops: Beans, green beans and pea for the industry,. - protein and oil plants: sunflower, rapeseed, soybean - open field vegetable crops: potato, processing tomato, spinach. |
| Reference texts | PowerPoint presentations, lecture notes and articles for critical readings distributed during the course. F. Bonciarelli, U. Bonciarelli. Coltivazioni erbacee da pieno campo. Edagricole, Bologna, 2001 Remigio Baldoni, Luigi Giardini. Coltivazioni erbacee. Cereali e proteaginose. Patron Editore, Bologna, 2000. |
| Educational objectives | The course is focused at examining the major field food crops for Italian agriculture, giving each one information about the development correlated to the importance that they have at present or in the near future in the global productive scenario. |
| Prerequisites | Students must have strong knowledge of Botany, ecology, ecophysiology and general agronomy as an essential prerequisite in order to fully achieve course competence goals. It is strongly recommended a good knowledge of economic aspects of crop cultivation and food industry |
| Teaching methods | -Lectures face-to face on all the topics covered; - Practical training in laboratory dedicated to the analysis of plant material useful to the recognition of individual species. During the practical training, seeds / fruits, inflorescences and plants of the major species covered during the course will be given to the students in order to be able to see and know the different morphology of various organs useful for recognition. |
| Other information | lesson's attendance: Optional but strongly advised. Pietro Goglio PhD, Agronomy Research Unit. Phone: 07555856330 Mail: pietro.goglio@unipg.it Meeting only by appointment from Monday till Friday 09.00AM-1.00PM |
| Learning verification modality | The evaluation consists of an oral test aimed at ascertaining the level of knowledge, communication skills, fairness and propriety of language in exposing the theoretical / practical arguments of the course. In detail the test aims at ascertain the degree of knowledge of field and horticultural crops with particular reference to agronomic/environmental/production and food processing. The student must also demonstrate the ability to apply the agronomic technologies to specific case studies while indicating the expected output of applied techniques in terms of environmental, economic and productive effects. Method of Administration: Oral exam of a maximum 40 minutes duration. Test type: open stimulus conversation with open answers. In particular, three questions will be asked on aspects concerning field crops for food industry. |
| Extended program | - Classification of herbaceous field crops and their diffusion, productivity and prospects in the world. -Cereals: soft Wheat, durum wheat, barley, spelt and maize; -Leguminous crops: Beans, green beans and pea for the industry,. - protein and oil plants: sunflower, rapeseed, soybean - open field vegetable crops: potato, processing tomato, spinach |