Unit BIOTECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO THE PLANT NURSERY PRODUCTIONS
- Course
- Agricultural and environmental biotechnology
- Study-unit Code
- A002233
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Maurizio Micheli
- Teachers
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- Maurizio Micheli
- Hours
- 54 ore - Maurizio Micheli
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline biotecnologiche agrarie
- Academic discipline
- AGR/03
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- The course is focused to provide the basics of specific biotechnologies for
production of high quality woody plants.
Micropropagation is proposed as the main in vitro culture technique for the
for nursery production. The applicability of innovative technologies for
technologies for plant material management will be described. - Reference texts
- The teacher provides the course slides and scientific papers as
research materials.
For detailed study the follow scientific texts can be consulted:
1. M. Lambardi, A.E. Ozudogru and S.M. Jain (Eds.), 2012. Protocols for
micropropagation of selected economically-important horticultural plants.
Publisher Humana Press-Springer (Springer-Verlag GmbH Heidelberg,
Germany).
2. George E.F.. Plant Propagation by Tissue Culture. Exegetics, Edington,
UK.
3. Redenbaugh K.. Synseeds: Applications of Synthetic Seeds to Crop
Improvement. K. Redenbaugh (Ed.). CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Ca
(USA).
4. Hartmann H.T. e Kester D.E., 1990. Propagazione delle piante,
Edagricole, Bologna. - Educational objectives
- The teaching provides students with theoretical knowledge and
and practical skills related to specific biotechnological applications for
production of high quality woody plants through vegetative
propagation. The basics of in vitro cultures (such as totipotency, regenerative
regenerative processes and growth conditions) and the main techniques, such as
techniques, such as micropropagation, will be covered with particular
with special emphasis on their applications in plant nurseries. Innovative techniques and
technologies to improve the management of in vitro derived plant material will be
will be described. - Prerequisites
- Students should know specific basics of plant propagation and in vitro culture in order to understand the material and apply the techniques
described during the course. It is recommended that they have specific knowledges on
botany, chemistry, woody plant cultivation and propagation, and
propagation and tissue culture techniques - Teaching methods
- The course is composed of lectures, practical training at the laboratory of
"in vitro cultures" of DSA3, technical guided visits and seminars. - Other information
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University
of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, Perugia.
Optionale attendance.
Office hours: every day by appointment. - Learning verification modality
- Final oral examination according to the academic calendar.
The evaluation will be based on an oral examination (approximately
50 minutes), in the form of questions and answers, with the aim of verifying the theoretical knowledge in the field of teaching and the ability
to propose solutions to study cases related to the course. - Extended program
- Lectures: Introduction to biotechnologies and woody species. Basics of
of in vitro culture techniques and micropropagation (totipotency and
regenerative processes). In vitro cultures for mass propagation of woody plants.
of woody plants. Technical aspects and application possibilities of
Micropropagation for nursery activities. Organization of a commercial
in vitro culture laboratory. Aspects of commercial micropropagation.
Limitations and potentialities of regenerative processes. Plant regeneration.
Methodological innovations to improve the production of plant material in nurseries through
micropropagation. Innovative technologies for
management, conservation, storage and exchange of plant germplasm.
Potential applications of "multifunctional capsules" and "synthetic seeds".
seeds". Innovations for the management of in vitro material under ex vitro conditions.
conditions.
Practical activities: Laboratory practice and aseptic manipulations (at the
DSA3 of the University of Perugia). Reading and evaluation of scientific
to technical problems of the laboratory. Guided visits to
and commercial laboratories. Tutorials and seminars.