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Course details
Course code: ROSS10051o13
Semester: 2013/2014 summer
Name: Fruit Production - basic course
Major: Horticulture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Adam Szewczuk
Language of instruction: Polish / English


Learning outcomes: Student got the knowledge comprising nutritional value of fruits, varieties all species cultivated in Poland and their climate and soil conditions, methods of planting, training, fertilization, cutting, soil management, plant protection, irrigation and harvesting.

Competences: After completing the course a student is able to undertake the fruit production. Student is able to adjust the grown cultivars of all species to the local environmental conditions, and in additional he has a practical knowledge about 40 cultivars of apple tree.

Prerequisites: Botany, Plant Physiology, Soil Science, Nursery

Course content: Management of fruit trees and berry plants, planting and training, agrotechnical methods in cultivation, fertilization, cutting, soil management, plant protection, irrigation, morphology and pomology of all species cultivated in polish climate conditions.

Recommended literature: Pieniążek S. A. 2000: Sadownictwo, PWRiL, Warszawa

Assessment methods: exam, minimum knowledge to credit–60%

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