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Course code: ROSS10066o13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: Storage of horticultural products
Major: Horticulture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 7
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Eugeniusz Kołota, dr hab. Adam Szewczuk, prof. nadzw.
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: The student will get the skill of estimation the suitability of harvested vegetables and fruits for short and long period of storage. One has a knowledge of the conditions preferable for particular plant species as well as kinds and equipment of storage rooms.
Competences: After completing the course, graduate may run or be employed in the company supplying vegetables and fruits to the wholesale and retail markets.
Prerequisites: Vegetable crops production, Fruit production, Plant physiology.
Course content: Physiological processes occurring in vegetables and fruits in the period straight before and during the storage. Conditions and methods of different species of horticultural crops storage. Principles of the construction and exploitation of the modern storage houses.
Recommended literature: . Adamicki F., Czerko Z. 2002. Przechowalnictwo warzyw i ziemniaka. PWRiL Poznań. 2. Gajewski M. 2001. Przechowalnictwo warzyw. Wydawnictwo SGGW Warszawa. 3. Lange E., Ostrowski W. 1992. Przechowalnictwo owoców. PWRiL Warszawa.
Assessment methods: Written test from practical training and final exam.
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