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Course code: ROSS10086o13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: Vegetable Production - Basic course
Major: Horticulture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Eugeniusz Kołota
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Student receives the knowledge about the soil and climatic requirements, methods of propagation, growing systems, plant management, harvest and storage methods of vegetable crops
Competences: Student will acquire the knowledge that is necessary to run the modern farm specializing in vegetable crops production for fresh market supply, processing, deep freezing or storage purposes.
Prerequisites: Plant Physiology, Soil science, Plant nutrition
Course content: Basic informations including nutritional value of vegetable crops, environmental factors influencing plant growth and development, possibility of microclimate shaping, methods of cultivation, fertilization, methods of harvest and post harvest handling. The attention will be paid on of the most important species grown in the field and greenhouses.
Recommended literature: 1. Kołota E ,Orłowski M., Biesiada A. 2007. Warzywnictwo Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego we Wrocławiu. 2. Knaflewski M./ praca zbiorowa / 2007. Ogólna uprawa warzyw. PWRiL Poznań. 3. Pudelski T. 1999. Uprawa warzyw pod osłonami PWRiL. Warszawa. 4. Rubatzky V.S., Yamaguchi M., World vegetables principles, production and nutritive values. Chapman and Hall. New York. 1996.
Assessment methods: credit
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