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Course code: RRSS10141o14Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Soil and Crop Management II
Major: Agriculture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Piotr Sobkowicz
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Student possesses knowledge on simplifications in soil tillage, mechanical cultivation of plants and harvesting of crops. He knows how reduced soil tillage affects some properties of soil. He knows environmental role of cover crops and muches. He is able to plan crop production based on various types of crop rotation.
Competences: After completing the course student receives ability to choose appropriate method of reduced soil tillage also with mulching strategy. He is able to make decision on mechanical cultivation of a given crop and decision on its harvest method
Prerequisites: Soil and crop management I.
Course content: Effect of soil tillage on soil structure, simplifications in soil tillage, direct drilling, cover crops and mulches, mechanical cultivation of plants, harvest technologies of crops, basics of crop rotations.
Recommended literature: 1. Ogólna uprawa roli i roślin, Świętochowski B., Jabłoński B., Krężel R., Radomska M., PWRiL Warszawa 1996; 2. Zagadnienia uprawy roli i roślin. Krężel R., Parylak D., Zimny L., AR Wrocław 1999
Assessment methods: Positive assessment of practicals and exam, 60% knowledge required, equal participation of practicals and exam in final assessment of the course.
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