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Course code: RRSN10346f15Semester: 2015/2016 summer
Name: Modern technologies in crop production
Major: Agriculture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 9 / 9 / 0
Lecturer: Leszek Kordas, Danuta Parylak, Wiesław Wojciechowski, Roman Wacławowicz, Piotr Sobkowicz, Janina Zawieja, Lesław Zimny
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student has theoretical and practical knowledge of new technologies in tillage and crop rotation. Student associates the meaning of modern and future soil and crop management in formation of soil conditions and crop productivity. Skills: Student can show the differences between traditional and modern technologies in soil and crop management. Student can plan crop rotations according to rules of integrated agriculture. Student assesses crop and soil status under new technology in tillage.
Competences: Student understands the necessity of proper crop rotation and the use of new technologies in tillage. Student understands the necessity of their use in production of crops and protection of soil environment. Student appreciates the need for self-improvement and the necessity of trainings. Student obeys rules of industrial safety during tillage.
Prerequisites: Soil science, soil and crop management, agricultural chemistry.
Course content: Concise presentation of modern technologies in crop production, theoretical acquaintance with drawbacks and merits of varying technologies in Poland and in the world. Simplifications in tillage, the possibilities in pesticide reduction, non-conventional methods in soil fertility improvement. Technologies according to idea of sustainable development.
Recommended literature: Blecharczyk A., Pudełko J. 1997. Przyszłość monokultur w rolnictwie europejskim. Acta Acad. Agricult. Tech. Olst., Rol. 64, 143-155. Dzienia S., Zimny L., Weber R. 2006. Najnowsze kierunki w uprawie roli i technice siewu. Fragm. Agron. 2, 227-241. Gozdowski D., Samborski S., Sioma S. 2007. Rolnictwo precyzyjne. SGGW, Warszawa. Higa T. 2003. Rewolucja w ochronie naszej planety. Fundacja Rozwój SGGW, Warszawa. Józefaciuk A., Józefaciuk Cz. 1999. Ochrona gruntów przed erozją. IUNG, Puławy. Metody i środki proponowane do ochrony roślin w uprawach ekologicznych. 2007. IOR, Poznań. Tendziagolska E., Wacławowicz R. 2006. Uprawa międzyplonów. Opolski Ośrodek Doradztwa Rolniczego, Łosiów. Vandermeer J. 1989. The ecology of intercropping. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Wojciechowski W. 2002. Znaczenie międzyplonów w warunkach uproszczonych technologii. Materiały konferencyjne, Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy, Wrocław. Woźnica Z., Adamczewski K., Szeleźniak E. 2004. Stosowanie mikrodawek herbicydów w uprawie buraka cukrowego. Prog. Plant Protection/Post. Ochr. Roślin 44: 528–535. Zimny L.: Uprawa konserwująca. Post. Nauk Rol. 5, 1999, 41-52.
Assessment methods: Knowledge: written exam and tests during practices Skills: the assessment during field trip. Homeworks (projects) Personal and social competences: individual and team work, disscusion.
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