ECTS
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Course details
Course code: ROSS10088o12
Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Field and protected cultivation of ornamental plants
Major: Horticulture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 7
ECTS points: 0
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 45 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Regina Dębicz
Language of instruction: Polish / English


Learning outcomes: Student gets knowledge about produced and amateurishly cultivated ornamental plants: their biology, propagation, requirements and modern methods of their cultivation.

Competences: After completing the course student will be able to make use of polish and latin names and taxonomy of discussed plant taxa as well as classify plants according to their usage, decorative features, length of cultivation and requirements, to take decisions about methods of their cultivation, to select species and varieties depending on their usage.

Prerequisites: Botany, Plant Physiology, Soil Management, Horticultural Engineering

Course content: Characteristics of species and varietes of plants cultivated in the field (annual, biennial, perennial plants, perennials not wintering in the field) and under covers, requirements, cultivation, propagation, harvest of flowers, usage.

Recommended literature: Chmiel H. (red.) 2000: Uprawa roślin ozdobnych, PWRiL, Warszawa; Marcinkowski M. 2002: Byliny Ogrodowe, PWRiL, Warszawa; Krause J. i in. Ozdobne rośliny jednoroczne i dwuletnie. Wyd. AR Poznań.

Assessment methods: exam after 7 semester, minim. knowledge to credit – 60%

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