951116 Field crops
- Type
- Lecture
- Semester hours
- 3
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Sommersemester 2023
- Languages of instruction
- Deutsch
- Content
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Cereal crops:
bread wheat, durum wheat, rye, oat, barley, triticale, maize and more
Legumes:
soybean, pea, faba bean, chickpea, lentil, lupins etc.
Oilseed crops:
OIlseed rape, sunflower, oil pumpkin, linseed, poppy and others
Tuber and root crops:
potato, sugar beet, Jerusalem artichoke, fooder beets
Others:
Fibre crops, industria crops, energy crops, field vegetables, medical and spice crops
Each of the five groups of field crops is outlined using a problem-based approach of knowledge-transfer. Plant breeding, agronomy and phytopathology issues will be covered for each crop group.
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- Previous knowledge expected
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Solid knowledge of botany
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- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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Students are achieving an overview of individual field crop species and groups of field crops with respect to plant breeding, agronomy and plant pathology. Students are able to link agronomic knowledge with plant breeding and phytopathology issues for problem solving.
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You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.