Agronomy
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The course refers to an applied discipline that is concerned with the factors that affect crop production and the techniques for their adjustment to achieve the highest or most convenient production in the logic of preserving fertility and environmental protection. In particular, Unit 1 is focused on the analysis of the environmental factors relevant for crop management, like physical soil properties, weather variables and atmospheric chemistry. Unit 2 is instead focused on the description and functions of the different agronomic practices, like tillage, irrigation, fertilization, sowing/planting, and weed control.
Expected learning outcomes
Within Unit 1, the student will acquire quantitative skills on the way plants interact with the environment. These skills will be used by the student together with those on agronomic pratices acquired within Unit 2 to derive knowledge on how harminizing crop management in light of the different environmental contexts and production chains.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The program includes:- concepts of ecology and agroecology,- physics and chemistry of the atmosphere,- importance of weather variables, agrometeorology, radiation, temperature, rainfall, evapotranspiration, techniques for their measure/estimate,- soil (properties, idrology),- irrigation (different techniques, suitability for different contexts),- fertilization (general concepts, macroelements, products, diagnostic tools, development of maps for variable rate fertilization),- plowing,- sowing and weed control,- cropping systems.
Prerequisites for admission
None.
Teaching methods
40 hours of frontal lessons
8 hours of practical lessons
8 hours of field activities
8 hours of practical lessons
8 hours of field activities
Teaching Resources
Slides from the lessons (Ariel).
Assessment methods and Criteria
Oral examination, with three questons assigning each a score from 0/30 to 10/30. In case of particularly brilliant exposition, the final mark will be 30 cum laude.
Students will be evaluated for the knowledge of the program, for the capability to make links between different topics and for the property of language.
Final mark will be communicated at the end of the oral examination.
Students with specific learning disabilities or other disabilities are requested to contact the teacher via email at least 15 days before the exam session to agree on any personal compensatory measure. In the email addressed to the teacher, the respective University services must be reported in CC: [email protected] (for students with LD) and [email protected] (for students with other disabilities).
Students will be evaluated for the knowledge of the program, for the capability to make links between different topics and for the property of language.
Final mark will be communicated at the end of the oral examination.
Students with specific learning disabilities or other disabilities are requested to contact the teacher via email at least 15 days before the exam session to agree on any personal compensatory measure. In the email addressed to the teacher, the respective University services must be reported in CC: [email protected] (for students with LD) and [email protected] (for students with other disabilities).
AGR/02 - AGRONOMY AND FIELD CROPS - University credits: 6
Field activity: 8 hours
Practicals: 8 hours
Lessons: 40 hours
Practicals: 8 hours
Lessons: 40 hours
Professors:
Confalonieri Roberto, Paleari Livia
Shifts:
Professor(s)