| Department of Agricultural Sciences | |||||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | |||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1 semester | ||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examination | written examination Aid allowed Description of Examination: 13-point scale, external examiner Assessments of contribution to seminars reports. 4 hours written examination. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Winter 19/1-05 - 1/4-05 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | F3, spring | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 120121 Introduction to Horticulture 120211 120311 Genetics, Botany and Breeding of Horticultural Plants 120511 External Growth Factors | ||||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||||
| Through special lectures, laboratory practicals, seminars and excursions the student will achieve a detailed knowledge of the physiological processes and their impact on the development of horticultural crops from propagation until harvest. The focus will be on the understanding of underlying mechanisms and concentrate on single organ to whole plant level. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||||
| Developmental processes Root, shoot, bud, flower, fruit and seed development, hormone signalling, water and nutrient uptake and use, carbon relations, source and sink, growth rhythms, leaf and stem elongation, seasonal growth cycles. Environmental impact and control Competition for resources, stress reactions and adaptation in relation to water, plant nutrients, light and temperature. Influence of temperature, day length and light quality and quantity on plant development. Analysis Growth analysis, models and concepts to explain theories. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||||
| The central part will be seminars in which important key literature will be discussed. The students will take part in the seminars in varying roles e.g. as chairman, first speaker, opponent or general discussion participant. Key lectures and excursions will be arranged in connection with the different course subjects. Parallel to this laboratory practicals will take place. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||||
| Literature lists will be available at the course responsible departments. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Braun, pbr@life.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Crop Science, Phone: 3528 Rolf Larsen, rolf.larsen@vv.slu.se, Department of Agricultural Sciences/DSH guests, Phone: 46305262 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Study Committee DSH | |||||||||||||||||||
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