B021510 - AGRONOMY AND SOIL MANAGEMENT

English

Soil fertility, analysis and modelling tools. Soil physical, chemical and biological properties, water-soil-plant relationships, soil tillage, erosion, land setting and drainage, , organic matter and fertilization, crop system and rotations, weeds and their control.

Ceccon P., Fagnano M., Grignani C., Monti M., Orlandini S., 2017. Agronomia. EDISES, Napoli ISBN 978 88 7959 965 8.

FAO. Irrigation and drainage; paper n° 24 “Crop water requirements”; paper n° 29 “Water quality”.

Introduction to Agronomy (Craig C. Sheaffer). Published by Cengage Learning, 2012

Lessons notes

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Knowledge aquired: main characteristics of soils and their influence on agronomic management and productive results; soil-water-plant interactions and principles of hydrology; classification, main characteristics and objectives of tillage techiques; principles of soil water conservation; general aspects of conservation agriculture and climate smart agriculture.
Competences acquired at the end of the course: ability to identify and understand the effects of the various agronomic techniques at farm and environmental level, according to the cropping systems in the different morphological and pedoclimatic situations. Ability to synthesize and use the skills acquired in the other courses to identify the best agronomic strategies.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): ability to interpret the information collected and received and to independently identify the most suitable agronomic techniques in the various production and environmental contexts.

Students are expected to be familiar with the principles and terminology of pedology, agrometeorology, soil chemistry, hydraulics.

The course is blended modality and includes 1 CFU of asynchronous activities carried on by students
Total CFU: 6
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 142
Hours reserved to private study and other individual formative activities: 104

Number of hours for class lectures (hours): 24

Number of hours for asynchronous activities: 8

Number of hours for Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 16

Frequency of lectures, practice and lab, although non compulsory, is strongly recommended
Teaching tools: Moodle platform and e-learning tools (training materials, auto assessment quiz, problem solving and discussion forum)

written exam with multiple and open questions aimed at verifying if the student has acquired specific knowledge on the subjects of the Course as well as the capability to elaborate and correlate the topics dealt with during the course.

Analysis of physical environment, analysis and modeling tools in tropical environments. Concept of fertility and sustainability. Agronomic management, organic matter, soil tillage, land setting and drainage, soil erosion and conservation practices, field irrigation management, fertilization, crop system, weeds control.

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