| Department of Agricultural Sciences | |||||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | BSc. 3 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc Kurset passer kompetencemæssigt i slutningen af bach/beg. af kand.udd. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination and oral examination Written Exam in Lecturehall All aids allowed Description of Examination: Project report and written reports for assignments. Final 4 hours written exam. Weight: 25 % reports 75 % written exam 13-point scale, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | The course is a mix of seminars, lectures and a larger project work. Focus is on the discussion of key literature and the analysis of own project work in relation to literature results. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 3 Week Structure: A Block 3 Week Structure: B | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||||
| Competences within basic science: The students expands there comprehension of basic plant sciences especially in physiology at the whole plant level. They get knowledge on methods in modelling of plant growth and development through theory and practicals. Theories in whole plant physiology are evaluated and discussed. The students develop an indept comprehension of general plant behaveour and of the development of specific plant organs in both annual and perannual horticultural plant species. Competences within applied science: They get an understanding of the basis of modern propagation techniques and an introduction to the effects of growing technigues on buddevelopment in fruit and berries. Competences within ethics and values: None | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||||
| Through special lectures, laboratory practicals, seminars and literature study the students will achieve a detailed knowledge of the underlying physiological processes involved in the formation and growth of the plant product of interest (leaf, stem, flower, fruit) and their impact on the development of horticultural crops from propagation to harvest. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||||
| The course follows the development of horticultural crops from propagation to harvest and sets the development of relevant plant organs in relation to possible stresses (water, salt and heavy metal) and carbon gain and allocation. Developmental processes such as the formation of roots, shoots, bud, flower, fruit and seed development, hormone signalling, water and carbon relations, source-sink relations, growth rhythms, leaf and stem elongation and seasonal growth cycles. Competition for resources, stress reactions and adaptation in relation to water,plant nutrients, light and temperature. The course uses grwoth analysis and modelling tools to foster the udnerstanding of the complexitiy of interaction of different factors influencing the growth of the plant organ in question. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||||
| The central part will be seminars in which important key literature will be discussed. Key lectures and practicals will be arranged in conncetion with the different course subjects. A larger project is included and students will analyse the results in relation to relevant literature. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||||
| The course uses the book by Taiz and Zeiger, 2002: Plant Physiology, 3rd edition, Sinauer Associates. as background literature,but it is not mandatory to have this book. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Braun, pbr@life.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Crop Science, Phone: 3528 Margrethe Serek, mse@life.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Crop Science, Phone: 35333406 | |||||||||||||||||||
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