| Department of Agricultural Sciences
95 % Department of Natural Sciences 5 % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | Two blocks | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Continuous Assessment written examination and oral examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Part 1: Assessment of exercise reports, colloquia, and a final oral examination of the portefolio. Part 2: Assessment of project report, colloquia and an oral presentation and defence of the project. Weight: Block 1: Exercise reports 30 % Colloquia 20 % Oral examination 50 % Block 2: Colloquia 20 %, project 40 %, defence of the project 40 % The final mark is an average of the two marks. 13-point scale, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Is equivalent to the sum of the two courses ´Climate Management in Hort. Production´ and ´Experimental Climate Management in Hort. Production´. Teaching will partly be at the KVL Campus in Taastrup. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 2 Week Structure: B Block 3 Week Structure: B | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||||
| No Credit Points With | Not together with ´Climate Management in Horticultural Production´ and ´Experimental Climate Management in Horticultural Production´ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 250020 Introduction to Horticulture ´Introduction to Horticulture´ or corresponding knowledge about horticultural or agricultural production is stronly recommeded. ´Principles of Horticultural Crop Physiology´ or ´Applied Horticultural Crop Physiology´ is an advantage. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic science: In depth knowledge of the important climate parameters will be obtained on plant, field and greenhouse level. The knowledge will be related to an understanding of the interactions between climate management, technological possibilities and production of horticultural crops. Applied science: The students will be trained in the ability - to understand design of plant experiments where climate is an important factor - to analyse possibilities for improving current climate management - to understand how climate is managed in the horticultural industry - to discuss, analyse and evaluate the production of horticultural crops from a technical and climatically point of view Ethics and Values: Ability to analyse and reflect on - the way scientific plant experiments are planned, performed and documented - the importance of the choices by the grower and the horticultural industry with regard to management. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The aim of the course is to make the students able to understand the effect of climate parameters and their influence on crop production. After the course students are able to work scientific with climate parameters and their influence on crop production. The course is aimed at students that want to work with direct crop production or research in different aspects of crop production. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The first block of the course: To a substantial extent this is a ´hands on´ course were students are performing practical work including cases taken from practical horticultural production. There are three main activities involved: 1) lectures, 2) practical exercises, and 3) Colloquia. The course is divided in several topics that are taught by experts of each field. When possible theoretical lectures is combined with practical exercises. Topics during the course: - Sensors for climate registration and crop monitoring (phytomonitoring and biosensors) - Climate management in field production (mulching, use of plastic, windbreak, spectral changes, frost protection etc.) - Climate management in greenhouse (heating, vents, CO2 injection, screens, artificial light etc.) - Climate management for control of pests, diseases, quality, elongation growth and other plant processes. - Closed production systems around the world The second block of the course: The course starts with presentations of production or resarch oriented climatic problems. From one of these problems the students, within groups, work out a hypothesis for a solution and an experiment is planed to prove it. The experiment is performed and afterwards documented. In addition to the project there will be lectures that focus on how to analyse and solve a climatic based production oriented problem. Topics during the course: - Problem analysis - Experiment arrangement, performance and documentation - Data acquisition and processing - Models, decision support systems and crop optimisation - Special protected cultivation now and in the future (growth chambers, production in space, biosphere etc.) - Future aspects of closed production (the future greenhouse, use of LED as artificial light, future sensor types etc. Examples of problems that can be analysed experimentally are: - The fruit and berry production needs to produce high quality of fresh fruit in a greater part of the year. How can we mange that? - The greenhouse industry has quite a high use of energy. How can we change the climate control system in order to save energy? - Stem elongation is often controlled with the use of chemicals. Can we control the elongation growth by using climatic methods instead? - The climate affects pests in a greenhouse. Can we control pests by using a certain climate strategy? - How will the greenhouse be in the future? Which possibilities do we have to improve the production system? The course is a multidisciplinary course that integrate knowledge from several disciplines among which are; climatology, statistics, system analysis, modelling, sensor technology, ecology, crop physiology, horticultural production physiology, theory of science etc. Relevant teachers from other departments will be integrated in the course, depending on the actual projects. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The first part of the course consists of theoretical lectures, practical exercises, theoretical exercises and excursions. The exercises are performed within groups of 2-4 students. Exercise reports are worked out individually. Included education methods are case studies, computer analyses, problem based learning, lectures, practical exercises and several visits to commercial companies. In the second part of the course the main part of the course is project work, but theoretical lectures and excursions are also important teaching methods. The project is performed within groups of 2-4 students. Project reports are worked out in groups. Included education methods are case studies, computer analyses, problem based learning and lectures. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Climate management in horticulture. Aaslyng et al. 2005. Compendium, KVL. Department of Agricultural Sciences. Greenhouse Climate Control: An Integrated Approach. Bakker et al. (Editor). Wageningen Academic Publishers. ISBN:9074134173 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jesper Mazanti Aaslyng, jmaa@life.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Crop Science, Phone: 3528 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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