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Teacher
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Cristofori Valerio
(syllabus)
Description of the fruit nursery and plant certification. Organography in the different fruit species. Main aspects of pollination, fruit set and fertilisation in the different species. Parthenocarpy and apomixia of the fruits. Fruit development and ripening in the main species. Evaluation of fruit quality in different species; ripening indexes and methodologies. Vocationality of the environment to the cultivation of fruit species, sustainable production processes. Types, selection criteria and management of forms of farming and density of planting. Soil, canopy and harvest management techniques in relation to the soil and climate environment. Differences between Pomes and Stones and species for Nuts.
Monographic treatment of the main fruit species: actinidia, pome fruit, stone fruit, nuts, olive, vine, minor fruit and small fruit.
For each species, the following are considered: origin, distribution and prospects for crop development; botanical and biological characteristics (systematic classification, description of the plant and its organs, ontogenetic cycle and phenological phases, flower biology); climatic, soil, water and nutritional requirements; cultivar choice; propagation and rootstocks; breeding (objectives, means and results); cultivation techniques (orchard planting and management systems): density of planting, pruning, nutrition, irrigation, tillage); maturation, harvesting, conservation and use of the product; qualitative evaluation of the fruit.
Case studies on the cultivation of tree species in a protected environment (nature reserves, parks, etc.) and in the foothills of the mountains are also dealt with, with the treatment of alternative, sustainable and environmentally friendly cultivation techniques for the management of the orchard.
(reference books)
Arboricoltura generale e speciale, Valli R., Edagricole
Arboricoltura generale, Baldini E., CLEUB, Bologna
Manuale dell'Ortofrutticoltura Italiana, S. Sansavini, P. Ranalli. Edagricole (testo consigliato)
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