| Pomology
(objectives)
Knowledge and understanding;
Students will be provided with information to understand the biology and phenology of fruit tree plants, as well as hints of physiology and their and peculiarities to achieve production that ensures quality, environmental sustainability, and producer income.
Applying knowledge and understanding;
The knowledge acquired and experience gained through exercises as well as attendance of lectures will enable students to penetrate the topics, and through analysis, and exercising critical methodology to understand the problems in the field and to put forward hypotheses for overcoming them, as well as to formulate innovative use hypotheses, with originality and with multidisciplinary approaches (ecophysiology, plant physiology, chemistry and gronomy), in the use of tree plants.
Making judgements;
The understanding of the issues, their framing in environmental and agronomic processes, and the generation of hypotheses for applications will strengthen the student's ability to synthesise and integrate knowledge and enable him/her to generate judgements anchored in reality and advance hypotheses for agronomic studies and applications to acquire new information with scientific rigour.
Communication skills;
The set of experiences conducted will enable the student to expose his knowledge, reflections and conjectures to a wide audience, enriched by extensive knowledge of cultivation, scientific literature and methodologies and with the necessary robustness, as a result of a solid training that will enable him to generate original conclusions. The student will thus be able to address a specialized audience and clearly disseminate knowledge to a broad public.
Learning skills;
Through classroom lectures, exercises and study visits, the student will acquire the tools for in-depth independent knowledge and independent thinking.
Prerequisite
Students are advised to have knowledge in agronomy, chemistry, botany and plant physiology.
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Code
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15183 |
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Language
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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AGR/03
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Contact Hours
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38
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Exercise Hours
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6
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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MULEO Rosario
(syllabus)
The tree as a complex biological system which integrates organs and functions, with properties to adapt to the ambient. Organography of cultivated fruit crop species. The correlative relationships among organs and development of the tree's epigeal organs and growth patterns. Natural skeleton and architecture of canopy of tree crop plants, determinism of form and size. The role of anthropic actions on fruit culture and evolution of forms of cultivated canopies. Physiognomy and development of root systems.
Physiological and genetic regulation of flowering: factors controlling flower morphogenesis and fruit set. Sterility and self-incompatibility in fruit tree plants. Fruit development and ripening: growth patterns, biochemical dynamic of fruit components. Fruit quality characteristics of different species; ripening indexes and evaluation methods of quality parameters.
Fruit tree crop canopies managements: pruning and tilling techniques for controlling fruit development and ripening.
Physiological and genetic molecular bases and techniques of adventitious rooting and agamic fruit crop propagation. Organization of nursery and control of true-to-type identity and sanity.
Plant and environment interaction. The concept of environmental vocation and suitability and hints of eco-physiology (role of environmental factors in the development of the tree). The use of environmental resources in the cultivation technique (water, fertility elements, light). Soil management techniques. Fruit quality and the influence of terroir. Conventional and sustainable production models. The orchard system, training management and functional diversity. Multifunctionality of tree production systems.
Monographic treatment of the main tree crops: vine, olive, actinidia, stone fruit, pome fruit, chestnut, walnut, hazelnut, citrus and minor fruit trees. For each species are synthetically considered: botanical and biological peculiarities; pedo-climatic needs; cultivation problems; varietal panorama; propagation; cultivation techniques (planting, foliage, ripening and post-harvest management).
(reference books)
Principi di Arboricoltura. A cura di Peano Cristiana e Sottile Francesco 2019. EdiSES Editore
Arboricoltura Generale. A cura di S. Sansavini et al, 2012. Patron Editore, Bologna
Nuove frontiere dell'arboricoltura italiana. A cura di S. Sansavini. 2007. Alberto Perdisa Editore
Materiale dato dal docente: diapositive delle lezioni e articoli di giornale, capitoli di libri e review.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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