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Economia e politica dello sviluppo rurale
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Understanding the role of agriculture in the local development of rural areas. Learn about policies that support rural development with particular reference to those that foster multifunctionality and diversification in agriculture.
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SENNI Saverio
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First part: INTRODUCTION TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- defining aspects
- on the concepts of "development" and "rural"
- evolution of the concept of rural in time and space
- criteria and methods for identifying the urban-rural continuum - rural development as local development
Second part: THE ECONOMY OF RURAL AREAS
- decline in agriculture and impact on rural areas
- the territorial structure of economic development in Italy
- agricultural development and economic diversification in Italian rural areas
- the spatial diagnosis and construction of the SWOT matrix
Third part: RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
- historical development of rural development policies
- Keywords for rural development policy 2014-2020
- Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2013 on support for rural development
- Rural Development Programmes
- The LEADER
- Towards rural development policy 2021-2027
Fourth part: Multifunctionality in agriculture
- Multifunctionality and diversification
- Policies for multifunctionality
- Social agriculture, the new frontier of multifunctionality in agriculture
( reference books)
Papers and other documents on the various topics presented in the lessons.
(see also reference list)
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15156 -
Foraggicoltura
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Course objectives
The course aims to provide basic applying knowledge on forage crops and on Italian forage crops systems.Acquire the main knowledges understanding about the implication of forage crops in the agroecosystems. The knowledge gained in the course aim to provide learning skills, skills making judgements, communication skills in acquiring the agronomic skills for the management, production and evaluation of fodder crops in environments with Mediterranean climate.
The course complements and deepens the forage crops treated in the herbaceous crops, investigating aspects related to the conservation and utilization of forage resources and forage crops systems, the assessment of the impacts of forage crops systems in livestock farms.
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MANCINELLI Roberto
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Course contents
Lectures in the class: 40 hours.
Brief notes on the agro-ecosystem: energy flow, structure, operation, useful agricultural production and implications in the cycles of C, N, P, K and water.
The pedoclimatic Mediterranean environment: localization and general characteristics; general effects of the Mediterranean climate.
General aspects of forage crops: objectives, elements and constraints of the forage-livestock systems; specifications and definitions of fodder and forage crops; plant species of forage interest.
Classification of forage crops: procedures for use and planting, durability, inclusion in a crop rotation, number of species, the position and altitude, irrigation.
Typology and localization of forage crops.
Effects of forage crops in the agroecosystem: agronomic characteristics of the main forage species in the Mediterranean environment; use and benefits of forage legumes in the Mediterranean environment.
Main uses of forages depending on the type of farming and orientation of grassland in Italy.
Criteria and evaluation characters of forage species: precocity, attitude regrowth, leaf ratio / stalks, vitality, competitiveness, resistance and adaptive characters.
Evaluation and quality of fodder: chemical composition, dietary function or nutritional value, palatability.
Processing value of forage and methods of measurement.
Utilization of forage crops: green, preserved, direct grazing.
Importance of green fodder: factors, environmental aspects and implications.
Needs of forage conservation and methodologies.
Conservation method of haymaking: stages, cutting, conditioning, harvesting and baling, losses.
Preservation method silage: stages, cutting and collecting, compacting and closing of the silo; characteristics of the forage for silage; process management in silos; losses in storage in silos.
Pastures: advantages, composition, influence of climate, evaluation, types; effects of grazing; types of pastures; pasture improvement.
Grass and meadow: forage alternated; utilization of meadows; technical and management techniques itineraries; inclusion in the rotation, rotation and intercropping; characteristics of the main forage species grass meadow in agro-ecosystems in the Mediterranean climate.
Field exercises: 8 hours.
Some concrete situations will be observed on field, concerning the following theoretical aspects discussed in the classroom.
Some general aspects of forage crops.
Some aspects of the classification of forage crops.
Some types of forage crops.
Some effects of forage crops in agricultural systems.
Some species for the grass and meadow.
( reference books)
- Lesson slides, available on Dropbox at link provided by the teacher,- Suggested bibliography during the course.
- Baldoni R., Giardini L., Coltivazioni erbacee - Foraggere e Tappeti Erbosi, Ed. Patron, 2002. Bologna
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15162 -
Miglioramento genetico delle specie vegetali coltivate
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The course aims to give the basic principles of plant breeding, of cultivar selection and of seed production. To this aim, theoretical and practical aspects of reproductive biology of higher plants are addressed including those modifications of the reproductive system that are of practical interest. Additional teaching objectives are the collection, storage and evaluation of genetic resources, the development of plant breeding schemes, the characterization, reproduction, conservative selection of plant varieties, the adoption of advanced strategies for the control of reproductive biology and the co-existence of conventional and genetically modified crops.
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18374 Miglioramento genetico e biotecnologie del seme in BIOTECNOLOGIE PER LA SICUREZZA E LA QUALITA' AGRO-ALIMENTARE (LM-7) LM-7 0 MAZZUCATO Andrea
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- Introduction, history and aim of plant breeding, concept of ideotype.
- Biology of plant reproduction: floral morphology, macro and microsporogenesis, macro and microgametogenesis, pollination, progamic phase, fertilization, embryogenesis, seed and fruit development. Molecular biology of flowering induction and flower development, genes controlling inflorescence, flower and floral organs identity, ABC(DE) model. Mode of reproduction (sexual reproduction, vegetative propagation, apomixis), sex determination (hermaphroditism, monoecism, dioecism), mating system (autogamy and allogamy), experimental characterization of plant reproductive system and of outcrossing rate. Male sterility (genetic, cytoplasmic and genetic-cytoplasmic, functional and conditional). Self-incompatibility (sporophytic and gametophytic). Apomixis, cytoembryological bases, genetic control, breeding of obligate and facultative apomictic species, perspectives of transferring apomixis to sexual species. Fruit set and development, parthenocarpy, biotechnological approaches to control fruit set. Fruit ripening, mutants affected in ripening and in pigment accumulation.
- Sources of genetic variability: gene pool concept, germplasm collection and storage, seed banks, germplasm evaluation, variability induced by mutagenesis, somaclonal variation.
- Intra and interspecific cross, sexual interspecific barriers, biotechnologies to facilitate interspecific crossing, in vitro fertilization and embryo rescue.
- Theory of selection: principles of theory of selection for monogenic and polygenic characters, penetrance and expressivity.
- Genetic population structure in autogamous, allogamous, vegetatively propagated and apomictic species.
- Breeding schemes for autogamous species: selection in existing populations: mass selection and pure line selection. Selection in segregating populations: pedigree, bulk and single seed descent methods, double haploids. Backcross method to transfer a dominant and a recessive allele, linkage drag, principles of marker assisted selection, multiline varieties, F1 hybrids in autogamous species.
- Breeding schemes for allogamous species: mass selection, recurrent selection, synthetic varieties, F1 hybrids in allogamous species, use of male sterility in hybrid production schemes.
- Principles of genetics of seed production: evaluation of new varieties, subscription to the Register of Varieties, maintenance selection and seed production, isolation, generations of seed multiplication. Legislation related to seed production and marketing. Biotechnologies for the protection of plant varieties (molecular markers for distinctiveness), estimation of genic flux and gene flux containment in conventional and genetically modified varieties.
Seminars: students will be invited to attend one or two seminars focussing on technical and/or scientific aspects related to topics of the course.
Practical activities: practical activity will be dedicated to the knowledge of genetic variability in a crop species, to the examination of mutants involved in reproductive biology, to technicalities to carry out controlled crosses and to a visit to a company or experimental station involved in breeding and/or seed production of crop species.
( reference books)
Barcaccia G. e Falcinelli M., Genetica e genomica, vol. II, 2005, Miglioramento genetico, Liguori.
Lorenzetti F. et al., Miglioramento genetico delle piante agrarie, 2018, Edagricole.
Ciriciofolo E. e Benincasa, Sementi: Biologia, produzione e tecnologia, 2018 Edagricole.
Material from the teacher through the website.
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15158 -
Pianificazione del territorio rurale
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Aims of the course: The course aims to provide conceptual tools for territorial analysis and evaluation and for understanding the planning system in which these are located; it also intends to develop capacity to solve problems concerning territorial analysis in the GIS area and to address a territorial assessment procedure.
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Recanatesi Fabio
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Spatial planning and its purposes. The main planning tools. IGM cartographic products. The hydrographic basin: how it is derived, main parameters, analysis in a GIS environment. Vulnerability factors of the river basin as they are identified and analyzed. The USLE equation and its applications at the basin scale. The eutrophication process and vulnerability of water bodies. WMS services and the main national geoportals.
( reference books)
- During the course, handouts relating to the topics covered will be provided.
- Lecture notes.
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15157 -
Scienza e tecnica della alimentazione nei sistemi zootecnici
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a) Educational Goals
In line with the objectives of CdLM in 'Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' teaching imparted to students who choose the livestock profile, it has the general objective to acquire knowledge on feed technology and the rationing of animals in livestock production.
b) Expected results
At the end, students will be able to:
- Know the feed industry;
- Be able to calculate a ration for ruminants and monogastrics.
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BERNABUCCI Umberto
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Program
Frontal lessons
Technical production and marketing of feeds
- Legislation relating to the production, marketing and labelling of feeds
- Legislation on GMOs in animal feeding
- The feed industry
- The production of feeds
Technical production and marketing of additives
- Legislation in force for the regulation of trade, distribution and use of additives
- Classification of additives
- For use in animal feeds
Feeding of ruminants
- feeding and nutrition of dairy cattle
- feeding and nutrition of beef cattle
- feeding and nutrition of buffalo
- feeding and nutrition of sheep
- feeding and nutrition of goats
Feeding monogastrics
- feeding and nutrition of pigs
- feeding and nutrition of poultry
- feeding and nutrition equines
Use the software for diets formulation.
( reference books)
1. Dell'Orto, Savoini - Feeding of the dairy cow - Edagricole, 2005.
2. In-depth material provided by the teacher.
A link will be inserted to access the teaching material at the beginning of the course.
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15124 -
Viticoltura
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- Knowledge and understanding: Students will acquire an updated picture of viticulture in a national and international context; Students will acquire knowledge on the main physiological aspects of the vegetative and reproductive cycle of cultivated plant.
- Applying knowledge and understanding: Students will acquire knowledge on aspects related to the variety choice and the management of the vineyard with both organic and conventional cultivation method. They will also have the fundamental skills for the evaluation of vine growing environments
- Making judgements: Students will acquire the ability to weigh the operational choices with an interdisciplinary approach
- Communication skills: Students will acquire technical language and the ability to develop technical documents using appropriate terminology
- Learning skills: Students will acquire the ability to consult and use bibliographic sources for updating and critical analysis of knowledge of the main issues for the vitivinicultural sector
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MUGANU Massimo
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Viticulture
Course content
Diffusion of wine grape cultivation in European and extra-European countries. Regional situation in Italy. Main species of the genus Vitis and their origin, use and distribution. Organography: permanent wood, types of buds, the shoot, the inflorescence, the bunch, the berry, types of growth of the root system. Main components of grape berry: sugars, organic acids, polyphenols, aromatic substances, stilbenes. Methods of characterization of species and varieties, ampelography and ampelometry, OIV descriptors list. Management of data and characteristics of Italian and European Vitis databases. Technical objectives of conservation of the grape germoplasm. The clonal selection. Annual cycle and phenological phases of the plant: flower induction and differentiation, bud dormancy, fertility, development of the shoot and of the berry. Grapevine propagation: in vivo and in vitro techniques, problems and objectives. Organization and regulations of nursery plant production. Rootstocks: selection criteria in relation to the environment and variety. Influence of climate and soil on plant growth and on the main qualitative parameters of the grapes. Main bioclimatic indices. The photosynthetic process and relation to environmental and endogenous factors. Criteria for choosing varieties and clones in conventional and organic viticulture. Plant response mechanisms to biotic and abiotic stresses, isoidric and anisohydric grape varieties. Vineyard management: winter pruning, acrotony management, fertility and its distribution on vine cane. Main trellis training systems. Main vegetative-productive indexes. Direct and indirect methods of vigor assessment, the use of precision viticulture. Soil management techniques. Green pruning management and its influence on berry quality. Prediction of grape harvest: grape sampling techniques and analysis of main qualitative parameters.
- Practices: they will be carried out mainly at the Experimental Farm of the University of Tuscia and will focus on ampelography and agronomic management of the vineyard.
( reference books)
- Literature provided during the course
- Books:
- Fregoni M., 2005. Viticoltura di qualità. Editore Phytoline
- Palliotti A. Poni S., Silvestroni O. 2018. Manuale di Viticoltura. Edagricole
- Calò A., Scienza A., Costacurta A. 2006 - Vitigni d'Italia. Calderini, Edagricole
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