Course: Physiological Bases of Plant Yield

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Course title Physiological Bases of Plant Yield
Course code KROV/FZTV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bárta Jan, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Diviš Jiří, doc. Ing. CSc.
  • Štěrba Zdeněk, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Pexová Kalinová Jana, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Čurn Vladislav, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Suchý Karel, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Primary production as an essential factor of the yield. Productive ecology. Photosynthesis and breathing. Root system and absorption capacity of crops. Outflow and inflow of assimilates and sink capacity of crop organs. Ontogenesis of the assimilative system. LAI and NAR ratio. Water system and water balance compared with production and yield of crop stands. Biological yield, forming and distribution of dry matter, economic yield. Structure of the yield. Forming of the yield of field crop (cereals, legumes, oil crops, root crops, fodder plants). Relation between yield forming and production quality.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Preparation for credit - 10 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 56 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 20 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 20 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Subject aims to introduce the physiological base of the biological and economic yield of the main field crop.
Students are able to orientate in the most important physiological processes that influence of yield, they know the formation of individual yield elements and they have an overview of the achieved yields of main crops.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of botany and plant biology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined exam

Active participation in consultation, understanding the curriculum defined for the exam.
Recommended literature
  • Hejnák, V., Zámečníková, B., Zámečník, J., Hnilička, F. Fyziologie rostlin. ČZU Praha, 2007.
  • Hosnedl, V., Vašák, J., Mečiar, L. a kol. Rostlinná výroba - II (Luskoviny, olejniny). AF ČZU, Praha, 1998.
  • Kostrej, A. et al. Ekofyziológia produkčného procesu porastu a plodin.. Nitra, SPU, 1998.
  • Nátr, J. Fotosyntetická produkce a výživa lidstva.. ISV, Praha, 2002.
  • Procházka, S., Macháčková, I., Krekule, J., Šebánek, J. et al. Fyziologie rostlin. Praha, 1998.
  • Šebánek, J. a kol.:. Fyziologie rostlin. Praha, SPN, 1983.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology Study plan (Version): Sustainable Systems in Agricultural Land (2010) Category: Agriculture and forestry 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer