| Course title | Crop Production II |
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| Course code | KROV/PR2 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Lesson |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 6 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | unspecified |
| Work placements | unspecified |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Lecturer(s) |
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| Course content |
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Oil crops: Winter rape - economic importace and processing, position in plant production, plant biology, yield formation and its structure, growth and development, ecological conditions, varieties and seed, crop management and technology, harvest and storage. Importance, biology and crop management of poppy and sunflower. The trend of root crops growing in Evrope and the Czech Republic. Root crops in crop rotation, the meaning for human, farm animals and industry. Sugar beet - history, biology, yield potencial, growth and development. Economic condition of growing of sugar beet in the Czech Republic and Europe. Conditions of yield formation, varieties and seed, technology of growing, harvest and storage. Potato - meaning for human. History of growing. Growing in the Czech Republic and Europe. Yield potential, growth and development, and economic condition of growing. Varieties and seed, technology of growing, harvest and storage.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
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| Learning outcomes |
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The course includes growing oil crops and root crops. The aim is to obtain knowledge about principles of field crops production and economic conditions of their growing.
Students are able to orientate in the field of oil crops and root crops production. |
| Prerequisites |
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Standard knowledge of plant biology.
KROV/PR1 ----- or ----- KROV/QPR1 |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Combined exam
Active participation in exercises, compliance of 2 credit tests, mastering of field crops identification, understanding the curriculum defined for the exam. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology | Study plan (Version): Agriculture (2014) | Category: Agriculture and forestry | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology | Study plan (Version): Agriculture (2014) | Category: Agriculture and forestry | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology | Study plan (Version): Agribussines (2014) | Category: Agriculture and forestry | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology | Study plan (Version): Agriculture (2014) | Category: Agriculture and forestry | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer |