Course: Physiological basis of yield formation

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Course title Physiological basis of yield formation
Course code KROV/QFZAT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pexová Kalinová Jana, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Primary production as an essential factor of the yield. Productive ecology. Outflow and inflow of assimilates and sink capacity of crop organs. Ontogenesis of the assimilative system. LAI and NAR ratio. 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)
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 20 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Subject aims is to introduce the base of the biological and economic yields of the main field crops.
Students are able to orientate in the most important physiological processes that influence of yield, the formation of individual yield elements and they have an overview of the achieved yields of main crops.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of physilogy and plant biology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined exam

Active participation in consultation, understanding the curriculum defined for the exam.
Recommended literature
  • Kostrej, A. et al. Ekofyziológia produkčného procesu porastu a plodin. Nitra, 1998.
  • Nátr J. Fotosyntetická produkce a výživa lidstva. Praha, 2002.


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