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Course title -
Course code KAES/OPP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Konvalina Petr, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
The conversion to organic farming and principles of organic enterprise´s. Methods of maintenance and rpomotion ofm land fertility. Principles of crop rotation in the cropping, crop nutrition and rpotection in organic farming system. Proportion of the main important species for organic farming system. Choice of suitable varietees of the main crops for organic farming system. Sustainable and organic principles of growing technology of cereals, legumes, oil crops, root crops and other crops on arable land.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Class attendance - 42 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 20 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 74 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The subject aims to introduce the principles of organic crop production, sustainable and organic farming system and explain specific differences between conventional and organic crop productive systems as well.
Graduates of the subject have knowledge in the field of organic plant growing.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge from "Agrotechnology".

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Test

Preparation of model project.
Recommended literature
  • Finckh, Maria R.; Bruggen, A. H. C. van,; Tamm, Lucius. Plant diseases and their management in organic agriculture. St. Paul : The American Phytopathological Society, 2015. ISBN 978-0-89054-476-1.
  • Herrmann, G., Plakolm, G. Okologischer Landbau. Ostereichischer Agrarverlag,Wien, 1993.
  • Chandran, S., Unni, M.R., Sabu, T. (Eds.). Organic Farming ? Global Perspectives and Methods. Woodhead Publishing, 2018. ISBN 9780128132722.
  • konvalina p. Plant Growing in Organic Farming. české Budějovice, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7394-670-8.
  • Lammerts van Bueren, Edith,; Myers, James R. Organic crop breeding. 1st ed. Ames : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. ISBN 978-0-4709-5858-2.


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): Multifunctional Agriculture (2016) Category: Agriculture and forestry 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter