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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Fodder crop production in the world and in CR, areas of main fodder crops. Importance of fodder biomass at animal nutrition. Verification of fodder growths, overview of fodder plant species. Annual and perennial fodder crops. main annual crops - silage maize, sorghum, oat, pie, fodder brassica crops, root crops. Multi-annual crops. Morfology and anatomy of fodder grasses and legumes. Legumes - alfalfa, red clover, white clover. Color and complementary legumes. Fodder grasses - five basic species, complementary, biodiagnostic and weed species. Meadows and pastures and their utilisation. Ontogeneze of fodder plants and its influence on quality. Quality of fodder biomass and methods of its evaluation. Harvest and conservation methods of fodder.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Preparation for credit
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 65 hours per semester
- Semestral paper
- 35 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 16 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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This module includes a study and review of studying the biological, ecological and phytocenological knowledges in plants, which are useful for the utilization of the agroecological systems for fulfilling productional and non-productional tasks. Students will study this relationships, which exist in growing process, and possibilities of utilization of this relationships for agricultural management in different ecological and economical conditions of the market economy with respect to the aesthetical and ecological functions of the landscape. Students will study theoretical tasks of fodder crops - forage maize, alfalfa, red clover and other fodder crops, its fertilisation, conservation and applying in fodder base. Management of grass-legume mixtures, grasslands. Ecology and economy reguirements at fodder crops.
Students are able to orientate in the sowing of fodder crops, its preservation, fertilization, harvest and conservation of fodder biomass and its use on animal nutrition. Students will take theoretical knowledge for determination of fodder plants and its seeds.
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Prerequisites
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Standard knowledge of biology, botany, pedology and zootechnical and animal nutrition.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Combined exam
Active participation in exercises, herbage and seed collection of fodder grasses and legumes, understanding the curriculum defined for the exam.
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Recommended literature
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Pelikán, J., Hýbl, M. a kol. Rostliny čeledi Fabaceae LINDL. (bobovité) České republiky. ZV VÚP Troubsko, 2012. ISBN 978-80-905080-2-6.
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Skládanka, J. a kol. Pastva skotu. Mendelu Brno, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7509-145-1.
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Skládanka, J. a kol. Pícninářství. Mendelu Brno, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7509-111-6.
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Šantrůček a kol. Základy pícninářství. AF ČZU Praha, 2001.
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Velich,J. et al. Pícninářství. Praha, AF VŠZ, 1994.
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Veselá,M. et al. Návody ke cvičení z pícninářství. Praha, AF VŠZ, 1994.
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