Course: Crop production in sustainable farming systems

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Course title Crop production in sustainable farming systems
Course code KROV/QPRSZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and 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)
  • Bárta Jan, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Štěrba Zdeněk, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Bártová Veronika, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Jarošová Markéta, Ing.
Course content
Characteristics of agroecosystems, position of agricultural plants in the plant taxonomic system and crop characteristics dividing of agricultural plants into groups. Yield formation and reduction of yield parameters, macro and microphenology, integrated and alternative (organic) crop production. Growth and development of cereals, system of fertilization and plant protection of cereals in sustainable agriculture. Principles of agrotechnological growing of cereals in accordance with utility trends - wheat, barley, rye, triticale, oat. Specific features of growing of the second - class cereals: corn, sorghum, rice, buckwheat, millet. Oil bearing crops, position in plant production, importance, biological properties and growing technology in sustainable agriculture. Root - crops, position in rotation of crops, biological propertiess. Growing of sugar beet and potato.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Preparation for credit - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 40 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 40 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 56 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to obtain general kowledges of plant production under field conditions in the Czech Republic. The most important species are selected in every group of field crops to obtain basic theoretical and practical principles of growing of plants in sustainable agriculture.
Students are able to orientate in the field crops in condition sustainable agriculture.
Prerequisites
Standard knowledge of plant biology

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined exam

The condition of granting the credit is recognition of the plants in green and dry condition (genus + species, scientific name) and active participation in exercises).
Recommended literature
  • Diviš, J. a kol. Pěstování rostlin. JU v Českých Budějovicích, Zemědělská fakulta, 2010, 260 s..
  • Herrmann, G., Plakolm, G. Okologischer Landbau. Ostereichischer Agrarverlag,Wien, 1993.
  • Konvalina, P. et. al. Pěstování rostlin v ekologickém zemědělství.. ZF JU v Č. Budějovicích, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7394-031-7.
  • M. Lacko-Bartošová a kol. Udržateľné a ekologické poľnohospodárstvo. SPU Nitra, 2005.
  • Neuerburg, W., Padel, S. Ekologické zemědělství v praxi. Agrospoj, Praha, 1994.
  • Šarapatka, B., Urban, J. et al. Ekologické zemědělství. PRO-BIO Šumperk, 2005, 334 s.. PRO-BIO Šumperk, 2006.
  • Urban, J, Šarapatka, B. Ekologické zemědělství: učebnice pro školy i praxi. I. díl, Základy ekologického zemědělství, agroenvironmentální aspekty a pěstování rostlin. MŽP, PRO-BIO, Praha, 2003.
  • Zídek, T. et al. Nechemická ochrana rostlin. MZe ČR, 1992.


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 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology Study plan (Version): Agricultural Ecology (2013) Category: Agriculture and forestry 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer