Course: Basic of Crop Production

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Course title Basic of Crop Production
Course code KROV/ZRV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
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)
  • Kobes Milan, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Bohatá Andrea, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Štěrba Zdeněk, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Čurn Vladislav, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Bártová Veronika, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Plant production, management on arable soil, field crop structure. Conditions for plant production in the Czech Republic (production areas and LFA). Effects of agriculture restructuralization in EU and in the Czech Republic on plant production. Production ecology, biological yield, formation and distribution of phytomass dry matter, economic yield. Conception and importance of cultivar (genotype) in plant production. Production of new varieties - the breeding process. Fundamentals of cultivar breeding in the case of individual field crops (cereals, maize, rape, peas, potatoes, sugar beet, clover, fodder grasses). The fundamental conceptions of seed producion (categories of seeds, biological and seed production value, seed treatment and finalization, control system). Seed production systems for the main field crops.

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 - 30 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 56 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to obtain general knowledges about plant production in the Czech Republic - crop structure, crop management conditions and systems, foundation of plant breeding and seed production.
Students are able to orientate in the field of plant production of the Czech republic and in conditions for its operation.
Prerequisites
Standard knowledge of plant biology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined exam

Active participation in exercises, working out of semestral thesis, understanding the curriculum defined for the exam.
Recommended literature
  • Graman J. a kol. Semenářství (skriptum).. JU ZF České Budějovice, 1996.
  • Graman J., Čurn V. Šlechtění polních plodin - obecná část. Skriptum. ZF JU, České Budějovice.
  • Chloupek, O. Genetická diverzita, šlechtění a semenářství. Academia. 2008.
  • Petr, J., Húska, J. a kol.:. Speciální produkce rostlinná - I. (Obecná část a obilniny). AF ČZU Praha, 1997. ISBN 80-213-0152-X.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology Study plan (Version): Agricultural Biotechnology (2014) Category: Agriculture and forestry 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
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