Key words
Objectives
Give insight in the most important crop husbandry measures that must be taken for optimising yield and quality of cereal crops.
Topics
The course discusses the practice of the most common cereal crops: wheat, barley, oats, triticale.
Following priority issues are identified:
Wheat is taken as an example for explaining: growth, development and yield pattern of cereals
Sowing techniques
Fertilisation
Disease and pest management
Quality aspects of yield and breeding aspects.
Crop protection measures
Breeding aspects
Actual results of applied research
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of plant science and applied plant production.
Final Objectives
Materials used
Teacher's course
Study costs
Course: € 6
Travelling costs: € 12
Study guidance
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Field work
Assessment
Scoring system:
Written examination
Lecturer(s)
Joos LATRÉ
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