Cultivation of cereals (6cr)
Code: 9A00BI14-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 15.04.2018 - 31.01.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.11.2018 - 05.05.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 6 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- RDI portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Rural Enterprises
- Teachers
- Anu Latva-Reinikka
- Anna Tall
- Jori Lahti
- Arja Nykänen
- Heikki Harmanen
- Scheduling groups
- Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 13 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 13 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Pienryhmä 3 (Size: 13 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Small groups
- Pienryhmä 1
- Pienryhmä 2
- Pienryhmä 3
- Course
- 9A00BI14
Objective
Students will understand the development phases of the more common field crops, cultivation techniques, and the factors that affect the quantity and quality of harvests. Students will know how to use machinery needed to harvest and process field crops. They will be competent in compiling a cultivation scheme and in making quality analyses. They will also be aware of the significance of the factors associated with quality.
Students will know how to identify and categorise the more common weeds and be familiar with the more common plant diseases and pests. Students will also be familiar with various procedures and techniques for killing weeds. They will be competent in planning the control of weeds while considering the economical and environmental aspects involved in killing weeds. Students will be familiar with the how herbicides work and with the impacts they have on the environment and health.
Content
Principles of the yield of cereal harvests and stages of cereal development
- Cultivation techniques for field crops
- Common quality analyses for cereals
- Making a cultivation scheme on computer
- Machinery used to harvest and process cereals
Weed control
- Properties and categorisation of weeds
- Non-chemical methods of killing weeds
- Herbicides, how they work and how to use them
- Growth regulators
- Techniques for plant protection
- Impacts of herbicides on the environment and health
- Identifying the more common diseases and plants pests
Materials
http://www.vyr.fi/fin/in-english
Jones, J. Benton. 2003. Agronomic handbook : management of crops, soils and teir fertility
Teaching methods
Lectures (40 %), exercises ( 25 % ), approved assignment (10 %), approved exam (25 %).
Student workload
Totally 162 h, lectures 65 h, practise sessions 40 h, autonomous studies 17 h, exam 40 h
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Students are able to study the basics of the period.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Students are able to course things well.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Students are able to course things well and knows how to apply them in practice.