Crop plant science (in Eng.)

English title:

Crop plant science

Course ID:

790361

ECTS credits:

2,0

Title in native language:
Crop plant science (in Eng.)

Term Semester:

Autumn/Winter

Instruction language(s):

English

Course content:

Students should gain an overview about crop plants and plant utilization. Beginning from the origin of cultivated plants, plant domestication to the available variability and the breeding of crop plants, even with biotechnological and molecular methods and tools.

Expected previous knowledge:

Basics in Botany

Learning outcomes:

After successful completion of this course students will be able to describe plant anatomy, primary and secondary metabolite production, utilization and breeding of crop plants. They will be able:
+ to describe precisely the shape and structure of the plant body and its useful parts
+ to recognize useful compounds of crop plants of particular quality and value, be it primary storage compounds or secondary metabolites
+ to analyze crop plants according to their use and purpose either as edible plants (for human consumption or as animal feed) or as technically useful plants (plants producing fibers, wood or energy)

Details URL:

https://online.boku.ac.at/BOKUonline/wbLv.wbShowLVDetail?pStpSpNr=292112

Scheduled dates:

http://online.boku.ac.at/BOKUonline/te_ortzeit.liste?corg=15660&clvnr=292112

Curriculum URL:

http://online.boku.ac.at/BOKUonline/wbLv.wbShowStellungInStp?pStpSpNr=292112