Skip to main content
English title:
Field crops
Course ID:
951116
ECTS credits:
4,5
Title in native language:
Ackerbauliche Nutzpflanzenkunde
Term Semester:
Spring/Summer
Instruction language(s):
German
Course content:
Cereal crops:
bread wheat, durum wheat, rye, oat, barley, triticale, maize and more

Legumes:
soybean, pea, faba bean, chickpea, lentil, lupins etc.

Oilseed crops:
OIlseed rape, sunflower, oil pumpkin, linseed, poppy and others

Tuber and root crops:
potato, sugar beet, Jerusalem artichoke, fooder beets

Others:
Fibre crops, industria crops, energy crops, field vegetables, medical and spice crops


Each of the five groups of field crops is outlined using a problem-based approach of knowledge-transfer. Plant breeding, agronomy and phytopathology issues will be covered for each crop group.

.
Expected previous knowledge:
Solid knowledge of botany<br>.
Learning outcomes:
Students are achieving an overview of individual field crop species and groups of field crops with respect to plant breeding, agronomy and plant pathology. Students are able to link agronomic knowledge with plant breeding and phytopathology issues for problem solving.
.
Teaching and learning methods:
Lecture, hands-on demonstrations at the BOKU experimental farm.
Exam method:
written examination (multiple choice test)

Organisation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Country:
Austria
Acronym:
BOKU
ERASMUS+ code:
A WIEN03
Teaching period summer semester:
22. Feb 2021 - 30. Sep 2021
Teaching period winter semester:
13. Oct 2020 - 21. Feb 2021