English title:
Aspects of product quality in plant production
Course ID:
957310
ECTS credits:
4,0
Title in native language:
Aspects of product quality in plant production (in Eng.)
Aspects of product quality in plant production (in Eng.)
Term Semester:
Autumn/Winter
Instruction language(s):
English
Course content:
General Section:
- Criteria of crop product quality
- Crop composition (proteins, oils, carbohydrates, fibres, vitamins, toxic components etc.)
- Analytical methods for crop quality determination
Section on Breeding for Quality Characters:
- Genetics of quality characters and quality breeding goals
- Wheat and rye (bread making quality)
- Malting barley, durum wheat and other special-use-cereals
- Oilseed rape and sunflower (oil content, fatty acid profile, ANF´s etc.)
- Soybean (protein and oil content, protein quality, trypsin inhibitor content)
- Fibre crops (fibre content and fibre quality)
- Starch- and carbohydrate-crops
Section on Agronomy:
- Environmental implications of crop quality
- Influence of agronomic treatments and cultivation techniques on crop quality
Practical Section:
- Introduction to NIRS (near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy)
- Breadmaking quality (baking tests, mini-extensograms, dough hardness, dough stickiness, ...)
- Rapid screening methods (tests for Kunitz trypsin inhibitor and for linolenic acid)
- Molecular genetic methods of quality analysis (protein- and DNA-markers)
Processing of crops
- Examples from the food/non-food industries (sugar, oil)
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- Criteria of crop product quality
- Crop composition (proteins, oils, carbohydrates, fibres, vitamins, toxic components etc.)
- Analytical methods for crop quality determination
Section on Breeding for Quality Characters:
- Genetics of quality characters and quality breeding goals
- Wheat and rye (bread making quality)
- Malting barley, durum wheat and other special-use-cereals
- Oilseed rape and sunflower (oil content, fatty acid profile, ANF´s etc.)
- Soybean (protein and oil content, protein quality, trypsin inhibitor content)
- Fibre crops (fibre content and fibre quality)
- Starch- and carbohydrate-crops
Section on Agronomy:
- Environmental implications of crop quality
- Influence of agronomic treatments and cultivation techniques on crop quality
Practical Section:
- Introduction to NIRS (near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy)
- Breadmaking quality (baking tests, mini-extensograms, dough hardness, dough stickiness, ...)
- Rapid screening methods (tests for Kunitz trypsin inhibitor and for linolenic acid)
- Molecular genetic methods of quality analysis (protein- and DNA-markers)
Processing of crops
- Examples from the food/non-food industries (sugar, oil)
.
Expected previous knowledge:
Basic knowledge of crop production, plant breeding and chemistry<br>.
Learning outcomes:
Understanding the complex of product quality of harvest products. Integrating the effects of agronomy, genotype, environment on crop quality and harvest product utilisation. Experiencing important analytical screening methods used for determination of product quality.
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Teaching and learning methods:
Lecture, student seminars, lab excercises, excursion
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
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