Universidad Pública de Navarra - Nafarroako Univertsitate Publikoa
Public University of Navarre
| Course code: 501404 | Subject title: CROP PROTECTION AND PLANT PRODUCTION | ||||
| Credits: 6 | Type of subject: Mandatory | Year: 2 | Period: 2º S | ||
| Department: Agrarian Production | |||||
| Lecturers: | |||||
| MURILLO PEREZ, ROSA MARÍA [Mentoring ] | MIRANDA JIMENEZ, CARLOS [Mentoring ] | ||||
| MUÑOZ LABIANO, MARÍA DELIA [Mentoring ] | SANTESTEBAN GARCIA, LUIS GONZAGA [Mentoring ] | ||||
Contents
- Integration and analysis of social, political and economical factors regulating plant production.
- Analysis, design and management of agricultural systems to render them more productive and sustainable.
- Identification and integration of biotic factors regulating and affecting agricultural ecosystems.
General proficiencies
CT1. Proficiency in developing activities related to Agri-Food and Rural Environmental Engineering with a social, ethical and sustainable compromise
CT3. Proficiency in written an oral communication skills in English
CT7. Proficiency in solving problems and decision-making
Specific proficiencies
CG2. Sound knowledge of physical problems, technologies, machinery, and water and energetic systems, of the limits imposed by budget and construction regulations, of the relationships between facilities or buildings and agricultural exploitations, agri-food industries and spaces related to gardening and landscaping with their social and environmental surroundings, and of the need to relate all these with human necessities and environmental preservation.
CE9. Proficiency in identifiying and characterizing plant species.
CE10. Proficiency in knowing and implementing plant production basics and production, protection and exploitation systems.
Methodology
| Methodology - Activity |
No. of in-class hours |
No. of distance learning hours |
| A-1 Lectures/participative classes | 30 | |
| A-2 Practica | 20 | 25 |
| A-3 Debates, data sharing, group tutories | 3 | |
| A-4 Assignments | 7 | 20 |
| A-5 Readings | 15 | |
| A-6 Self-study | 25 | |
| A-7 Exams, tests | 3 | |
| A-8 Individual tutoring | 2 | |
| Total | 60 | 90 |
Evaluation
| Activity | Description | Percentage weight | Minimum acceptable mark | Possibility to overcome grade | Test to overcome grade |
| Practica | Descriptive or experimental exercises designed to complement and extend some theoretical aspects of the subject | 40% | 6/10 | yes | Practicum test |
| Lab- report | Drafting of experimental practica following the structure of technical reports | 10% | 6/10 | no | - |
| Exams | Written tests of theoretical and practical concepts of the subject | 45% | 4/10 | yes | Written test |
| Participation | Attendance and interaction in the participative classes | 5% | - | no | - |
Agenda
AGROSYSTEMS AND CROP COMMUNITIES
The agricultural systems, classifications and distribution
Crop communities
Rotations and alternatives
Relationship between agriculture and environment
Methodologies and techniques to analyse limitant factors
ABIOTIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE AGROSYSTEMS
Solar irradiation and its influence on crops
Wind and its influence on crops
Soil temperature and its influence on crops
Air temperature and its influence on crops
Water in the air, soil and crops
Energetic crop balance
Modelization of climatic factors in agriculture
Protection against low temperatures and frost
Protection against high temperatures and heatwaves
Protection agaist wind
BIOTIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE AGROSYSTEM
Introduction to crop protection
Characteristics of the major plant feeders: morphology, biology and ecology
Characteristics, identification, biology and genetics of plant pathogens
Characteristics, biology and ecology of weeds
Decision making in pest management
Rationale of pest control methods
Rationale of disease management methods
Rationale of weed control methods
Phytosanitary regulations
Bibliography
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Fernández, R. Leiva M.J. 2003. Ecología para la Agricultura Ed. Mundi-Prensa. Madrid.
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