Course code: 501404 | Subject title: CROP PROTECTION AND PLANT PRODUCTION | ||||
Credits: 6 | Type of subject: Mandatory | Year: 2 | Period: 2º S | ||
Department: Agronomía, Biotecnología y Alimentación | |||||
Lecturers: | |||||
MIRANDA JIMENEZ, CARLOS [Mentoring ] | MUÑOZ LABIANO, MARÍA DELIA [Mentoring ] | ||||
RUIZ DE ESCUDERO FUENTEMILLA, IÑIGO (Resp) [Mentoring ] | OSES RUIZ, MIRIAM [Mentoring ] |
Module: Commom to Agrarian Branch
Subject Matter: Fundamentals of Plant Production
- 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.
R1. To identify and integrate the biotic factors that regulate and determine agricultural ecosystems.
R2. To understand and integrate the abiotic factors that control and condition agricultural ecosystems.
R3. To analyze and design agricultural systems in order to get more productivity and sostenibility.
R4. To identify biotic factors
LEARNING OUTCOME ENAEE:
ENAEE-6: The ability to apply their knowledge and understanding to product, process and method engineering analysis.
ENAEE-12: Technical and laboratory skills.
Methodology - Activity | No. of in-class hours | No. of distance learning hours |
A-1 Lectures/participative classes | 30 | |
A-2 Practicals | 20 | |
A-3 Debates, data sharing, group tutories | 3 | |
A-4 Assignments | 7 | 20 |
A-5 Readings | 25 | |
A-6 Self-study | 34 | |
A-7 Exams, tests | 3 | 6 |
A-8 Individual tutoring | 2 | |
Total | 60 | 90 |
Learning outcome |
Assessment activity |
Weight (%) | It allows test resit |
Minimum required grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
R1-R4 | Tests on theoretical and practical concepts. | 45 | yes, recovery exam | 4 |
R1-R4 | Report of experimental practica following the structure of technical reports | 10 | no | |
R1-R4 | Worksheets of experimental practicals. | 40 | yes, recovery exam | 6 |
R1-R4 | Registration of attendance and interaction in class | 5 | no |
If the student did not get the minimum grade to weigh in any of the activities, the grade of the subject would be 4.9 out of 10 at most (fail).
AGROSYSTEMS AND CROP COMMUNITIES
The agricultural systems, classifications and distribution
Crop communities. Rotations and alternatives. Agroecology
ABIOTIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE AGROSYSTEMS
Solar irradiation and its influence on crops
Light radiation and its influence on crops. Quality of the spectrum, light intensity and day length.
Air temperature and its influence on crops. High and low temperatures. Thermoperiod.
Protection against low temperatures and frosts.
Protection against high temperatures and heatwaves
Wind and its influence on crops
Protection against wind.
Water in the air, soil and crops
Methods to assess plant water requirements.
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
P1: Fuentes de información
P2_Integral térmica
P3_Estimación de riesgo de helada de primavera en frutales
P4_Temperaturas altas
P5_Necesidades de frio invernal
P6_ Anatomía externa e interna de insectos. Ciclos biológicos
P7_ Muestreo de insectos
P8_ Métodos de Control de Insectos
P9_ Diagnóstico y detección
P10_Síntomas de Enfermedades Vegetales
P11_Control de Enfermedades.
Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.
Basic Bibliography
Caballero, P. y J. Murillo. 2003. Protección de cultivos. Conceptos actuales y fuentes de información. UPNA.
Coscollá, R. (2004) Introducción a la protección integrada. Valencia: Phytoma-España.
Loomis, R. S. y Conor D.J. 2002. Ecología de Cultivos (Traducción, José Ramón Conde García, Inés Mínguez Tudela, Carlos Cantero Martínez; coordinación, Inés Mínguez Tudela) Ed. Mundi-Prensa. Madrid.
Patología Vegetal. Tomos I y II. Sociedad Española de Fitopatología, 1996
Ownley, BH &; RN Trigiano 2017 Plant pathology: concepts and laboratory exercises, 3rd Edition. CRC Press.
Pedigo LP, Rice ME, Krell RK. 2021. Entomology &; Pest Management.
Macmillan Inc. Nueva York, EEUU.
Sans, F.X. y C. Fernández-Quintanilla. 1997. Biología de las malas hierbas en España. Ed. Phytoma.
Schumann, G.L., C.J. D¿Arcy. 2010. Essential plant pathology. APS Press
Urbano, P. 2001. Tratado de Fitotecnia General Ed. Mundi-Prensa. Madrid.
Urbano, P. 2002. Fitotecnia: Ingeniería de la Producción Vegetal Ed. Mundi-Prensa. Madrid.
Villalobos, F. 2002. Fitotecnia: Bases y Tecnologías de la Producción Agrícola Ed. Mundi-Prensa. Madrid.
Further reading
Andrés &; Verdejo 2011 Enfermedades causadas por nematodos
fitoparásitos en España. Phytoma-SEF. Disponible gratuitamente en
http://sef.es/publicaciones-SEF
Ayllón, Cambra, Llave y Moriones 2016 Enfermedades de plantas
causadas por virus y viroides. SEF
Campbell, G S. 1995. Introducción a la Biofísica Ambiental (Traducción, Esteban Rabie Uauy, Alejandro Valenzuela Avilés, Josep M. Villar Mir) Ed. EUB. Barcelona.
Carretero, J.L. 2004. Flora arvense española. Ed. Phytoma.
Elias, F. Castellví, F.(Coordinado) 2001. Agrometeorología. Ed. Mundi-Prensa. Madrid.
Fernández, R. Leiva M.J. 2003. Ecología para la Agricultura Ed. Mundi-Prensa. Madrid.
Fernández-Quintanilla, C., M. Garrido Valero, C. Zaragoza Larios. 1999. Control integrado de las malas hierbas: las buenas prácticas agrícolas. Ed. Phytoma
Jacas, J.A. y A. Urbaneja. 2008. Control biológico de plagas agrícolas. Ed. Phytoma.
Jiménez-Díaz. R.M. y E. Montesinos. 2010. Enfermedades de las plantas causadas por hongos y oomicetos. Naturaleza y Control Integrado. Ed. Phytoma. Disponible gratuitamente http://sef.es/publicaciones-SEF
Lampkin, N. 2001 Agricultura Ecológica (Traducción, coordinadora, Asunción Molina ; traductores, Ricardo Colmenares... et al.) Ed. Mundi-Prensa. Madrid.
López, Murillo, Montesinos y Palacio-Bielsa 2018 Enfermedades de
plantas causadas por bacterias. SEF
Oerke, E.C., Dehne, H.W., Schönbeck, F. And Weber, A. 1999. Crop Production and Crop Protection. Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Smith, I.M., Dunez, J., Lelliot, R.A., Phillips, D.H., Archer, S.A.. Manual de enfermedades de las plantas. Ed. Mundi Prensa. 1992.
Urbano, P, Moro, S. 1992. Sistemas Agrícolas con Rotaciones y Alternativas de Cultivos Ed. Mundi-Prensa. Madrid.
Villarías, J.L. 2006. Atlas de Malas hierbas, 4ª ed., Mundi-Prensa