- Docente: Michele Mattetti
- Credits: 6
- SSD: AGR/09
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Michele Mattetti (Modulo Mod 1) Massimiliano Varani (Modulo Mod 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo Mod 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo Mod 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Horticultural Science (cod. 8883)
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from Apr 03, 2023 to May 23, 2023
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from Feb 20, 2023 to Mar 30, 2023
Learning outcomes
The course will provide knowledge on safety requirements adopted in the European countries for horticultural equipment. Key concepts on the safe use of tractors and agricultural equipment in view of the economic and environmental sustainability. Crop protection equipment for a sustainable horticulture.
Course contents
Concept of sustainability in the agribusiness (2.5 h)
Tractor classification according to international standardization (4 h)
Tractors and power units: main features of pedestrian controlled, ride-on garden tractors, narrow-track tractors for orchards and vineyards (6 h).
Tillage machines adopted in horticulture (5 h)
Tractors fitment to increase the safety of the operators with respect to rollover, falling objects, vibrations, noise level. (2.5 h).
Practice on the selection of tractor and agricultural implement for a given operation (5 h)
Horticultural harvesting machines (5 h)
Sprayers and spreaders: parts, controls, settings and calibration. Protection of the operator from hazardous substances in spray application (5 h).
Seed drills, planters, transplanters: parts, controls, settings and calibration. (5 h)
Machinery and methods for precision and digital farming (10 h)
Practical exercise on sensors for precision agriculture (5 h)
Educational visits to machinery manufacturer and dedicated sector fairs (MACFRUT) (10 h)
Readings/Bibliography
Lecture notes made available by professors
Hawker, M. F. J., & Keenlyside, J. F. (1985). Horticultural machinery (No. Ed. 3). Longman.
Srivastava, A. K., Goering, C. E., Rohrbach, R. P., & Buckmaster, D. R. (1993). Engineering principles of agricultural machines.
BODRIA, Luigi; PELLIZZI, Giuseppe; PICCAROLO, Pietro. Meccanica e meccanizzazione agricola. Edagricole New Business Media, 2018.
Teaching methods
Lectures in class.
During the course, seminars will be planned and will be held by experts in the field of agricultural machinery.
Assessment methods
The assessment is based on an oral exam where three questions will be asked. The average duration of the exam is 30 minutes.
Teaching tools
Lectures in class, and laboratory of water, energy and soil mechanics.
Office hours
See the website of Michele Mattetti
See the website of Massimiliano Varani