- Docente: Andrea Masia
- Credits: 4
- SSD: AGR/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Marketing and Economics of the agro-industrial system (cod. 8526)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Marketing and Economics of the agro-industrial system (cod. 0868)
Learning outcomes
Acquire the ability to manage orchard problems for the main fruit trees species mainly at the level of pruning models; utilize the best cultural techniques to optimize yield and quality of fruits meanwhile reducing the input of the non-renewable resources.
Course contents
For each of the following fruit trees species: apple, apricot, cherry, kiwifruit, peach, pear; will be shown their botanical aspects, data of flowering and ripening for the main varieties, the evolution of standard, soil and climatic needs, the more used rootstocks, the more used training systems, the various pruning techniques, fertilization and irrigation systems, the more serious drawbacks such as: pollination, incompatibility, soil sickness, the ripening indexes, mechanization of some cultural techniques.
Readings/Bibliography
AAVV. Frutticoltura speciale, Reda, 1991.
AAVV. Frutticoltura ad alta densità. Impianti, forme di allevamento e tecniche di potatura, Edagricole 1998.
AAVV. Manuale di ortofrutticoltura. Innovazioni tecnologiche e prospettive di mercato, Edagricole 2012.
Rivista di Frutticoltura e di ortofloricoltura, Edagricole.
PPT hand-outs files.
Teaching methods
Power point lectures, drill-lessons at the experimental station of Cadriano, visits to commercial orchards.
Assessment methods
Final examination – oral.
Teaching tools
PC and LCD projector for lectures, drill-lessons and visits to commercial orchards.
Office hours
See the website of Andrea Masia