The course aims to provide the tools for assessing the quality of the grass production and to know the main factors controlling the quality of products during the production cycle.
The fruit quality productions module aims to define the multiplicity of the meaning of the concept of quality of fruit production and to provide knowledge of the main factors controlling the quality of products during the production cycle. In relation to the main types of agricultural woody crops, will be addressed aspects of the biology and physiology of the development mainly responsible for quality determinism and the synthesis of secondary metabolites in the fruit, and aspects of the most appropriate cultivation techniques for the production of quality fruit production in relation to environmental conditions and market needs.
The fruit quality productions module aims to define the multiplicity of the meaning of the concept of quality of fruit production and to provide knowledge of the main factors controlling the quality of products during the production cycle. In relation to the main types of agricultural woody crops, will be addressed aspects of the biology and physiology of the development mainly responsible for quality determinism and the synthesis of secondary metabolites in the fruit, and aspects of the most appropriate cultivation techniques for the production of quality fruit production in relation to environmental conditions and market needs.
teacher profile teaching materials
2)The Handbook of Biological by Caccioni D and Colombo L, 2012. Edagricole 592 Pag (relative to fruit-growing and species);
3) Teaching aids provided to the students.
Programme
The course will concern the concept of quality in the primary productions as well as the methods of environmentally friendly productions. In particular, we will illustrate the knowledge on the state of the art of the fruit trees productive cycle and the main agronomic techniques of orchard environmentally friendly management. Particular attention will be paid to the knowledge of the fruits, their biochemical composition, and qualitative traits both as a fresh or transformed commodities in the main economically relevant fruit species (apple, pear, peach , apricot, cherry, dried fruits, Citrus spp). Such knowledge is necessary to appreciate the orchard management choices with reference to the economic destination of the products (consumption or industrial transformation). The student will be able to perform a critical evaluation of the agronomic techniques to obtaining high quality fruit productions in the maximum of the environmental respect.Core Documentation
1)Handbook of Horticulture-curated by Sansavini S. and R. P. Edagricole the Sun 24h. Limited to the part of fruit growing;2)The Handbook of Biological by Caccioni D and Colombo L, 2012. Edagricole 592 Pag (relative to fruit-growing and species);
3) Teaching aids provided to the students.
Type of delivery of the course
This is a lecture-based course held by the instructor. In the event of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all provisions that regulate the methods of carrying out remote teaching activities will be implemented. In particular, as already experienced in the second semester of the academic year 2019-2020, the distance teaching methods will be applied on the TEAMS platform.Type of evaluation
The oral exam consists of questions about the topics of the program teacher profile teaching materials
An in-depth section will be organized with informative or scientific papers of relevance to encourage discussion and updating with respect to crop innovations.
Handbook of Horticulture-curated by Sansavini S. and R. P. Edagricole the Sun 24h. Limited to the part of fruit growing;
The Handbook of Biological by Caccioni D and Colombo L, 2012. Edagricole 592 Pag (relative to fruit growing and species);
Sustainable Mediterranean Horticulture by Romano Tesi. 2010. Pàtron Editore, Bologna
Teaching aids provided to the students.
Programme
During the teaching course, the concept of quality of herbaceous crop productions will be discussed,depending it on the plant vegetative-productive and breeding activity as well as on the main agronomic and post-harvest practices. In the general part, the issues of the agroecosystem and sustainable production systems will be addressed and the main natural and agricultural resources will also be described together with their cultivation methods (notes on the main agricultural processes). The physiology and the propagation methods of the herbaceous species will be described together with their management in the field. Particular attention will be given to the harvest indices with notes on post-harvest problems useful for preserving the quality of the products. In the special part, particular attention will be given to the intraspecific genetic diversity and to the qualitative traits of the products in the main economically relevant agricultural herbaceous species (legumes, cereals, oilseeds, vegetables, industrial crops) with emphasis on the varietal panorama and in consideration of the destination of the product (market fresh or processing).An in-depth section will be organized with informative or scientific papers of relevance to encourage discussion and updating with respect to crop innovations.
Core Documentation
The field in the dish. A. Sonnino and L. Bacchetta. Informat Edizioni Roma 2018 (per general aspects).Handbook of Horticulture-curated by Sansavini S. and R. P. Edagricole the Sun 24h. Limited to the part of fruit growing;
The Handbook of Biological by Caccioni D and Colombo L, 2012. Edagricole 592 Pag (relative to fruit growing and species);
Sustainable Mediterranean Horticulture by Romano Tesi. 2010. Pàtron Editore, Bologna
Teaching aids provided to the students.
Type of delivery of the course
This is a lecture-based course held by the instructor. In the event of the health emergency from COVID-19, all provisions that regulate the methods of carrying out remote teaching activities will be implemented on the TEAMS platform.Type of evaluation
The oral exam consists of questions about the topics of the program