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| HORT0006-2 | Horticultural Systematic
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| Duration : | 12h Th, 4h Pr, 8h AUTR |
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| Lecturer : | Pierre Delaplace |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| - Analysis of the taxonomic and nomenclatural specificities with regard to the classification of cultivated taxa
- Cultivated variety identification : markers and application |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| - To assess the development of botanical systematics as an important plant science
- To understand how and why plants are systematically classified
- To identify the critical botanical differencies between economically important groups
- To master botanical and horticultural terminology
- To understand the use of phenotypical and molecular markers for horticultural variety description
- To argue the identification conditions of a genotype
- To write a monography (10 pages) on a given Genus (botanical, horticultural and economical state of the art) |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| -- BOTA0002 - Botany
-- VEGE0004 - Molecular Plant Biotechnology
-- HORT0002 - Horticulture production systems
-- HORT0001 - Principles of horticultural science |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| - Ex cathedra lectures
- Visit to the Meise National Botanical Garden
- Visit to the CRA-W
- Reading and presentation of scientific papers
- Writing and presentation of a monography on an horticulturally important genus |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 6h
Scientific visits : 6h
Seminars : 12h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Scientific articles recently published in Acta horticulturae or other science journals |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| - Scientific paper presentation : 2/9
- Monography : 4/9
- Oral exam based on both works : 1/3 |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| N/A |
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Contacts :
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| Delaplace Pierre (Lecturer)
Plant Biology
081 62 24 60
pierre.delaplace@ulg.ac.be |
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