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| VEGE0035-1 | Soil-less horticulture and plant productions
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| Duration : | 48h Th, 24h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Pierre Delaplace, Haissam Jijakli, Hugo Magein, Christine Moureaux, Bruno Schiffers, André Toussaint |
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| Coordinator : | Haissam Jijakli |
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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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| Production
Marketing
- Regulations and private standards: their impact on the production of horticultural products exported into the european market (4 h)
Cultivated plants Systematics
- Analysis of the taxonomic and nomenclatural specificities with regard to the classification of cultivated taxa
- Cultivated variety identification : markers and application
Management of greenhouse climate |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Partim-Regulations and standards :
- To understand the regulation framework and to know the main constraints regarding food safety and quality of horticultural products
- To know the main private standards for horticulture
- To understand the impacts of private certification
Partim-Cultivated plants Systematics:
- 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
Partim-Climate management :
- Understand the impact of greenhouse on greenhouse climate in relation with outside climate.
- Understand exchange mechanisms of CO2, H2O and energy between crop and the environment.
- Understand the impact of greenhouse climate on H2O, CO2 and energy budget.
-Identify the climate regulation allowing the optimisation of crop production. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Partim- Cultivated plants Systematics:
BOTA0408-2
VEGE0032-A-a |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Partim-Regulations and standards: lectures (4 hours, in 2 sessions of 2 hours each)
Partim-Cultivated plants Systematics: lectures (4 hours, in 2 sessions of 2 hours each), visits (6 hours in 2 sessions of 4 and 2 hours respectively) to highlight the use of phenotypic and molecular markers in cultivated plants systematics
Partim- Climate management : lectures (12h) |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Partim- Regulations and standards: slides, texts and papers available on line on Blackboard.
Partim- Cultivated plants Systematics: slides, texts and papers available online on Blackboard.
Partim- Climate management :slides |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Partim- Regulation and standards: written exam (1 question) ( ....% final notation)
Partim- Cultivated plants Systematics: written exam (1 question) ( ....% final notation)
Partim- Climate management: written exam (1 question) ( ....% final notation) |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Partim- Regulations and standards: Pr Bruno Schiffers (bruno.schiffers@ulg.ac.be)
Partim- Cultivated plants Systematics: Dr Pierre Delaplace (pierre.delaplace@ulg.ac.be)
Partim- Climat management : Christine Moureaux (christine.moureaux@ulg.ac.be) |
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