Study Programmes 2015-2016
VEGE0035-1  
Soil-less horticulture and plant productions
Duration :
48h Th, 24h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS)6
Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS)6
Lecturer :
Pierre Delaplace, Haissam Jijakli, Hugo Magein, Christine Moureaux, Bruno Schiffers, André Toussaint
Coordinator :
Haissam Jijakli
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
Production


Marketing
- Regulations and private standards: Risks and their impact on the production of horticultural products exported into the european market (B. Schiffers, 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



Partim-Technologies used in protected, soilless and urban cultures: H. Jijakli (12h)
  • Definition and introduction of traditional and urban horticulture
  • View of technologies used in soilless and protected cultures
  • Hydroponic and aquaponic cultures
  • Need and protection of plants in soiless culture
Learning outcomes of the course :
Partim-Regulations and standards :
- To understand the regulation framework
- To know the main constraints regarding food safety and quality of horticultural products, in the context of the global warming and climate change
- 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.
 Partim-Technologies used in protected, soilless and urban cultures: - To know production techniques used in soilless horticulture (hydroponics, aquaponics, culture with substrate) - To chose the correct technique depending to the socio economic and geographic context (urban vs countryside) - To know and prepare nutritive solutions for soilless plants - To know and regulate the parameters needed in soilless cultures - To know the plant protection methods suitable for soilless cultures
 
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Partim- Cultivated plants Systematics:
BOTA0408-2 VEGE0032-A-a
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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)
Partim-Technologies used in protected, soilless and urban cultures: lectures 6h; visits 4h; practicals 2h  
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :
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
Partim-Technologies used in protected, soilless and urban culture : slides and bibliographic references adviced during the cursus and reviewed every year
Assessment methods and criteria :
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)
Partim- Technologies used in protected, soilless and urban cultures : oral exam (eventually alon with a personnel work (...% final notation)
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
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)
Partim-Technologies used in protected, soilless and urban cultures: Haissam Jijakli (mh.jijakli@ulg.ac.be)
Items online :
Course contents
All the pedagogical ressources used in this course are downloadable from the corresponding folder on the online teaching platform eCampus.