Main forage grasses and legumes. Adaptation to climate, soil, management. Mixtures of grasses and legumes. Sowing and management of sport turfs, ski slopes, firebreaks, cover crops in agriculture, green parkings. Sowing and management of pastures. Pasture management in protected areas
Textbooks:
Dispense del docente (on CD available from the professor)
Panella A., Croce P., De Luca A., Falcinelli M., Modestini F.S., Veronesi F., 2000. Tappeti erbosi. Edagricole, Bologna, 475 p.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge:
Main turf species used in recreational, sport and technical sows. Pasture management in protected areas.
Competences (at the end of the course):
Sowing and management of technical plant covers and pastures in protected areas with environmental functions.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Choice soling misture. Organize sowings. Manage the covers.
Main forage grasses and legumes for recreational areas, sport courses, technical covers, agro-technical covers. Short information on species of other families. Adaptation to climate, soil, management of the different species, geographical area of sowing. Mixtures of grasses and legumes, criteria for association and calculation of sowing rates. Sowing and management of sport turfs, ski slopes, firebreaks, cover crops in agriculture, green parkings. Rad banks cover, rehabilitation of mined areas, vertical green. Sowing and management of pastures. Pasture management in protected areas. Sowing and management of the covers above.