Content (detailed programme):
The concept, aims and diffusion of protected crops.; Crop protection facilities: means for plant protection, plant forcing and semi-forcing in ornamental crops; greenhouse typology according to crop typology and crop climatic requirements; Cultural technique in protected environment: fertilization, irrigation, soil disinfection and alternative techniques, phytoregulators and alternative techniques, soilless cultivation (systems, advantages and disadvant
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Notes of lectures given by the teacher
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired:
Characteristics and branches of ornamental industry; market requirements according to products; crop techniques of ornamentals.
The course aims to make the students able to manage the production of ornamentals.
Competence acquired (at the end of the course):
World and Italian status of ornamental industry; the productive chain of ornamentals, from the production of propagation material to final product; ways of market for ornamentals; main ornamental crops grown in Italy.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
To be able to choose the most suitable propagation material and to manage properly the vegetable or ornamental crop. (For this aim it may also be necessary specific information not directly provided during the course, but the student should be able to recognize as necessary and to obtain from other sources.
Prerequisites
Courses to be used as requirements (required and/or recommended)
Courses required: .............................................
Courses recommended: Plant Biology; Agricultural Engineering; Agronomy and Agricultural Ecology.
Teaching Methods
CFU: 6
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 150
Hours reserved to private study and other individual formative activities: 102
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 32
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours): 0
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 16
Seminars (hours): 0
Stages: 0
Intermediate examinations: 0
Further information
Office hours
Every day by appointment: Tel. 055 2755739- E-mail: felice.larocca@unifi.it
Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Sciences (DISPAA)
(University of Florence)
P.le Cascine, 18 - 50144 Florence –Italy
Type of Assessment
Oral examination on the subjects dealt with in the course. Besides, the students my be asked to give simple lectures on these subjects, in order to develop their capability to organize and present a topic. In the case, also these lectures will be evaluated.
Course program
Protected cultivation: concept, aims and diffusion; protection means and climatic requirements of vegetables and ornamentals; cultural technique in protected environment: fertilization, irrigation, phytoregulators and alternative techniques; soil disinfection and alternative techniques; soilless cultivation; production scheduling; examples of protected crops; characteristics and analysis of substrates; calculation, preparation and analysis of nutrient solutions for soilless cultivations.