Production BiologyLaajuus (3 cr)
Code: NM13VG01
Credits
3 op
Objective
The student
- has acquired basic knowledge of national and international plant and food production
- can identify the most commonly cultivated plant seeds in Finland and knows the basic botany and production biology of crops
- knows the different wintering strategies of plants
- knows and can use developmental scales for cereal and oil crops
- understands possible objectives when cultivating various cereal and oil crops and, based on plant physiology, can choose suitable crop planning and cultivation techniques
- knows the core parameters for product quality and how to achieve different quality goals
Content
International and national plant production in agriculture, statistical development
Finnish agriculture and the national food chain
The basic principles of plant cultivation, law and unity
Plant cultivation climate in Finland and the potential impact of climate change
Basics of agroecology and agricultural history
Important cultivars and the domestication of the cultivars
Species and seed knowledge
Production biology
Development scales
Cereal and oilseed crops:
- species, varieties and origins
- meaning and use
- development, growth and return (influencing factors)
- cultivation techniques
- quality parameters
- grain analysis
- wintering and analysis of extraction causes in the field
Qualifications
No previous knowledge required