Plant Propagation and Production of Propagation Material

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Μάθημα: Plant Propagation and Production of Propagation Material
Course Number: AGRON1002
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Μονάδες: 5
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COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE – LEVEL 7
COURSE CODE AGRON1002 SEMESTER 4th
COURSE TITLE PLANT PROPAGATION AND PRODUCTION OF PROPAGATION MATERIAL
TEACHING ACTIVITIES TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
5 5
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 SKILL DEVELOPMENT
PREREQUISITES:

 

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TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: GREEK
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: –
URL COURSE: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/426293/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of the course, students:
• They will acquire general knowledge in plant propagation and in methods of producing plant propagation material
• They will understand the importance of the quality of plant propagation material
• They will understand how a nursery works
General Skills
Autonomous work

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

 
  1. COURSE CONTENT
1. Introduction in sexual plant propagation – Seed development
2. Selection, handling, storage, germination and dormancy of seeds
3. Soil substrates and containers, sterilization
4. Introduction in asexual plant propagation – Cultivar, clone, adventitious rooting
5. Propagation by cuttings
6. Propagation by grafting and budding
7. Techniques of grafting and budding
8. Micropropagation
9. Propagation by specialized vegetative organs
10. Propagation by layering, suckers and plant division
11. The importance of plant propagation material
12. Nursery production of horticultural propagation material
13. Nurseries: equipment and infrastructure, organization, legal framework, certification
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) Use of ICT in Teaching and Communication with students (PowerPoint, Videos, e-class)
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

 
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 39
Project 15
Laboratory exercise 26
Study 45
Course total 125
Student Evaluation Student evaluation includes:

·   Written exams at the end of the semester

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Recommended books in the ‘Eudoxus’ system:

Βιβλίο [77119338]: Πολλαπλασιασμός Καρποφόρων Δένδρων και Θάμνων, Ποντίκης Κωνσταντίνος Α. Λεπτομέρειες

Βιβλίο [2682]: Γενική Δενδροκομία, Θεριός Ι., Δημάση-Θεριού Κ. Λεπτομέρειες

 

Additional literature sources will be available to students during the semester.