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Physiology of Fruit Trees

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES 7
COURSE CODE PAGR03 SEMESTER 1st  
COURSE TITLE PHYSIOLOGY OF FRUIT TREES
TEACHING ACTIVITIES TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
3 7,5
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 SKILL DEVELOPMENT
PREREQUISITES:

 

 NO
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: GREEK
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: –
URL COURSE: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01182/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
·        Students obtain a comprehensive knowledge of the physiological functions of trees related to their growth and development

·        They will be able to identify the most important factors that affect the growth and production of fruit trees

·        They will understand the effects of cultivation practices in orchards

·        They will be able to propose orchard management approaches in the context of integrated production.
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 to the physiology of fruit trees (meaning, basic concepts, general definitions)

2.      Environmental factors that affect the growth of fruit trees

3.      Relationship between vegetative and reproductive growth of fruit trees

4.      Relationship between root and shoot growth of fruit trees

5.      Fruit tree canopy architecture and light use efficiency

6.      Physiology of adventitious propagation of fruit trees

7.      Physiology of adventitious root development

8.      Water relations in fruit trees

9.      Physiology of mineral nutrition of fruit trees

10.  Physiology of flowering and fruit setting of fruit trees

11.  Physiology of fruit growth and maturation

12.  Plant growth regulators and their relationship to the vegetative growth and fruiting of fruit trees

13.  Alternate bearing in fruit trees

14.  Presentations of students

  1. Written exams
  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
Study and analysis of literature 43,5
Project 40
Study 65
Course total 187,5
Student Evaluation Student evaluation includes:

·     Written exam at the end of the semester (80%)

·     Project with oral presentation (20%)

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Recommended books from the library of the Department:

  • Maib K.M. (1996). Tree Fruit Physiology. Washington State Univ. Proceedings. 165 p.
  • Hopkins G.W. και Huner P.A. (2020). Φυσιολογία Φυτών, Broken Hill Publishers, σελ. 780.
  • Sansavini S. 2019. Principles of Modern Fruit Science. ISHS, 421 p.
  • Τaiz L. και Zeiger E. (2012) Φυσιολογία Φυτών. Εκδόσεις Utopia. Αθήνα, σελ. 949.
  • Τσέκος Ι. (2007) Φυσιολογία Φυτών. Εκδόσεις Αδερφών Κυριακίδη. Θεσ/νίκη, σελ. 784.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Chrysovalantou Antonopoulou, Christos Chatzissavvidis,
Contact details: cantonop@agro.duth.gr  cchatz@agro.duth.gr ,
Supervisors: (1) NO
Evaluation methods: (2) Oral examination, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured
Implementation Instructions: (3) The final examination of the course takes place on a scheduled day, according to the examination program of the Department. It is carried out through the MS teams platform and students will be informed of the exam link with an announcement through the e-class platform.

Students will participate in the open camera exam (MS teams) and before the start of the exam, they will show their identity to the camera, so that they can be identified. Each student has to answer 5 questions. Each of the questions is scored with 2. More details are given with an announcement through e-class.

 

New – Alternative Crops

New‐Alternative Crops

Type: Graduate course / Mandatory course

Division: Plant Science and Environment

Coordinator: Spyridon Koutroubas

Semester: 1st

ECTS: 7.5

Instructors: Spyridon Koutroubas / Christos Damalas

E‐mail: skoutrou@agro.duth.gr; cdamalas@agro.duth.gr

Telephone: 25520 41125 / 25520 41116

 

Cooperation with students: after contact (via email)

Course description:

Definitions, introduction to new‐alternative crops. International trends and the Greek situation. Factors affecting crop growth and distribution (climate, soil, biotic factors). Ecological conditions in Greece. Environmental conditions required for crop growth. New field crops of interest for Greece. Taxonomy, botany, crop growth cycle, common cultivation techniques. Perspectives of commercial exploitation. Production costs and total revenue.

Suggested textbooks:

 (The following titles are offered by the library of our Department)

  • Weiss A. (2000): Oilseed Crops, 2nd edn. Blackwell Science, London, UK.
  • Bavec and M. Bavec. (2006): Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops, CRC Press, London, UK.
  • Gunstone D. (2004): Rapeseed and canola oil: Production, Processing, Properties and Uses, CRC Press, London, UK.

Learning outcomes

 Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

  • To recommend new‐alternative crops based on crop adaptability and
  • To design appropriate farming systems with new‐alternative
  • To recommend appropriate management approaches for increasing productivity and improving the economic efficiency of crops

Evaluation methods:

  • Written / oral exams at the end of the semester

 

Tentative schedule of classes for the course ‘New‐alternative Crops’

Week

Class topic

Instructor
1st Introduction to new‐alternative crops. International trends and the Greek situation S. Koutroubas
2nd Factors affecting crop growth and distribution (climate, soil, biotic factors). Ecological conditions in Greece. Environmental conditions required for crop growth S. Koutroubas
3rd New crops with interest for Greece. Taxonomy, botanical traits, life cycle, common cultivation techniques (rapeseed) C. Damalas
4th New crops with interest for Greece. Taxonomy, botanical traits, life cycle, common cultivation techniques (safflower) S. Koutroubas
5th New crops with interest for Greece. Taxonomy, botanical traits, life cycle, common cultivation techniques (castor bean) S. Koutroubas
6th New crops with interest for Greece. Taxonomy, botanical traits, life cycle, common cultivation techniques (ancient grains: einkorn, emmer, spelta) S. Koutroubas
7th New crops with interest for Greece. Taxonomy, botanical traits, life cycle, common cultivation techniques (soybean) S. Koutroubas
8th New crops with interest for Greece. Taxonomy, botanical traits, life cycle, common cultivation techniques (legumes) C. Damalas
9th New crops with interest for Greece. Taxonomy, botanical traits, life cycle, common cultivation techniques (stevia) C. Damalas
10th New crops with interest for Greece. Taxonomy, botanical traits, life cycle, common cultivation techniques (aromatic plants) C. Damalas
11th New crops with interest for Greece. Taxonomy, botanical traits, life cycle, common cultivation techniques (aromatic plants) C. Damalas
12th New crops with interest for Greece. Taxonomy, botanical traits, life cycle, common cultivation techniques (sesame) C. Damalas
13th Perspectives of field crops exploitation in low input cropping systems S. Koutroubas
14th Written exams