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B016948 - BIODIVERSITY IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
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Course Content
Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Further information
Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2018-19
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Experimantal and Clinical Medicine
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
AGR/07 - AGRICULTURAL GENETICS
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
04/03/2019 ⇒ 30/04/2020
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course illustrates the evolution of agricultural systems by linking the notion of the origin of the main crops with current and future developments in the biotechnology sector in order to meet the needs of sustainable agriculture. Teaching aims to stimulate interest in applications and issues addressed in the agricultural and environmental domains by clarifying the main interactions at the plant system level in biotic and abiotic components.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
M.J. Chrispeels, D.E. Sadava Genetica, Biotecnologie e Agricoltura Sostenibile. Edizione italiana. IDELSON-GNOCCHI Editore
Learning Objectives
Knowledge and understanding:
Teaching aims to make the student aware of the main characteristics of agrarian systems, including the diversity and importance of safeguarding genetic resources.
Judgment autonomy: favored by group discussions and drafting of written reports.
Communicative Skills: They are solicited by the individual exposure of the researches carried out.
Learning ability: stimulated by e-learning.
Teaching aims to make the student aware of the main characteristics of agrarian systems, including the diversity and importance of safeguarding genetic resources.
Judgment autonomy: favored by group discussions and drafting of written reports.
Communicative Skills: They are solicited by the individual exposure of the researches carried out.
Learning ability: stimulated by e-learning.
Prerequisites
-
Teaching Methods
lectures and group discussions on specific argouments
Further information
Frequency is not compulsory, but highly recommended
Type of Assessment
Written test at the end of the course. The questions will be formulated in such a way as to verify that the student, in addition to gaining specific knowledge, has acquired the ability to elaborate and correlate the issues dealt with during the course.
Course program
Demographics, economics and diversity in the human population.
Evolution of man and agriculture.
References of General Botany
Agriculture today. Overview of the economic impact, agricultural commodities and the different models or systems of agriculture
Origin of crops and centers of origin.
The domestication syndrome. Morphological and genetic changes during domestication.
Impact of domestication on human society and the environment.
Sources of germplasm. Modern genetic resources. Genetic erosion. Conservation of genetic resources.
Use diversity: genetic improvement, tradition and innovation.
Cultivation and uman feeding.
The main agricultural crops. Cereals. Wheat, Corn, Rice
Fabaceae and Soy.
Oil plants.
Resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and the future of sustainable agriculture
Conservation and regeneration of plant resources and the environment.
Protection of plant varieties. International institutions.
Evolution of man and agriculture.
References of General Botany
Agriculture today. Overview of the economic impact, agricultural commodities and the different models or systems of agriculture
Origin of crops and centers of origin.
The domestication syndrome. Morphological and genetic changes during domestication.
Impact of domestication on human society and the environment.
Sources of germplasm. Modern genetic resources. Genetic erosion. Conservation of genetic resources.
Use diversity: genetic improvement, tradition and innovation.
Cultivation and uman feeding.
The main agricultural crops. Cereals. Wheat, Corn, Rice
Fabaceae and Soy.
Oil plants.
Resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and the future of sustainable agriculture
Conservation and regeneration of plant resources and the environment.
Protection of plant varieties. International institutions.