Name: VEGETABLE CROPS
Code: 518104002
Type: Elective
ECTS: 6
Length of subject: Per term
Semester and course: 4th Year - First term
Speciality: Mención en Hortofruticultura y Jardinería
Language: English
Mode of study: On-site class
[CB3 ]. Students are required to have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study) to make judgments that include a reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific or ethical nature.
[RA10 ]. Ability to learn about, understand and use the principles of technology transfer, and to understand, interpret, communicate and adopt advances in the field of agriculture.
[RA9 ]. Ability to learn about, understand and use the principles of decision making by using the resources available for work in multidisciplinary groups.
Se trata de una asignatura optativa de la titulación pero que tiene carácter obligatorio para la obtención de la Mención en Hortofruticultura y Jardinería. Las competencias del Módulo de Tecnología Específica de Hortofruticultura y Jardinería (Orden CIN/323/2009 de 9 de febrero) a adquirir son:
HJ1. Capacidad para conocer, comprender y utilizar los principios de: Tecnología de la Producción Hortofrutícola. Bases y tecnología de la propagación y producción hortícola, frutícola y ornamental. Control de calidad de productos hortofrutícolas. Comercialización. Genética y mejora vegetal.
[T4 ]. Reliable use of information resources
El estudiante deberá ser capaz de seleccionar y emplear los recursos más adecuados para un trabajo complejo, referenciando adecuadamente las fuentes de procedencia.
El estudiante deberá ser capaz de conocer en los cultivos hortícolas más importantes:
- Su importancia económica y distribución nacional y regional
- Su encuadramiento y características botánicas
- Su fisiología del crecimiento y desarrollo
- El material vegetal existente en el mercado
- Sus exigencias climáticas y edáficas
- Sus requerimientos nutricionales e hídricos
- Los ciclos y rotaciones de cultivo
- Los métodos de implantación y las técnicas de cultivo
- Su recolección y la preparación y conservación del producto
- Sus fisiopatías, plagas y enfermedades
En el primer Bloque temático I (Introducción) se trata sobre los antecedentes a la materia, en donde se define el concepto de los cultivos hortícolas, y se analiza desde el punto de vista organizativo, económico-comercial y estadístico, el sector generado por la Horticultura. Un segundo Bloque temático aborda la producción de hortalizas que se caracterizan por el aprovechamiento de su órgano subterráneo. En el tercero se aborda el cultivo espárrago, la única hortaliza estudiada aprovechable por su tallo. Un cuarto bloque temático estudia la producción de hortalizas de hoja más comunes. El quinto trata de las hortalizas aprovechables por su inflorescencia. Por último en el sexto se estudian las hortalizas aprovechables por sus frutos, donde se incluyen especies pertenecientes a la familia de las solanáceas y a la familia de las cucurbitáceas.
Bloque I. Introducción
Tema 1. Introducción a la Horticultura
Bloque II. Hortalizas aprovechables por sus órganos subterráneos
Tema 2. Cebolla
Tema 3. Ajo y puerro.
Tema 4. Zanahoria.
Tema 5. Patata.
Bloque III. Hortalizas aprovechables por sus tallos
Tema 6. Espárrago.
Bloque IV. Hortalizas aprovechables por sus hojas
Tema 7. Coles.
Tema 8. Lechuga y escarola.
Tema 9. Apio
Tema 10. Hortalizas de hoja pequeña
Bloque V. Hortalizas aprovechables por sus inflorescencias
Tema 11. Alcachofa
Tema 12. Coliflor y bróculi.
Bloque VI. Hortalizas aprovechables por sus frutos
Tema 13. Tomate.
Tema 14. Pimiento.
Tema 15. Berenjena.
Tema 16. Melón.
Tema 17. Pepino.
Tema 18. Sandía y calabacín.
Tema 19. Fresas y fresones.
Tema 20. Leguminosas.
Unit 1.
Resolution of exercises and practical cases
Unit 2.
Monitoring of vegetable crops in the field in the experimental farm
Unit 3.
Observation and recognition of the morphological characteristics of seeds, organs of propagation and plants corresponding to vegetable crops.
Unit 4.
Technical visits to commercial farms, horticultural seed companies and research centres
Promoting the continuous improvement of working and study conditions of the entire university community is one the basic principles and goals of the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Such commitment to prevention and the responsibilities arising from it concern all realms of the university: governing bodies, management team, teaching and research staff, administrative and service staff and students. The UPCT Service of Occupational Hazards (Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales de la UPCT) has published a "Risk Prevention Manual for new students" (Manual de acogida al estudiante en materia de prevención de riesgos), which may be downloaded from the e-learning platform ("Aula Virtual"), with instructions and recommendations on how to act properly, from the point of view of prevention (safety, ergonomics, etc.), when developing any type of activity at the University. You will also find recommendations on how to proceed in an emergency or if an incident occurs. Particularly when carrying out training practices in laboratories, workshops or field work, you must follow all your teacher's instructions, because he/she is the person responsible for your safety and health during practice performance. Feel free to ask any questions you may have and do not put your safety or that of your classmates at risk.
El plan de estudios no incluye prerrequisitos, aunque es recomendable que el alumno haya aprobado la asignatura de Tecnología de la Producción Hortofrutícola.
Class in conventional classroom: theory, problems, case studies, seminars, etc
The classes will be taught with the help of Power Point presentations that will be uploaded in the Aula virtual. Questions raised by students will be resolved
28
100
Class in the field or open classroom: practical classes
The practical classes will be taught in the experimental farm and will consist of monitoring various vegetaable. Visits will be made to companies whose activity is related to the subject syllabus.
28
100
Assessment activities (continuous assessment system)
Two ongoing assessment midterms will be conducted
4
100
Assessment activities (final assessment system)
It shall comprise two blocks of questions corresponding to the topics evaluated in each of the two ongoing assessment.
2
100
Tutorials
Doubts and explanations additional to those presented in class will be resolved. The proposed work will be followed up.
6
100
Student work: study or individual or group work
Personal work of the student. Preparation of reports by working groups related to subject practices, following the instructions set out in the practice guide.
112
0
Individual official test
There will be two partial exams for continuous assessment. Each exam will consist of 10 short questions. Theoretical concepts will be mainly evaluated. A minimum mark of 4 is required to can count with the marks obtained in other activities.
70 %
Evaluation of practical sessions, visits and seminars based on reports and corresponding documents
The field practice report shall be evaluated according to the criteria set out in the relevant heading. A report of the technical visits will be made. Each report will have the same assessment (10%)
20 %
Solving of cases, theoretical questions, practical exercises or problems given by the teaching staff
It will assess the bibliographic sources consulted, the capacity of synthesis and the capacity of discussion
10 %
Presentation and defence of individual or group assignments
This activity will not be carried out
0 %
Individual official test
There will be two partial exams for continuous assessment. Each exam will consist of 10 short questions. Theoretical concepts will be mainly evaluated. A minimum mark of 4 is required to can count with the marks obtained in other activities.
70 %
Evaluation of practical sessions, visits and seminars based on reports and corresponding documents
The field practice report shall be evaluated according to the criteria set out in the relevant heading. A report of the technical visits will be made. Each report will have the same assessment (10%)
20 %
Solving of cases, theoretical questions, practical exercises or problems given by the teaching staff
It will assess the bibliographic sources consulted, the capacity of synthesis and the capacity of discussion
10 %
Presentation and defence of individual or group assignments
This activity will not be carried out
0 %
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