General Agriculture

The content of the course includes the following:

Effects of the aerial environment on the growth and yields of large crops

1.Solar radiation. Effects of solar radiation on crop productivity and possibilities for interventions to improve crop production.

2. Temperature. Effect on biological processes of plants. Extreme temperature. General effects of temperatures in agriculture. Characterization of plants based on their thermal requirements. Possibilities of interventions to improve crop production.

3. Atmospheric Humidity. Rainfall. Time and distribution is important for agriculture. Rainfall efficiency and possibilities of interventions to improve crop production.

4. Wind Direct and indirect effects of wind on plants and possibilities of interventions to improve crop production.

5. Evaporation capacity of the atmosphere. Effect on crop production. Water consumption of the plantation and irrigation planning.

6. Concentration of carbon dioxide. Impact on crop production and possibilities of interventions to improve crop production.

7. Effect of wavelength on plant growth and protection from enemies

Effects of variables of the soil environment on development and yields of large crops.

8. Texture, structure, porosity, temperature and water content, chemical and biological characteristics of the soil. Ways to improve crops.

9. Interventions in the territorial environment. Fertilization: inorganic, organic, green fertilization.

10. Soil treatment. Types and objectives. Effect on soil and plant characteristics.

11. Soil cultivation. Intervention time. Cultivation methods (intensive cultivation, reduced cultivation, soil uncultivation).

12. Crop rotation. Objectives and basic principles. Monoculture, set-aside, crop rotation in arid and irrigated areas, sowing and intermediate crops.

13. Production systems