SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE AGROECOSYSTEM

Academic Year 2015/2016 - 1° Year
Teaching Staff Credit Value: 12
Taught classes: 64 hours
Term / Semester:

Learning Objectives

  • Sustainable management of the agronomical techniques

    Provide knowledge for a rational management of the soil in view of soil conservation, maintenance of fertility and improve the yields and improve the knowledge for an optimal agronomical management in relation to public health, plant health, animal welfare and maintenance of non-renewable resources.

  • SOIL ORGANIC MATTER MANAGEMENT

    Biosynthesis of soil organic matter (SOM); humic molecules; effect of SOM on soil characteristics; biochemical and physiological properties of SOM; role of soil organisms and micro-organisms in the evolution of SOM; SOM as a source of nutrients for plants; interaction between SOM and xenobiotics; recycling of SOM in agriculture; analytical methods for the study of SOM.


Detailed Course Content

  • Sustainable management of the agronomical techniques

    Outline of General Agronomy

    Agrometeorology and agrometeorological Services

    Soil degradation, erosion, salinity, phytoremediation techniques

    Soil management: (i) Irrigation, planning of volumes and irrigation shifts, (ii) soil tillage and conservative techniques

    Crop physiology

    Simulation models

    Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Farming

    Bioenergetic systems: (i) Bioenergies, Biofuels, Life Cycle Assessment, Energy balance

    Biotechnology and genetically modified plants

    Development of a simulation model for the growth and production of crops

  • SOIL ORGANIC MATTER MANAGEMENT

    Evolution of soil organic matter; mineralization and humification processes; humic substances; influences of organic matter on chemical, physical and biological properties of the soil; role of soil fauna and microrganisms in the evolution of soil organic matter; composting process; interaction between soil organic matter and xenobiotics; analytical methods to study the soil organic matter.


Textbook Information

  • Sustainable management of the agronomical techniques
    1. Fondamenti di Agronomia (Bonciarelli F.)
    2. Agronomia aziendale ed ambientale (Giardini)
    3. Appunti del Docente
  • SOIL ORGANIC MATTER MANAGEMENT

    1. Ciclo della Sostanza Organica del Suolo (P. Nannipieri; Ed. Patron).

    2. Dispense fornite dal docente sul processo di compostaggio e l'interazione tra la sostanza organica del suolo e gli inquinanti organici di origine agricola.