SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE AGROECOSYSTEM
Academic Year 2016/2017 - 1° Year- Sustainable management of the agronomical techniques: Salvatore Cosentino
- SOIL ORGANIC MATTER MANAGEMENT: Andrea Baglieri
Taught classes: 56 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
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
- Fondamenti di Agronomia (Bonciarelli F.)
- Agronomia aziendale ed ambientale (Giardini)
- 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.