General Agriculture

General

• Code: TΑBO-11-A2
• Semester: 1st
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: General Background
• Teaching and exams language: Greek
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Tutorials (Theory) and practice works (3)
• ECTS Units: 4
• Course homepage: https://eclass.emt.ihu.gr/courses/FD167/
• Instructors: Petridis Konstantinos
• Class Schedule:
  • Tue 15:00 - 18:00: Αίθουσα Αγγλικών

Course Contents

• Introduction (importance of agriculture, development, natural resources, Greek agriculture).
• Cultivated plants (evolution-spread, classification, plant parts and physiological functions, plant productivity.
• Plant and environment (soil factors, climatic factors, energy factor, water factor, atmospheric factor, biotic factors).
• Human influence on plants (choice of crop, choice of cultivation system, choice of seed, soil treatment, fertilization, nutrients, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, etc., sowing-season, depth, means and methods, quantity, transplanting, cultivation operations from germination to harvest).
• Harvesting – storage of products, handling, standardization and distribution of products.

Educational Goals

Introduction of students to topics concerning:

• the evolution of agriculture in modern Greece,
• the relationships of cultivated plants with the environment,
• effect of cultivation techniques on plants and
• climate effect on plant growth and development in cultivation operations from the preparation of the field for sowing to the disposal of the product.

General Skills

• Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies.
• Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking.
• Project planning and management.
• Respect for the natural environment.
• Adapting to new situations.
• Criticism and self-criticism.
• Team work.
• Working independently.

Teaching Methods

• In the classroom, face to face.

Use of ICT means

• Basic software (windows, word, power point, the web, etc.).
• Support of learning process through the electronic platform / e-class.

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

Written final exam (100%) including:

• Short answer questions.
• Development questions.
• Multiple-choice questions.

Recommended Bibliography

1. Χρήστος Δόρδας-Γενική Γεωργία. Εκδόσεις ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗ ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ. 2η Έκδοση/2018. ISBN978-960-357-127-8.
2. Καραμάνος Ανδρέας Ι., Αρχές φυτικής παραγωγής στις αροτραίες Καλλιέργειες. Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση. 2η Έκδοση/2011, ISBN978-960-02-2623-2 .

Related Research Journals

• Agronomy Journal.
• European Agronomy Journal.
• Crop Science.
• International Journal of Agronomy.
• Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science.