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17937 - BOTANY

ALFREDO DI FILIPPO

First Semester 8BIOS-01/Cita

Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding
The course aims to provide basic knowledge and understanding of the main botanical subjects. In particular, topics regarding plant biology, general botany and systematic botany will be addressed in a single course with particular reference to the agricultural context of primary production.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The knowledge acquired by the student will be propedeutic for the future acquisition of knowledge, skills and understanding abilities applied to the general field of management of plant production.

Making judgements
The skills and knowledge acquired will allow the student to develop critical analysis skills, also through in-depth analysis, independent study and the correct identification of knowledge sources necessary for independent judgment.

Communication skills
The knowledge acquired by the student will allow him to have a correct ability to communicate on topics related to Botany both at a scientific/academic level and with operators in the agricultural sector and with other stakeholders.

Learning skills
The skills acquired by the student will allow him to learn from past experiences through the development of his own critical capacity which will allow greater flexibility in the different professional contexts he will find himself facing.





Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

The rise of Life on Earth. Plant evolution. Miller experience. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Aerobiosis and anaerobiosis. Autotrophy and heterotrophy. Unicellular and multicellular organisms. Innovation through the affirmation of cellular functions.
Structure and functions of the plant cell and its organelles: Plastids: types of plastids (chloroplasts, chromoplasts, leukoplasts, amyloplasts, etioplasts), structure and relative functions. Origin from proplastids. Chloroplasts: structure (thylacoids, grain, stroma) in relation to the main reactions involved in chlorophyll photosynthesis. Photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll and carotenoids).
Vacuole. Role of vacuole in cellular metabolism, in water economics and in cellular relaxation processes. Water relations: the water potential and the factors that determine it. Movement of water between cells.
The cell wall, its constituents and structure. Assembly of the primary wall. Movement of water and solutes in relation to the wall. The wall and the growth by distension of the cell. The secondary wall. Wall modifications (suberification, cutinization, lignification, mineralization). Plasmodesmata.

Higher plant anatomy. Growth by division, relaxation and differentiation. Dedifferentiation and cellular totipotency. Tissues: classification and cell types of the various tissues. Meristematic and mature tissues. Main types of tissues and their characteristics.
Structure and functions of the root in Angiosperms and Gymnosperms. The root system. Apex, structure and function of radical meristems. Quiescent center, positive geotropism, statoliths. Primary structure (actinostele). Formation of the secondary structure. Origin of the lateral roots.
Shoot morphology and anatomy in Angiosperms and Gimnosperms. The bud: vegetative and floral buds; terminal and lateral buds; dormant buds. Knots and internodes. The meristems in the bud. Origin of the vascular bundles. Eustele and atactostele. Origin structure and functioning of the cribro-vascular cambium. Secondary structure of the stem. Annual rings. Structure of homoxylous and heteroxylous wood. Ring porous and diffuse porous wood. Heartwood and sapwood. Origin of the structure and functions of the cork cambium. Periderm and Lenticels.
Morphology and anatomy of the leaf of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms. The petiole and the leaf blade. Simple and compound leaves. Homogeneous and heterogeneous mesophyll leaves. Double-sided, equifacial and single-sided leaves; plagiotropic, orthotropic and needle-like leaves. The stomata and the factors that determine the opening and closing mechanism. The hydatodes. Transpiration and chlorophyll photosynthesis in relation to the structure of the leaf. The rise of water in the xylem: the cohesion-tension theory. Phloem loading and photosyntate transport .
Propagation and reproduction systems in plants. Alternation between generations (gametophyte, sporophyte) and reproductive cells (spores and gametes).
Main characteristics and reproduction cycle of non-vascular embryophytes (moss and liver).
Main characteristics and reproduction cycle of some phyla of vascular embryophytes:
phylum Pterophyta (ferns)
phylum Conipherophyta (conifers)
phylum Antophyta (angiosperms)
Ovule and seed. Seed structure in Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. Hypogeal and epigeal germination. Environmental factors favoring seed germination.
Flower structure in plants.
The fruit. From ovary to pericarp. Dried and fleshy fruits, dehiscent and indehiscent. Simple fruits, aggregates, compounds, false fruits. Fruit dispersion mode (anemocora, zoocora, hydrocora, etc.).
Summary of evolutionary theory. Natural and artificial selection, selective pressure, adaptation, fitness, evolution. Genotype and phenotype. Divergent and convergent evolution; coevolution. The concept of species, subspecies, ecotype; the cultivar. Taxa of infraspecific and higher rank. Taxonomy and systematics; the Linnaeus binomial, the systematic categories, notes on the formation of phylogenetic trees.
The ecology. The interactions between plants and their environment. Ecological abiotic factors in relation to plant metabolism: light, temperature, water, essential nutrients.
Morphological adaptations to different environmental contexts: hygromorphism and xeromorphism.

examMode

Microscopic pictures of tissues/organs.
Oral discussion.

books

Suggested Textbooks:
Mauseth. Botanica. Fondamenti di biologia delle piante. Idelson-Gnocchi

Other Textbooks:
Pasqua et al. Botanica generale e diversità vegetale Ed. Piccin.
Raven, Evert, Eichorn. BIOLOGIA DELLE PIANTE VI edizione (No precedenti!) Zanichelli.
Evert, Eichhorn. Biologia delle piante di Raven. Zanichelli.

mode

Identification of microscopic tissues/organs
oral discussion

classRoomMode

Classroom lessons and practicals in the laboratory

bibliography

Speranza, Calzoni. Struttura delle piante per immagini. Zanichelli.
http://www.dipbot.unict.it/frame/botgenit.htm
http://www.atlantebotanica.unito.it/page.asp

17863 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND PRINCIPLES OF GENERAL CHEMISTRY

ROBERTA BERNINI

First Semester 8CHEM-05/Aita

Learning objectives

The course is structured to provide students with a basic knowledge of Organic Chemistry, supported by the Elements of General Chemistry, to achieve the following educational objectives:
1) Knowledge and understanding. Provide a basic understanding of the structure, nomenclature, properties and reactivity of the main compounds.
2) Applying knowledge and understanding. Develop the ability to connect the topics of the course and also be able to explain phenomena related to problems of everyday life.
3) Making judgements. Develop the ability to analyze data, interpret and solve the exercises.
4) Communication skills. Develop the ability to describe course topics with language properties, clarity, synthesis skills and critical meaning.
5) Learning skills. Learn the tools to use for solving exercises.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

The course program includes two parts. The first part introduces the basic concepts of General Chemistry, useful for understanding the second part of the course, devoted to Organic Chemistry, which is the predominant part of the course. The following are the topics covered.
(1) Elements of General Chemistry. Atoms. Isotopes. Orbitals. Electronic configuration of the elements. Periodic table. Periodic properties. Valence electrons. Rule of the octet. Chemical bonds. Moles. Avogadro's number. Balancing of chemical reactions. Chemical behaviour of the most common inorganic compounds. Stoichiometric calculations. Solutions. Units of concentration measurement. Dilution and mixing of solutions. Colligative properties. Theories of acids and bases. Strong and weak acids and bases. pH. Oxidation-reduction reactions.
(2) Organic Chemistry. Classes of compounds. Functional groups. Hybridization. Alkanes: structure, nomenclature and properties. Structural isomers. Conformational isomers. Unsaturated hydrocarbons. Alkenes: structure, nomenclature and properties. Cis-trans isomers, E/Z. Alkynes: structure, nomenclature and properties. Halogenated compounds: structure, nomenclature and properties. Aromatic hydrocarbons: structure, nomenclature and properties. Huckel rule. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Benzene derivatives. Aromatic heterocyclic compounds. Alcohols: structure, nomenclature and properties. Phenols: structure, nomenclature and properties. Ethers: structure, nomenclature and properties. Aldehydes and ketones: structure, nomenclature and properties. Carboxylic acids: structure, nomenclature and properties. Saturated and unsaturated fats. Dicarboxylic acids. Acidity. Amines: structure, nomenclature and properties. Heterocyclic amines. Basicity. Stereoisomerism. Enantiomers and diasteromers. Chiral carbon. Properties of chiral molecules. Notation R, S. Reactions in organic chemistry. Carbohydrates, lipids, aminoacids, peptides, proteins, purines, pyrimidines, nucleosides, nucleotides, nucleic acids: structure, nomenclature and properties.

examMode

The assessment method is based on a written examination consisting of four open-ended questions and four exercises on the topics covered in the course. The questions are intended to assess the student’s theoretical knowledge of the material presented during lectures, while the exercises are designed to evaluate the ability to apply such knowledge.

During the teaching period, typically in mid-November, a first midterm examination is administered on the topics addressed up to that point. Successful completion of this examination, with a minimum grade of 18/30, entitles students to take a second written examination in January (coinciding with the first or second official examination session), covering the topics subsequently presented. The final grade is determined as the average of the marks obtained in the two written examinations.

Participation in the first midterm examination is not compulsory but is strongly recommended, as it provides students with an initial opportunity to assess their level of preparation. Students who choose not to take the midterm will be required to sit a written examination covering the entire course syllabus during the official examination sessions scheduled in the academic calendar.

books

It is recommended to study the topics of the course using the lecturer's slides, made available on the Moodle platform, deepening the topics and doing the exercises available in the textbooks. The proposed texts are as follows:
(1) Fondamenti di Chimica Generale - R. Chang, K. Goldsby, McGraw-Hill Education
(2) Chimica Organica Essenziale - B. Botta, Edi-ermes

mode

The course is organized on lectures. To achieve the pre-established educational objectives, during each lesson, many exercises are proposed and solved useful for their application and understanding. Many exercises are also carried out as part of the “Corso di recupero ed integrativo di Chimica” which provides two additional hours of class per week, from October to December, as scheduled.

classRoomMode

Strongly recommended

bibliography

See "Adopted texts" section

14618 - MATHEMATICS AND PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS

PAOLO NOBILI

First Semester 8MATH-03/AITA

Learning objectives

The aim of the course is to provide mathematical and physical formalization and modeling tools, which can be used in various application contexts.
The expected learning outcomes are as follows.
1. Knowledge and understanding: knowing and understanding the mathematical models, the laws of physics and the algorithmic methods used in the description and solution of application problems.
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: to be able to solve application problems using the methods studied.
3. Autonomy of judgment: knowing how to use the acquired knowledge to express autonomous evaluation in the different application contexts.
4. Communication skills: acquire the rigorous language typical of mathematics and physics to communicate clearly and without ambiguity with specialist and non-specialist interlocutors.
5. Learning skills: develop adequate skills that allow you to autonomously explore mathematical and physical issues in the contexts in which you will be working.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

MATHEMATICS

Elements of Combinatorics:
Arrangements, permutations and simple combinations, binomial coefficients, definitions and properties.

Matrices and Determinants:
Definitions and properties of matrices, diagonal matrices, transposed, opposite and inverse matrices. Operations on matrices, determinants, Laplace's theorems, Sarrus' rule, general properties of determinants, minor and rank or characteristic of a matrix.

Systems of Linear Equations:
Generalities on systems of linear equations, Rouchè-Capelli theorem, Cramer's theorem, systems of m equations in n unknowns, homogeneous systems.

Real Variable Functions:
Trigonometric functions, compound functions, inverse functions, limits of a function, theorems on limits, the uniqueness of the limit, theorem of the permanence of the sign, theorem of comparison, limit of the sum, of the product, of the quotient, etc. .. of functions, notable limits.

Continuous Functions:
Definitions and first properties, continuity, Neper's number, maxima and minima, inverse function.

Derivatives:
Definition and geometric meaning of the derivative, operations on derivatives and derivation rules, derivation of trigonometric functions, derivation of compound and inverse functions, differentiability and continuity, differential, successive derivatives, relative maxima and minima, asymptotes, concavity and convexity, inflections, graphs of functions.
Theorems of Rolle, Cauchy, Lagrange, De L'Hopital, indeterminate forms.

Trascendent Functions:
Inverse trigonometric functions, logarithm function, exponential function, hyperbolic functions.

Imtegration:
Indefinite integral, definition and properties, relationship between integrability and derivability, immediate integrals, definite integral.

ELEMENTS OF PHYSICS

Description of reality: models, theories, laws and measures; The international system of measurement; Scalar quantities and vector quantities; sum and difference of vectors; decomposition of vectors along assigned directions; dot product, vector product, mixed product.

Kinematics:
Generality. Motion of the material point. Coordinate systems. Linear speed and acceleration. Uniform and varied circular motion; speed and angular acceleration.

Dynamics:
Newton's laws (I, II and III) and their applications. Dynamics of the material point. Friction forces. Work and kinetic energy. Conservative forces. Potential energy; conservation of energy. Power. dissipative forces. Momentum and its conservation; bumps and their classification. Motion of rigid systems and equilibrium conditions. Moment of inertia and angular momentum for rotations about a fixed axis; moment of forces; second cardinal law of system mechanics. Kinetic energy; rolling and the role of friction. Work and Power.

Fluids:
Fluid statics and applications. Fluid dynamics: flow, law of conservation of flow. Bernoulli's theorem and applications. Real fluids: surface tension and capillarity.

examMode

The Mathematics assessment test is written and will contain four exercises aimed at ascertaining the student's ability to apply the methodologies presented in class to solve mathematical problems. The Physics assessment test consists in the autonomous resolution of a series of exercises and in the subsequent oral discussion with the teacher aimed at ascertaining the understanding and ability to apply the concepts presented in class.

books

A. M. Bigatti, L. Robbiano. Matematica di base. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana (Milano).
D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker. Fondamenti di Fisica. (Volume I, Meccanica e Termologia). Casa Editrice Ambrosiana (Milano).

mode

The teaching will be given through lectures and exercises, to which approximately the same number of hours will be dedicated. 48 hours will be dedicated to the presentation of the Mathematics topics, 16 hours will be dedicated to the presentation of the Physics topics.

classRoomMode

The teaching will be given through lectures and exercises, to which approximately the same number of hours will be dedicated. 48 hours will be dedicated to the presentation of the Mathematics topics, 16 hours will be dedicated to the presentation of the Physics topics.

bibliography

A. M. Bigatti, L. Robbiano. Matematica di base. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana (Milano).
D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker. Fondamenti di Fisica. (Volume I, Meccanica e Termologia). Casa Editrice Ambrosiana (Milano).

14789 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE

First Semester 6ANGL-01/Cita

Learning objectives

EDUCATIONAL AIMS:
The course aims to develop language skills at a pre-intermediate level (B1 in The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), focusing on building essential grammatical and lexical foundations. Lectures are partly organised in in-class practice tests coherent with the International Preliminary English Test (PET). A selection of scientific texts, uploaded to the Moodle page of the course, will be analyzed so that to build lexical knowledge and debating skills related to Natural Sciences subjects.


LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The student can:
- understand texts that consist mainly of high-frequency everyday or job-related language;
- understand the description of events, feelings, and wishes in personal letters;
- understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters;
- enter into a conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life;
- connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe experiences and events, his/her dreams, hopes and ambitions;
- briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions related to scientific topics as well;
- write simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest;
- write personal letters describing experiences and impressions, and short stories sticking to specific hints.

119795 - ATTIVITà FORMATIVA A SCELTA (AFS)

First Semester 15ita
NUOVO GRUPPO EXTRACURRICULAREFirst SemesterITA
14791 - BIOLOGY AND BREEDING OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS - 12- -

Learning objectives

Module Animal Biology and General Animal Husbandry

Knowledge and understanding
Students will have to acquire the main elements regarding the physiology and anatomy of livestock as well as elements of general zootechnics. Specifically, they will acquire knowledge on the anatomy and functioning of the main organs, tissues and systems that make up the body of livestock, on livestock demography and on the main species and breeds raised.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The knowledge acquired will allow the student to have a greater awareness and understanding of the different zootechnical disciplines in the university and professional fields.

Making judgements
The skills and knowledge acquired in practice will guarantee the student the ability to make good judgment in order to make reasoned choices in the specific sector.

Communication skills
The knowledge acquired by the student will allow him to have a correct communication ability with other stakeholders (breeders, veterinarians, agronomists, etc.).

Learning skills
The skills acquired by the student will allow him to learn from past experiences through the development of his own critical capacity which will allow greater flexibility in the different professional contexts he will find himself facing.

Special Animal Husbandry Module: breeding techniques

Knowledge and understanding
To provide students with basic knowledge regarding the performance of livestock animals, their monitoring and management. In particular, students are expected to gain basic knowledge on animal welfare, environmental impact of livestock farms, genetic improvement, nutrition and breeding techniques.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The knowledge gained will enable the student to have a greater awareness of the main breeding systems, which will also include aspects related to their management.

Making judgements
The skills and knowledge acquired will ensure that the student will embark on a path aimed at acquiring judgment skills in order to make reasoned choices in the field of animal husbandry.

Communication skills
The knowledge gained by the student will enable him or her to communicate with other stakeholders (breeders, zoonomi, agronomists, veterinarians, etc.).

Learning skills
The skills acquired will enable the student to learn from past experiences through the development of his or her own critical capacity that will allow for greater flexibility in the various professional contexts he or she will face.





ZOOTECNICA SPECIALE: TECNOLOGIE PER L'ALLEVAMENTO

NICOLA LACETERA

First Semester6AGRI-09/Cita

Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding
To provide students with basic knowledge regarding the performance of livestock animals, their monitoring and management. In particular, students are expected to gain basic knowledge on animal welfare, environmental impact of livestock farms, genetic improvement, nutrition and breeding techniques.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The knowledge gained will enable the student to have a greater awareness of the main breeding systems, which will also include aspects related to their management.

Making judgements
The skills and knowledge acquired will ensure that the student will embark on a path aimed at acquiring judgment skills in order to make reasoned choices in the field of animal husbandry.

Communication skills
The knowledge gained by the student will enable him or her to communicate with other stakeholders (breeders, zoonomi, agronomists, veterinarians, etc.).

Learning skills
The skills acquired will enable the student to learn from past experiences through the development of his or her own critical capacity that will allow for greater flexibility in the various professional contexts he or she will face.




Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Parameters and indices of zootechnical interest: growth, reproduction and lactation. The intrinsic quality of products of animal origin. Animal welfare. The environmental impact of breeding activities. Genetic improvement of farm animals. Notions of nutrition and feeding of farm animals. The breeding of dairy cattle. Pig breeding. Breeding of poultry species.

examMode

The test will consist of at least three questions related to the topics developed during the course.

books

- Sandrucci A., Trevisi, E. 2022. Produzioni animali. EdiSES Edizioni S.r.l., Napoli.
- Bortolami R., Callegari E., Beghelli V. 2009. Anatomia e fisiologia degli animali domestici. Edagricole, Bologna.
- Fondamenti di Zootecnia. Miglioramento genetico, Nutrizione e Alimentazione. 2007. G. Bittante, I. Andrighetto, M. Ramanzin. Liviana Scolastica. - Tecniche di Produzione Animale. 2005. G. Bittante, I. Andrighetto, M. Ramanzin. Liviana Scolastica.
- Study material provided by the lecturer.

classRoomMode

Class attendance is strongly recommended but not mandatory.

bibliography

Zootecnia di precisione e tecnologie innovative in allevamento. Fabio Palmiro Albeni, Eleonora Nannoni, Anna Sandrucci. Le Point Vétérinaire Italie.

BIOLOGIA ANIMALE E ZOOTECNIA GENERALE

ANDREA VITALI

First Semester6AGRI-09/Cita

Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding
Students will have to acquire the main elements regarding the physiology and anatomy of livestock as well as elements of general zootechnics. Specifically, they will acquire knowledge on the anatomy and functioning of the main organs, tissues and systems that make up the body of livestock, on livestock demography and on the main species and breeds raised.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The knowledge acquired will allow the student to have a greater awareness and understanding of the different zootechnical disciplines in the university and professional fields.

Making judgements
The skills and knowledge acquired in practice will guarantee the student the ability to make good judgment in order to make reasoned choices in the specific sector.

Communication skills
The knowledge acquired by the student will allow him to have a correct communication ability with other stakeholders (breeders, veterinarians, agronomists, etc.).

Learning skills
The skills acquired by the student will allow him to learn from past experiences through the development of his own critical capacity which will allow greater flexibility in the different professional contexts he will find himself facing.




Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Levels of organization of the animal body: concept of cell, tissue, organ, system, apparatus. Elements of morphology and physiology of the main tissues. Morpho-functional aspects of the Skeletal, Articular and Muscular System. Digestive system of monogastric and polygastric animals; Male and female reproductive systems; Mammary gland and lactation physiology. Endocrine system, Physiology of thermoregulation. Immune response. Natural and instrumental mating, innovative biotechnology of reproduction.
Body conformation, production attitudes/capacity and distribution of the main livestock species and breeds.

examMode

Fifteen multiple choice questions (1 point each) and five open-ended questions (0 to 3 points per question)
Example multiple choice question
In apocrine secretion the glandular cell can:
a) transform into the secretion
b) remain unchanged
c) partially modify
d) enlarge
Example open-ended question
Describe the main mechanisms of heat dispersion in heat stress conditions

books

Bortolami R., Callegari E., Beghelli V. - Anatomia e fisiologia degli animali domestici, Edagricole Bologna

Bittante G. , I. Andrighetto, M. Ramanzin, Tecniche di produzione animale, Liviana Editrice, Padova

Aguggini G., Beghelli V., Giulio L.F. Fisiologia degli Animali Domestici con Elementi di Etologia. UTET, Torino

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Lectures

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Opzionale

bibliography

non available

14774 - PHYSIOLOGY AND PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

DANIEL VALENTIN SAVATIN

Second Semester 6BIOS-02/Aita

Learning objectives

The course aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding of basic aspects of plant physiology, particularly the physiology of crops, as well as of basic aspects of plant biotechnology. During the course the students will acquire the ability to identify the physiological imbalances of crops, manage the irrigation, the fertilizers and the environment to restore the optimal physiological conditions of crops through biotechnological approaches. Moreover, students will develop the ability to describe the physiological phenomena in cultivated plants as well as the ability of updating the knowledge about the plant physiology and biotechnologies in the considered context.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

General characteristics of the plant
Cell wall: composition, structure and functions. Plasmodesmata: structure and function.
Vacuole: structure and functions.

Transport of water and solutes
Water and plant: water importance for the plant. Water characteristics. Water movement from the ground to the atmosphere: diffusion, mass flow and osmosis. Electrochemical potential of water and water potential. Components of water potential. Use of water potential and experimental methods for measuring water potential (psychrometer and pressure chamber). The movement of water in the plant: anatomy of the xylem; radical absorption; root pressure; transpiration; relative humidity; stomata and stomatal regulation. Theory of tension-cohesion. Absorption of solutes: plasma membrane. Active and passive transport. Potential of Nerst (outline). Channels: carriers and pumps; K+ channel and sucrose-proton carrier.

Photosynthesis and phloem transport
Photosynthesis: light-dependent reactions and carbon reactions. Biosynthesis of starch and sucrose. Photorespiration. Photoinhibition. Site of action of diuron and paraquat herbicides.
CO2 concentration mechanisms: C4 plants and CAM plants. Transpiration ratio. The transport of photosynthates: phloem anatomy; characteristics of phloem transport; definition of source and sink organs. Phloem loading and unloading. Pressure flow hypothesis. Assimilate allocation and distribution.

Growth, development and defence
Importance of light as an environmental signal. Plant responses regulated by blue light and red light. Action spectrum and absorption spectrum. Skotomorphogenesis and photomorphogenesis. Photoreceptors. Phytochrome characteristics: pr and pfr forms of phytochromes; phytochrome function and its role in the shadow perception in heliophilous plants; importance of the phytochrome in seed germination; photoperiodism; long- and short-day plants. Importance of night duration in the photoperiodic response; demonstration of the phytochrome involvement in the photoperiodic response. Vernalization. Signal perception in leaves.
Plant hormones: what is and how a plant hormone acts. Physiological aspects of hormonal activities: multiple responses induced by different hormones. Auxins: auxin polar transport; cell distension and the acid growth hypothesis; phototropism. Gibberellins: induction of alpha-amylase in seed germination; growth of the stem (cell distension) and effect on the cell wall. Cytokinins: stimulation of cell division. Abscisic acid: regulation of stomata the closure. Ethylene: regulation of fruit ripening. Brassinosteroids (brief). The defence response of plants: secondary metabolites; constitutive and induced defence responses, including the acquired systemic response (outline).

Plant biotechnology
Plant biotechnology: definition. Essential steps for the production of transgenic plants. Importance of knowledge of physiological processes for the manipulation of the traits of interest: Case study: fruit softening process in tomato. GM plant cultivation.

examMode

Progress tests will be carried out if the numerosity of the class will allow an easy supervision by the professor during the test. The written exam will be on a questionnaire of 26-30 comprehending multiple choice and open questions about the whole program. The assessment will be based on knowledge of the subjects, their level of detail and the ability to present clearly the topic. Questions can be weighted differently depending on the topic. In any case for all the topics (e.g. water movement in the plant, photosynthesis, growth and development and biotechnology) sufficient knowledge must be demonstrated.
The student can take an oral exam only if the result of the written test is sufficient.
The professor can propose the examinee an oral evaluation in case the written test shows minimum gaps in specific topics.

books

Recommended textbooks

Taiz L. and Zeiger E. Element di Fisiologia vegetale (2013), Piccin
Rascio et al. Element di Fisiologia vegetale (2012), EdiSES
Pupillo P., Cervone F., Cresti M, Rascio N., 2003. Biologia vegetale. Zanichelli
Teaching material provided by the professor

classRoomMode

In presence.

14787 - AGRICULTURAL GENETICS

LJILJANA KUZMANOVIC

Second Semester 6AGRI-06/Aita

Learning objectives

Knowledge and insight
The course aims to provide the necessary information for understanding the theoretical and experimental bases of classical and modern genetics, with particular reference to: structure and function of the hereditary material, flow of genetic information from DNA to proteins, chromosomal bases of heredity, inheritance of simple and complex traits, genetic variability as the basis for species evolution and genetic improvement.
Applying knowledge and insight
The course topics will be covered so to provide an understanding of: temporal evolution of scientific thought that led to discoveries, value of intuition and experimental verification, universality of the principles on which biological evolution is based, logical connection between structure and function, transferability of principles and knowledge from model organisms to organisms of agricultural interest, importance of knowledge from other disciplines that are fundamental for the correct interpretation of the results.

Judgement
Through the program, students acquire new knowledge that they will elaborate with the knowledge already acquired in other fundamental disciplines, to contextualize the importance of genetics in the evolution of life and the maintenance of species.
Communication
Communication skills will be stimulated during the lessons to make students understand the importance of using appropriate and specific language in the presentation and the importance of comparing and verifying knowledge (between students and between students and teacher).
Learning skills
The course aims to strengthen the foundations in genetics and related fundamental disciplines to enable students to continue in-depth and specialized studies with an improved level of autonomy.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

1. Introduction to genetics; biological diversity and role of organic macromolecules
2. Structure of genetic material (nucleic acids) and DNA replication.
3. Chromosomes and chromatin in eukaryotes (structure, roles, organisation of eukaryotic genomes).
4. Cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis: biological significance and phases.
5. Flow of genetic information from DNA to proteins in prokaryotes and eukaryotes: transcription and translation; structure of an eucaryotic gene; genetic code.
6. Mutations (point, chromosomal, genomic): mechanisms of occurrence, causal agents, repair mechanisms, effects on the protein product and phenotype, and effects on the evolution of the species.
7. Transposable elements in eukaryotes: classes and mechanisms of transposition; effects on genome instability and role in genome organization and species evolution.
8. Regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes (operons) and eukaryotes (transcriptional, post-transcriptional, translational and post-translational levels).
9. Inheritance of traits: genotype vs. phenotype.
10. Mendelian genetics and the principles of inheritance of traits: dominance and recessiveness; segregation of traits in monohybrid and dihybrid crosses; cytological and genetic bases of segregation and independent segregation; backcross; chi-square test.
11. Extensions of Mendel's laws: incomplete dominance, multiple alleles and codominance; gene interactions and new phenotypes.
12. Gene association (linkage) and recombination: Morgan experiments, crossing-over and distance between genes, genetic and physical maps.
13. The principles of genetics of quantitative traits: continuous variability, components of genetic and phenotypic variability.
14. Genetics applied to agriculture: methods for creating new variability, elements of breeding of cultivated plants.

examMode

The exam consists of a single oral test (3-4 questions) on the topics covered in the hours of lessons. To assign the final mark, the following parameters are considered: level of knowledge of the contents, reasoning and analysis skills, connection between different subjects and interdisciplinary topics, as well as the ability of critical sense and clarity of presentation. Honours are awarded in case of merit in all evaluation parameters.

An intermediate test based on the first half of the program is foreseen.

books

1. Lorenzetti F, Ceccarelli S, Veronesi F, Rosellini D, Albertini E: Genetica agraria, Patron Editore, 5a edizione, 2023
2. Russell PJ: Genetics - A molecular approach, Pearson publisher (or similar textbooks, preferably by the same author)
3. Material given by the teacher, lecture slides

classRoomMode

Attendance of the course is not compulsory

bibliography

Russell, PJ: Genetica - un approccio molecolare, Pearson editore, 5a edizione, 2019

14790 - PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS

SIMONE SEVERINIRAFFAELE CORTIGNANI

Second Semester 6AGRI-01/Aita

Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding
The course deals with a subject, economics, which requires the ability to abstract and understand graphs and figures. It aims to raise awareness of the main operating mechanisms of the economic system in general and of the agri-food system in particular.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The topics addressed will be contextualized and applied to practical and real cases both on the demand and on the supply side of the agrifood system. Students will acquire the ability to apply the theoretical foundations to real cases of agricultural enterprises and agri-food markets.

Making judgements
Referring to one's own experience as consumers, the course will help to acquire awareness of the determinants of one's economic choices and to formulate one's own independent judgment on the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of such choices.

Communication skills
Communication skills are strengthened through a constant emphasis on the use of appropriate and understandable terminology. The various examples that are discussed in the lessons all derive from the daily experience of participants in the economic system and in this sense represent a reference for communicating to others the relevance of the economic dimension of every human activity, in particular those that concern the agrifood system.

5.Learning skills
Learning skills will be improved by connecting different social and economic variables in order to be able to evaluate the evolution of the socioeconomic context in which agricultural farms and agrifood enterprises operate. To provide students with the elements to better learn the contents of the subsequent economics courses that they will have to undertake during the degree course.

NUOVO GRUPPO EXTRACURRICULARESecond SemesterITA
SUBJECTSEMESTERCFUSSDLANGUAGE
15180 - AGRONOMY

RAFFAELE CASA

First Semester 7AGR/02ITA

Learning objectives

The objectives of the Agronomy course are to provide students with the tools to be able to understand and critically analyze the functioning and management of the agroecosystem and to have an understanding of the expected effects on the system by the main components of the technical itinerary typical of herbaceous and arboreal cropping systems. The course is structured in two parts. In the first part, the functioning of the agroecosystem is analyzed, in order to provide a basic knowledge on the main aspects of the biophysical factors of the system, e.g. those concerning climatic factors, soil, water. The second part analyzes the interventions typically carried out for the management of the agroecosystem that take the form of practices such as tillage, irrigation, fertilization, rotation and management of weeds. Attendance at lectures and exercises, although optional, is strongly recommended.
Knowledge and understanding
The course aims to develop in students knowledge and understanding skills, such as:
• To know and understand the environmental factors that influence the functioning of the agroecosystem and agricultural plant production, in particular related to soil, climate and ecophysiological interactions within plant communities.
• Know and understand the techniques and technologies that can be used to manage an agroecosystem in a productive and sustainable way, with particular reference to irrigation, tillage, hydraulic-agricultural land systems, weed control, fertilization and organization of the cropping system.

Applied knowledge and understanding
The course will allow students to apply knowledge and understanding, allowing for example to:
• describe the main mechanisms of physical and/or biological action that determine the influence of environmental factors in the soil-atmosphere-plant system
• know the hydraulic-agricultural land systems of plain and hilly environments with a view to combating erosion and hydrogeological degradation and contrasting waterlogging phenomena
• classify fertilizers and learn about their use with a view to productivity and sustainability
• classify soil tillage equipment and choose the most suitable types for different operating contexts
• classify the technical solutions and tools available for irrigation and its management with a view to saving water
• know types of weeds and strategies for physical, biological or chemical intervention on weeds

Making judgements
The course will allow you to develop autonomy of judgment at various levels, such as:
• hypothesize what effects of soil and atmosphere influence agricultural production
• propose the most suitable agro-techniques to deal with the most frequent cultivation problems

Communication skills
Participating in the lessons and/or using the material made available independently will facilitate the development and application of communication skills, such as:
• provide a sufficient range of practical examples of the application of agronomic cultivation techniques
• use an appropriate and up-to-date agronomic technical vocabulary.

Learning skills
Participating in the lessons and/or independently using the material made available will facilitate the consolidation of one's learning skills, allowing for example to:
• activate a program of continuous education and update of personal knowledge
• Independently identify the ways to acquire information
• identify and use the sources of information most useful to technical updating.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

First part: agroecosystems biophysical factors
The agricultural crop (growth indices). Climate and agricultural crops: solar radiation; evapotranspiration; temeperature; rainfall; effective rainfall.
Cultivated and natural soils: definition, functions, composition; soil profile; fertility and productivity.
Soil texture and particle size distribution: stony soils; sandy soils; silty soils; clay soils; loam.
Soil structure: general aspects and structure types; role of soil structure; assemblage and size of aggregates; stability of aggregates; porosity; factors acting on soil structure.
Soil chemical and physico-chemical properties: composition; soil solution and cation exchange capacity; soil pH; salinity anomalies.
Soil water: measuring soil moisture; soil water potential; water retention curve and its determination.

Second part: agroecosystem management
Soil tillage.
Irrigation: irrigation variables; watering rate; water use efficiency; irrigation timing; seasonal crop water requirements; irrigation methods; irrigation water quality.
Soil organic matter (SOM) and organic fertilizers: types of organic matter and their origin; soil transformations and humic balance; factor acting on SOM transformations; SOM functions; organic fertilization; commercial organic fertilizers.
Mineral fertilization: classification and market requirements of mineral fertilizers; nitrogen fertilizers; phosphate fertilizers; potassium fertilizers; composite mineral fertilizers; crop response to fertilizers; optimal fertilization rate; farm requirements and environmental constraints; fertilization plans; yield quality response to fertilization.
Weed management: preventive measures; physical direct means; chemical weed management.
Cropping systems: species sequence and rotations.

examMode

The assessment of knowledge and skills takes place through an oral examination for the entire programme. In the exam 6 questions are asked in which further discussions, clarification and possible calculations are requested, on the whole programme. The overall assessment is obtained from the sum of the score given to each question, a maximum of 5 points each.
In the evaluation of the test and in the attribution of the final grade will take into account: the level of content knowledge demonstrated (superficial, appropriate, precise and complete, complete and thorough), the ability to apply theoretical concepts (errors in applying the concepts, (sufficient, good, good, well-established), the ability to analyse, synthesis and interdisciplinary links (sufficient, good, excellent), the ability to make critical sense and make judgments (sufficient, good, excellent), mastery of expression ( poor exposure, simple, clear and correct, safe and correct).

books

Textbook:
Authors: P. Ceccon, M. Fagnano, C. Grignani, M. Monti, S. Orlandini
title: AGRONOMIA
edition: EDISES 2017 (http://www.edises.it/universitario/agronomia.html)

Lesson slides, recordings and other material made available by the professor

mode

Teaching will take place with classroom lectures supported by slides and discussion with students, laboratory exercises, educational-experimental agricultural company and visits to farms

Lab practicals in the DAFNE Lab of Soil Physics: 15 hours.
Demonstration of the methods of soil sampling and analysis of the main physical soil properties, including e.g.: soil texture, stability of aggregates, porosity, water retention curve. Demonstration of soil moisture measurements and equipment.
Calculation of a fertilization plan based on soil nutrients balance methodology.

Field practicals: 19 hours
Visits to farms (at least a farm in the Province of Viterbo and a large farm outside the Province) with demonstration of the equipment for soil tillage, fertilization, sowing, irrigation and discussion of the agronomic management carried out by the farm.
Visits to the experimental farm of Tuscia University to demonstrate the equipment available, including agrometeorological instruments.

classRoomMode

Attendance, although not mandatory, is essential to achieve the indicated training objectives, especially with regard to exercises.

bibliography

Luigi Giardini
titolo: L'AGRONOMIA per conservare il futuro (6° edizione)
edizione: Patron Editore Bologna 2012

15184 - HORTICULTURE AND FLORICULTURE

GIUSEPPE COLLA

First Semester 6AGR/04ITA

Learning objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and technical skills for planning and sustainable management of vegetables and flower crops with reference to the typical crops of the Mediterranean basin. For each crop, information on diffusion, botanical characteristics, crop cycle, agrotechnical and product quality will be provided. A further objective of the course is to provide knowledge and skills on nursery productions.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

General part
- Importance of vegetable crop production and floriculture in Italy and in the World
- Classification of vegetable crops and flower crops
- Quality of products (vegetables and flowers)
- Propagation and nursery
- Protected cultivation (greenhouses, tunnels)
- Planning productions and crop rotations
- Cultural techniques: soil preparation, planting, mulching, irrigation, fertilization, weed control, growth regulators, harvest.
Special Part
Economic importance, botanical characteristics, pedo-climatic needs, agronomic techniques, low-input and organic production, utilization of edible product in the main vegetable crops (asparagus, artichoke, cawliflower, lettuce, melon, processing tomato and fresh-market tomato) and flower crops (chirsantemum, gerbera, lilium).

examMode

Oral test with less than 10 students
Written test with more than 10 students

books

Orticoltura. Principi e pratica. di A. Pardossi, G. Prosdocimi Gianquinto, P. Santamaria, 2018. Edagricole-New Business Media
'Biostimolanti per un'agricoltura sostenibile' Ed. Informatore Agrario. Curatori: Colla, Rouphael

classRoomMode

Optional

bibliography

Orticoltura. Principi e pratica. di A. Pardossi, G. Prosdocimi Gianquinto, P. Santamaria, 2018. Edagricole-New Business Media
'Biostimolanti per un'agricoltura sostenibile' Ed. Informatore Agrario. Curatori: Colla, Rouphael

INSEGNAMENTI DI PROFILO - -- -
AGROCHEMISTRY

STEFANIA ASTOLFI

Second Semester6AGR/13ita

Learning objectives

The aim of the course is to provide the basic elements to assess soil fertility from a chemical-physical and biological perspective and the scientific tools to maintain and improve it for agricultural production while respecting the ecosystem. The student is thus expected to be able to define the chemical parameters influencing the fate of elements (contaminants and nutrients) within soils and the soil-plant-system. In particular, based on chemical and physical characteristics of soils, the student is expected to evaluate its fertility and interpret the data.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Soil
The definition of soil
The components of soil

The physical properties of soil
Texture
Structure
Density and porosity
Consistency, temperature, colour

Movement of water in the soil
Water-soil relationships
Water potential in the soil
Available water in the soil
The movement of water in the soil

The physico-chemical properties of soil
Cation and anion exchange
Soil pH and its measurement
Buffer power of soil
Oxidation-reduction reactions

Organic matter
Constituents of organic matter
Humic substances
Humification
Extraction of humic substances
Immobilisation and mineralisation of organic matter

The nutrient cycle in the soil-plant system
The nutrients
- macroelements
- microelements
Movement of nutrients towards the roots
- interception
- mass flow
- diffusion
Nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur cycle:
- reserves and forms
- inputs
- removals

The rhizosphere

Anomalous soils

examMode

The module will be assessed by oral exams on topics presented and discussed in classes and during the lab exercises.
The evaluation process takes place in the context of oral exam based on the correctness of the answers, on the language correctness, on the students’ ability to argument their answers, to derive relationships and to create connections between the topics.

books

Sequi P., Ciavatta C., Miano T. "Fondamenti di chimica del suolo" Pàtron

Radaelli e Calamai "Chimica del terreno" Piccin

Sequi "Chimica del suolo" Patron

Hand-outs from lessons

classRoomMode

Optional

bibliography

Sequi P., Ciavatta C., Miano T. "Fondamenti di chimica del suolo" Pàtron

Radaelli e Calamai "Chimica del terreno" Piccin

Sequi "Chimica del suolo" Patron

Hand-outs from lessons

ANIMAL WELFARE AND HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF LIVESTOCK

NICOLA LACETERA

Second Semester6AGR/19ita

Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding
To provide the student with knowledge useful in preventing and assessing the establishment of suboptimal welfare and health conditions for farm animals. To provide the student with knowledge on the environmental impact of livestock farming activities. Acquire knowledge about the relevant legislative framework on animal welfare and health and environmental impact of livestock farming.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The knowledge gained will enable the student to have a greater awareness of the issues of the health and welfare of farmed animals and the environmental impact of livestock farming.

Making judgements
The skills and knowledge acquired will equip the student with judgment skills on the topics covered that will enable him or her to make reasoned choices in the field of animal husbandry.

Communication skills
The knowledge gained by the student will enable him or her to communicate with other stakeholders (breeders, zoonomi, agronomists, veterinarians, etc.).

Learning skills
The skills acquired will enable the student to learn from past experiences through the development of his or her own critical capacity that will allow for greater flexibility in the various professional contexts he or she will face.





Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

ANIMAL WELFARE: definitions; critical points; indicators; regulations referring to breeding, transport and slaughter. ANIMAL HEALTH: notions of epidemiology; causes of illness; communicable diseases; spread of diseases; prophylaxis, prevention, control and eradication; main diseases of ruminants, pig, horse and avian species. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ANIMAL BREEDING ACTIVITIES: sustainable development concept; environmental impact upstream of the farm; environmental impact of farming activities; environmental impact downstream of the farm; structural, food and management strategies to reduce the environmental impact of farming activities.

examMode

The test includes a question for each of the three macro-topics of the course: 1. animal welfare, 2. animal health, 3 environmental impact of livestock systems.

books

- Nicola Montemurro. 2002. Igiene zootecnica. Come favorire la salute e il benessere degli animali in allevamento. Il Sole 24 Ore Edagricole.
- Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali. 2001. Liquami zootecnici. Manuale per l'utilizzazione agronomica. Edizioni L'Informatore Agrario.
- Material made available by the teacher.

classRoomMode

Class attendance is strongly recommended but not mandatory.

bibliography

https://www.izsler.it/benessereanimale/

QUALITY CERTIFICATION OF PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROCESSES

ROBERTO MANCINELLI

Second Semester6AGR/02ita

Learning objectives

The "Quality and certification of plant production and processes" course aims to provide basic knowledge and understanding, including applied ones, and the tools for a systemic approach in the correct management of practices aimed at improving quality in the main agri-food productions.
Knowledge and understanding - The student will gain basic and advanced knowledge of specific aspects of national and European legislation relating to production processes, the course aims to provide the main tools for understanding, identifying and evaluating the main certification tools aimed at protecting and enhancing the quality of agri-food production.
Applying knowledge and understanding - The advanced skills acquired will allow the student to apply the knowledge and understanding, including applied ones, and the tools for a systemic approach in the correct management of practices aimed at improving quality in the main agri-food productions.
Making judgements - The student will have the ability to develop their own knowledges in the analyze of different food production and process with a critical understanding of potential food quality production capacity.
Communication skills - The student will be able to analyze and communicate what they learned during the course by using suitable, clear and highly professional language.
Learning skills - The student will be able to develop a holistic approach ability in the interpreting results of scientific research and understanding the specific aspects of national and European legislation relating to food production processes, and acquairing the main aspects for understanding, identifying and evaluating the main certification tools aimed at protecting and enhancing the quality of agri-food production.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Application of the holistic approach to reality and the system concept.
The concept of agri-food quality and safety
Specificity in the production of agri-food quality
The certification
Mandatory, regulated, voluntary certification
Labeling
Quality in the farm
Organic production and certifications
Integrated agriculture and certifications
Origin productions and certifications
Self-control – HACCP
European quality certifications – GlobalGAP

examMode

At the end of the course, the students have the assessment test with an oral exam. The evaluation and the final grade will take into account the knowledge and concepts acquired, the ability to analyze problems, connect interdisciplinary knowledge, formulate hypotheses and judgments, mastery and clarity of expression and exposure. At the candidate will be asked several questions ranging over the whole program, each of which will be evaluated with a score from 0 to 30. The final grade corresponds to the average of the individual grades.
In critical situations, such as a high number of candidates in the booking, or peculiarities of one or more candidates, the exam can be done in written form with six open-ended questions, evaluated as for the oral exam. Candidates will be given one and a half hours to answer. Furthermore, upon explicit request by individual students, it is possible to take the exam in written or oral form, regardless of what is reported in the official appeal.
At the request of the candidate, a PowerPoint presentation can be discussed concerning the deepening of a topic chosen by the student and agreed with the teacher, followed by some questions about the program. A score from 0 to 30 will be assigned to the presentation and to each of the answers to the questions. The final grade corresponds to the average of the individual grades defined as for the oral exam.

books

Material suggested and distributed during the course

mode

The course is structured in lessons in classroom.
The classroom lessons include all topics of the course program.
The lessons in the field concern the concrete application of some specific aspects discussed in the classroom.

classRoomMode

The course is structured in lessons in classroom.
The classroom lessons include all topics of the course program.
The lessons in the field concern the concrete application of some specific aspects discussed in the classroom.

bibliography

Material suggested and distributed during the course

15179 - AGRICULTURAL HYDRAULICS AND MECHANISATION - 12- -

Learning objectives

Module Water Engeneering
Course objectives: the fundamental objective of the course is to provide the fundamental, basic methodological tools to understand the main processes linked to the world of water engineering, moving from the management of "good" water (hydraulic networks to free surface and under pressure) to that of "bad" waters (linked to the concept of hydrogeological risk).

b) Expected learning outcomes:
1) Knowledge and understanding. Know the basic structure of most systems related to water engineering, both at the verification and design level.
2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. Learning of the basic tools necessary for the analysis of the main processes related to water engineering.
3) Autonomy of judgement. Knowing how to identify the key variables for the evaluation of most systems related to water engineering, both at the verification and project level.
4) Communication skills. Ability to transfer at a level of knowledge what has been learned during the design and verification phase of the main systems related to water engineering.
5) Learning ability. A condition for success in learning is the ability to know how to analyze in technical terms the main processes linked to the world of water engineering.

Module Agricultural machinery

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Knowledge and Understanding
The course aims to provide students with the theoretical knowledge, analytical tools and organisational instructions related to agricultural machinery technology in its constructional, functional and operational aspects.
Students are expected to acquire the necessary elements for the knowledge of the constitution of agricultural machinery (endothermic engines, mechanical and hydraulic transmissions, tyres, driving and control organs, implement connection systems, machine safety, ergonomics) and the correct use of agricultural machinery (grip, skid control, soil compaction).

Applied Knowledge and Understanding
The course aims to foster the student's acquisition of knowledge and understanding such as to
- Understand the elements underlying the correct choice and use of an agricultural machine;
- Design suitable work sites, both from the point of view of the forces involved (tractor-soil interaction) and from that of safety;
- Define the economic aspects in the choice of the most suitable model for the farm's needs

Autonomy in Judgment
The course aims to develop students' autonomy of judgement, such as:
- Knowing how to choose the tractor according to the forces to be exerted;
- Making analyses on the economic viability of machines;
- Conducting research on models on the market and being able to understand their technical aspects.

Communication Skills
The aim of the course is also to enable the student to develop specific skills through individual work with a ppt presentation on a particular agricultural machine model of the student's choice. The illustration in the examination trains the student in public presentation.

Learning Skills
The course is designed to promote knowledge of the theoretical foundations and applications of physics (mechanics and thermodynamics) to modern agricultural machinery, knowledge that can be used in both professional and scientific activities. The knowledge will also be usable for understanding the technological applications underlying modern production systems.

INGEGNERIA DELLE ACQUE

ANDREA PETROSELLI

Second Semester6AGR/08ita

Learning objectives

Course objectives: the fundamental objective of the course is to provide the fundamental, basic methodological tools to understand the main processes linked to the world of water engineering, moving from the management of "good" water (hydraulic networks to free surface and under pressure) to that of "bad" waters (linked to the concept of hydrogeological risk).

b) Expected learning outcomes:
1) Knowledge and understanding. Know the basic structure of most systems related to water engineering, both at the verification and design level.
2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. Learning of the basic tools necessary for the analysis of the main processes related to water engineering.
3) Autonomy of judgement. Knowing how to identify the key variables for the evaluation of most systems related to water engineering, both at the verification and project level.
4) Communication skills. Ability to transfer at a level of knowledge what has been learned during the design and verification phase of the main systems related to water engineering.
5) Learning ability. A condition for success in learning is the ability to know how to analyze in technical terms the main processes linked to the world of water engineering.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Part 1: basic concepts of hydraulics
Hydrostatics: pressures, Stevin’s law. Hydrodynamics: total head and piezometric head, Bernoulli theroem, flow movement, discharge, continuity principle, types of movement, head losses and empirical formulas for their estimation, verification and design of pipes and channels. Generalities on pumps. Foronomy: orifices and weirs.
Part 2: basic concepts of hydrology
Hydrological cycle and its components. Description of the main hydrological variables: temperature, rainfall, discharge. Measurement of precipitation: raingauges, radar. Estimation of areal precipitation: the Thiessen polygons. Measurement of discharge: direct and not (stage discharge relationship). Concept of a watershed. Description of floods, of hydrological risk and hydrograph definition (direct runoff and baseflow). Elements of statistical hydrology. Main used distributions (Gumbel, Lognormal, Exponential). Return period of an hydrological variable. Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves. Estimation of the design discharge: rational formula, concentration time, Giandotti formula.
Part 3: basic concepts of irrigation
Relationship between water and soil: soil physical properties, infiltration, movement of water into soil. Relationship between water and crops: evapotranspiration, irrigation parameters. Description of the main irrigation techniques (pipes and channels). Drainage of the terrain.

examMode

The assessment test is oral and will contain a series of questions aimed at assessing the student's theoretical knowledge on the topics presented in class.
In particular, three questions are submitted that span the entire program, each of which is evaluated with a score from 0 to 10. The final grade corresponds to the sum of the three individual votes. The degree of knowledge of the contents, of the capability for analysis, of synthesis and of interdisciplinary links, of the capability for critical sense and clarity of exposition is taken into account for the purposes of the assignment of the vote.

books

material furnished by the teacher

mode

The course is divided into 48 hours of frontal lessons. Theoretical notions are illustrated to students during lectures, through audio-visual aids and the blackboard.

classRoomMode

The course is divided into 48 hours of frontal lessons. Theoretical notions are illustrated to students during lectures, through audio-visual aids and the blackboard.

bibliography

material furnished by the teacher

MECCANICA AGRARIA

DANILO MONARCA

Second Semester6AGR/09ita

Learning objectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Knowledge and Understanding
The course aims to provide students with the theoretical knowledge, analytical tools and organisational instructions related to agricultural machinery technology in its constructional, functional and operational aspects.
Students are expected to acquire the necessary elements for the knowledge of the constitution of agricultural machinery (endothermic engines, mechanical and hydraulic transmissions, tyres, driving and control organs, implement connection systems, machine safety, ergonomics) and the correct use of agricultural machinery (grip, skid control, soil compaction).

Applied Knowledge and Understanding
The course aims to foster the student's acquisition of knowledge and understanding such as to
- Understand the elements underlying the correct choice and use of an agricultural machine;
- Design suitable work sites, both from the point of view of the forces involved (tractor-soil interaction) and from that of safety;
- Define the economic aspects in the choice of the most suitable model for the farm's needs

Autonomy in Judgment
The course aims to develop students' autonomy of judgement, such as:
- Knowing how to choose the tractor according to the forces to be exerted;
- Making analyses on the economic viability of machines;
- Conducting research on models on the market and being able to understand their technical aspects.

Communication Skills
The aim of the course is also to enable the student to develop specific skills through individual work with a ppt presentation on a particular agricultural machine model of the student's choice. The illustration in the examination trains the student in public presentation.

Learning Skills
The course is designed to promote knowledge of the theoretical foundations and applications of physics (mechanics and thermodynamics) to modern agricultural machinery, knowledge that can be used in both professional and scientific activities. The knowledge will also be usable for understanding the technological applications underlying modern production systems.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Physics and mechanics applied to machines. Introduction to thermodynamics.
The constitution of agricultural machines (endothermic engines, mechanical and hydraulic transmissions, pneumatic, guide and control organs, tool connection systems, machine safety, ergonomics).
The correct use of agricultural machines (grip, slip control, soil compaction).
Measurement of working times and losses, field yields, operating costs, cost-benefit analysis.
The certification and approval of agricultural machinery.

examMode

THE EXAM IS HELD IN THE FORMS ESTABLISHED BY ART. 23 OF THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL REGULATIONS.
The student must know the technology of agricultural driving machines in its construction, functional and operational aspects.

The in itinere test (written) is carried out at the end of the lessons and is reserved for those who attend them. The text concerns the calculation of operating costs, the determination of traction forces, the main topics covered in the course (2-3 questions with a time of 60-90 minutes to complete). The mandatory oral test serves both as an overall verification of the in itinere test and to delve into some aspects not covered in the questions. In particular, the study of a specific model of machine (operating or driving) chosen by the student.
The oral test usually consists of three questions, one of which may clarify the in itinere test.
For those who did not follow and therefore did not take the test in progress, the exam will be oral only and will focus on the entire program.
The ability to summarize, the use of language, clarity of exposition, knowledge of the topics and the use of technical language will be assessed.

Learning outcomes and skills acquired (Dublin descriptors)
1. **Knowledge and understanding:**
The student must know the technology of agricultural tractor machines in its construction, functional and operational aspects.
2. **Application of knowledge and understanding:**
In the written test, the student will apply the knowledge acquired in the creation of a written paper on the calculation of operating costs, the determination of traction forces, the main topics covered in the course.
4. **Communication skills:** It concerns an individual work, with a ppt presentation on a particular model of agricultural machine chosen by the student. The test is reserved for those who wait for them. The illustration trains the student for public presentation.
3. **Judgement skills:** and 5. **Learning skills:**
The mandatory oral exam serves both as an overall assessment of the written exam and to delve deeper into the topics covered in class and the student's learning skills.
The oral exam is normally composed of three questions, one of which possibly clarifies the exam in progress.
For those who did not follow and therefore did not take the written exam, the exam will only be oral and will focus on the entire program.
The ability to summarize, mastery of language, clarity of exposition, ability to express technical judgments, knowledge of the topics and mastery of technical language are assessed.

books

"Slide" delle lezioni

mode

Lectures - in farm exercises - guided tours

classRoomMode

Attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended, especially for field exercises.

bibliography

Biondi P., Meccanica agraria. Le macchine agricole. UTET, Torino 1999 (text out of print, but some copies are available in the library in via De Lellis)

15193 - TRAINING STAGE

First Semester 13ita
15181 - RURAL TECTONICS AND TOPOGRAPHY

ALVARO MARUCCI

Second Semester 8AGR/10ita

Learning objectives


Knowledge and Understanding
The course aims to provide students with the theoretical knowledge, analytical tools and organizational instructions to be able to elaborate, from a systemic perspective and on a business basis, projects that solve engineering problems in the field of rural construction.
Students must acquire the necessary elements for the design of buildings for livestock farms and greenhouses for plant production.
In this area, students will have to know the basic principles of facility design, the criteria for defining functional spaces for animals and for carrying out related operations, the principles of climate control and automation.

Applied Knowledge and Understanding
The course intends to help students acquire the knowledge and skills such as to:
- Be able to perform the professional roles of planner, works director and building tester;
- Design simple structural elements within the limits of the agronomist's professional competence;
- Define the planimetric distribution and the dimensions of the various parts of a livestock building and greenhouse for protected crops also in function of partial or total automation;
- Drawing up the energy balance of a livestock building and a greenhouse with the calculation of energy inputs and outputs.

Autonomy in Judgment
The course aims to develop students' autonomy of judgement, such as:
- Knowing how to choose between different layout solutions of the various departments in animal husbandry buildings;
- Knowing how to choose materials to define the degree of thermal insulation of a building;
- Conducting bibliographic research on scientific, regulatory, and technical sources, and delving into social, professional, and ethical considerations.

Communication Skills
The course also aims to enable students to develop specific skills through educational activities to ensure an adequate level of communication regarding ideas, problems, and solutions related to the technical and scientific training pertinent to rural construction.

Learning Skills
The course is designed to foster the development of the necessary skills in the use of technology, such as to ensure the student's constant updating of knowledge useful for the performance of his or her professional or scientific activity, with particular regard to the consultation of regulatory, legislative, technological, digital, methodological and experimental innovation sources in relation to rural construction.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

A) rural buildings

- Construction Science
Generalities on elastic bodies, Hooke's law; real behavior of bodies under load; coefficients of resistance and safety.
Simple and Compound Solicitations: Solicitations simple structures with straight axis; diagrams of tensions; solids loaded tip.
Theory of beams: constraints; load mode; diagrams of the bending moment and shear; calculation and verification of isostatic beams.
Snow load, wind load. Method semi-probabilistic limit state. The laminated wood. Design and verification of reinforced concrete structures.

Cows's stables: Types of the stables; design and construction of the stables; organization and sizing of free stalls; structural characteristics of the different areas and the utility rooms.
Stables for calves: General organization of the buildings for the breeding of cattle for fattening; types of fences and paving; management of manure.

Stables for pigs: General organization of pig; classification of piggeries: types of stalls for childbirth: their size; organization of piggeries; types of flooring; management of manure.
Hospitalizations for pigs: General organization of the buildings for the breeding of pigs; classification of piggeries: types of stalls for childbirth: their size; organization of piggeries; flooring; management of manure.

Greenhouses: The greenhouse effect; the energy balance; materials transparent coating; types of greenhouses, sizing, control microclimate.

- Control of environmental conditions
Role of the buildings in the modern farm; basic requirements of the farm buildings.
The energy balance in farm buildings: bio-climatic factors and physical factors that characterize the microclimate; the terms of the energy balance; the air-steam mixture; the psychrometric chart.

B) Topography
Survey instrument and methods, GPS survey, cartography.

examMode

During the course and at the end of this course, students, to access the exam, must set up and draw up some design drawings (plan, section and elevation) of an agricultural building for animal or vegetable breeding. During the preparation of the papers these are subjected to revision by the professor.
For the purposes of assigning the mark, the level of knowledge of the contents, the capacity for analysis, synthesis and interdisciplinary connections, the capacity for critical sense and the clarity of presentation are taken into account.

books

Teaching material provided by the teacher during the course;

mode

Lectures and classroom exercises. Technical visits

classRoomMode

Lectures and classroom exercises. Technical visits

bibliography

Open access scientific articles provided by the professor

15182 - HERBACEOUS CROPS

ROBERTO RUGGERI

Second Semester 6AGR/02ita

Learning objectives

The course aims to provide the basic knowledge of herbaceous crops and the full understanding of the topics developed during lectures, for their application in the management of the most common national cropping systems, taking into account the needs, the pedoclimatic conditions and the available resources. Additional objectives are: the knowledge to face the future study of cropping systems and the ability to communicate the acquired concepts with an appropriate terminology.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Description and classification, crop cycle and environmental requirements, agronomic practices and yield of the following crops:
- Wheat
- Barley
- Corn
- Rapeseed
- Sunflower
- Soybean
- Fava bean
- Chickpea
- Lentil
- Forage crops (alfa-alfa, clovers)

examMode

The oral exam is based on three questions. The first concerns the identification of crop species.
Each question will be evaluated according to a 0-10 score.
The final score will be determined by the following aspects: knowledge, ability to think critically and to summarize, correct use of technical terminology.
The right answer to the first question is compulsory.

books

- Coltivazioni erbacee, Volume 1 - Cereali e colture industriali.
A cura di Giuliano Mosca e Amedeo Reyneri
Edagricole - Edizioni Agricole di New Business Media srl (2023)

- Coltivazioni erbacee, Volume 2 - Aromatiche e officinali, orticole agroindustriali, foraggere e colture a fini ecosistemici ed energetici.
A cura di Giuliano Mosca e Amedeo Reyneri
Edagricole - Edizioni Agricole di New Business Media srl (2024)

mode

Class lectures and practical field training

classRoomMode

Attendance is optional

bibliography

- Coltivazioni erbacee, Volume 1 - Cereali e colture industriali.
A cura di Giuliano Mosca e Amedeo Reyneri
Edagricole - Edizioni Agricole di New Business Media srl (2023)

- Coltivazioni erbacee, Volume 2 - Aromatiche e officinali, orticole agroindustriali, foraggere e colture a fini ecosistemici ed energetici.
A cura di Giuliano Mosca e Amedeo Reyneri
Edagricole - Edizioni Agricole di New Business Media srl (2024)

15183 - POMOLOGY

ROSARIO MULEO

Second Semester 6AGR/03ita

Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding;
Students will be provided with information to understand the biology and phenology of fruit tree plants, as well as hints of physiology and their and peculiarities to achieve production that ensures quality, environmental sustainability, and producer income.

Applying knowledge and understanding;
The knowledge acquired and experience gained through exercises as well as attendance of lectures will enable students to penetrate the topics, and through analysis, and exercising critical methodology to understand the problems in the field and to put forward hypotheses for overcoming them, as well as to formulate innovative use hypotheses, with originality and with multidisciplinary approaches (ecophysiology, plant physiology, chemistry and gronomy), in the use of tree plants.

Making judgements;
The understanding of the issues, their framing in environmental and agronomic processes, and the generation of hypotheses for applications will strengthen the student's ability to synthesise and integrate knowledge and enable him/her to generate judgements anchored in reality and advance hypotheses for agronomic studies and applications to acquire new information with scientific rigour.

Communication skills;
The set of experiences conducted will enable the student to expose his knowledge, reflections and conjectures to a wide audience, enriched by extensive knowledge of cultivation, scientific literature and methodologies and with the necessary robustness, as a result of a solid training that will enable him to generate original conclusions. The student will thus be able to address a specialized audience and clearly disseminate knowledge to a broad public.

Learning skills;
Through classroom lectures, exercises and study visits, the student will acquire the tools for in-depth independent knowledge and independent thinking.

Prerequisites;
Students are advised to have knowledge in agronomy, chemistry, botany and plant physiology.





INSEGNAMENTI DI PROFILO - -- -
QUALITY CERTIFICATION OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND PROCESSES

PIERPAOLO DANIELI

Second Semester6AGR/18ita

Learning objectives

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - The student will acquire basic knowledge to understand and describe the main types of quality certification for animal origin products, the reference framework for these certifications in various dimensions (EU Food Safety Policy, environmental sustainability, level and credibility of the certifying entity), and the main aspects of hygienic, rheological, nutritional-nutraceutical, and technological quality applied to animal food products. This includes specific focus on meat products, milk and dairy products, eggs and egg products, beekeeping products, and seafoods.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - Based on the acquired knowledge, the student will be able to apply the general principles of the sector to various agro-zootechnical food supply chains, by using technical knowledge of evaluation systems, current regulatory limits, and basic and advanced methods for quality assessment.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS - The skills and knowledge acquired, including practical experience, will ensure the student has the judgment capacity to make reasoned choices in the specific sector.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS - The acquired abilities will enable the student to undertake self-learning paths based on specific cases encountered in their professional life or during further university studies (Master’s degree courses and beyond).

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Definitions and evolution of the concept of quality applied to the food sector
Introduction to European legislation and policy of food safety
Environmental quality of production
Introduction to the certification schemes
Technical aspects of quality: laboratory techniques and basic quantitative evaluation
Quality of the supply chain of animal products: meat, milk and dairy products, eggs and egg products, bee products, seafood supply chains

examMode

Before the end of the course, the student will present the work of an individual study around a topic addressed during the course, based on scientific works published on the major international databases. For non-attending students, the same type of work will be presented in "essay" mode at least two weeks before the exam date. The evaluation of the presentations or papers will compose the final grade after the oral exam, according to a scheme available to students in Unitus Moodle together with teaching materials

books

None. Teaching materials are made available to students via Unitus Moodle platform

mode

Frontal lessons, case study analysis, tutorials/visits, individual and/or group work

classRoomMode

Not mandatory

bibliography

None. Teaching materials are made available to students via Unitus Moodle platform

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ROBERTO MANCINELLI

Second Semester6AGR/02ita

Learning objectives

The course of Ecology and Agroecology principles aims to provide students the applying knowledge and understanding tools for ability to integrate and analyze theoretical and practical knowledge of agricultural systems.
1) Knowledge and understanding - The student will gain basic and advanced knowledge of general ecology and the aspects concerning ecosystems and agroecosystems with a critical understanding of potential flaws and values.
2) Applying knowledge and understanding - The advanced skills acquired will allow the student to apply the knowledge to ecosystems and agroecosystems through a systemic approach.
3) Making judgements - The student will have the ability to develop their own knowledges in the analyze of different ecosystems and agroecosystems with a critical understanding of potential production capacity.
4) Communication skills - The student will be able to analyze and communicate what they learned during the course by using suitable, clear and highly professional language.
5) Learning skills - The student will be able to develop a holistic approach ability in the interpreting results of scientific research and understanding the ecosystem characteristics, and in the agroecosystem design and management for sustainable food quality production. The course aim to provide learning skills, skills making judgements, communication skills in analysis, design and management of sustainable agricultural systems studied in his systematic unit.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Course contents
Lectures in the class: 40 hours.
Origins of Ecology as scientific discipline.
Systemic approach to ecological scince as bridge between the disciplines.
The holistic application to reality: the concept of ecosystem.
The organization of the living organisms.
The ecosystem: structure, components, interactions, ecological successions, seral and climax stages, organisms and their functions, ecological niche, etc.
Analysis of ecological systems and ecological efficiencies between and within the trophic levels.
Classes of systems: natural and anthropogenic, relations between ecosystem and agroecosystem.
Resources: the agricultural meteorology and climatology references and relationships between climate factors and living organisms.
Systemic approach applied to the agricultural world: the concept of agro-ecosystem; agroecosystem properties (productivity, stability, sustainability).
The farm as agro-ecosystem.
Energy transfers and rationalization of input auxiliary energy in the agroecosystems.
Influence of agronomic interventions on biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nitrogen.
Soil carbon fluxes in different cropping systems.
Importance of legume species in the agroecosystems.
Environmental effects related to the water cycle.
The management of agro-ecosystems for reducting the erosion and for defense of soil fertility.
Importance of the agroecosystem biodiversity and mixed farming for soil fertility.
Importance of structural complexity between and within the fields: hedges and polyculture.
Relations between agriculture and society: traditional farming systems, conventional and alternative.
Environmental impact of agriculture: pollution and loss of biodiversity.
The diffusion of pollutants from agricultural sources in the environment.
The organic and ecological agriculture: legislative nods and agrotechnical applications aimed at reducing negative environmental impacts.

Field exercises: 8 hours.
Some concrete situations will be observed on field of aspects dealt in classroom concerning some agronomic applications addressed to the sustainable management of agroecosystems.

examMode

At the end of the course, the students have the assessment test with an oral exam. The evaluation and the final grade will take into account the knowledge and concepts acquired, the ability to analyze problems, connect interdisciplinary knowledge, formulate hypotheses and judgments, mastery and clarity of expression and exposure. At the candidate will be asked several questions ranging over the whole program, each of which will be evaluated with a score from 0 to 30. The final grade corresponds to the average of the individual grades.
In critical situations, such as a high number of candidates in the booking, or peculiarities of one or more candidates, the exam can be done in written form with six open-ended questions, evaluated as for the oral exam. Candidates will be given one and a half hours to answer. Furthermore, upon explicit request by individual students, it is possible to take the exam in written or oral form, regardless of what is reported in the official appeal.
At the request of the candidate, a PowerPoint presentation can be discussed concerning the deepening of a topic chosen by the student and agreed with the teacher, followed by some questions about the program. A score from 0 to 30 will be assigned to the presentation and to each of the answers to the questions. The final grade corresponds to the average of the individual grades defined as for the oral exam.

books

- Lesson slides, available on Dropbox at link provided by the teacher,
- Caporali F., Campiglia E., Mancinelli R., 2010. Agroecologia: Teoria e pratica degli agroecosistemi. De Agostini Scuola SpA, Novara. 222 pp. ISBN: 978-88-251-7352-9.
- Bullini L., Pignatti S., Virzo De Santo A., 1998. Ecologia generale. UTET, Torino. 519 pp.

mode

The course is structured in lessons in classroom and lessons in the field.
The classroom lessons include all topics of the course program.
The lessons in the field concern the concrete application of some specific aspects discussed in the classroom.

classRoomMode

Attendance is not compulsory as established by law

bibliography

- Lesson slides, available on Dropbox at link provided by the teacher,
- Caporali F., Campiglia E., Mancinelli R., 2010. Agroecologia: Teoria e pratica degli agroecosistemi. De Agostini Scuola SpA, Novara. 222 pp. ISBN: 978-88-251-7352-9.
- Bullini L., Pignatti S., Virzo De Santo A., 1998. Ecologia generale. UTET, Torino. 519 pp.

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UMBERTO BERNABUCCI

Second Semester6AGR/18ITA

Learning objectives

In agreement with the training objectives of the Degree Course in 'Agricultural and Environmental Sciences', the teaching has the general objective of acquiring knowledge on the nutritional characteristics of feeds for livestock use and on the basis of rationing of animals in livestock production.
1) Knowledge and understanding - The student will acquire basic and advanced knowledge relating to the nutritional value of feeds (concentrates and fodder) intended for animal feeding, and to the evaluation of feeds through laboratory analysis and to set up the calculation of a ration for ruminants and monogastrics.
2) Applying knowledge and understanding - The skills acquired will allow the student to apply the knowledge to real case studies relating to the analysis of feeds for livestock use through the classic approach (laboratory methodologies) and using digital technologies (precision feeding) .
3) Making judgments - The student will have the ability to independently develop their own assessments regarding the resolution of practical problems relating to the evaluation of feeds for livestock use and the calculation of the requirements of animals in livestock production.
4) Communication skills - The student will be able to effectively communicate what they have learned using suitable, clear and highly professional language.
5) Learning skills - The student will be able to: - develop the ability to learn the critical approach to animal nutrition in different production contexts and at different managerial levels; - interpret the results of scientific research on animal feeding and nutrition.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Course program:
1. Feed and nutritional principles
2. Evaluation of feed for zootechnical use
3. Feeds
to. Fodder
b. Concentrate
4. Rationing: theoretical and practical bases
5. Application of digitalization and robotics in the animal feed sector
6. The feed industry
7. Seminars held by experts on specific topics
8. Exercises on the farm: visit to agro-zootechnical farms
9. Laboratory exercises: feed analysis

examMode

In the evaluation of the test (or of the tests) in the attribution of the final grade, the following will be taken into account: the level of knowledge of the demonstrated contents (superficial, appropriate, precise and complete, complete and thorough), the ability to apply the theoretical concepts (errors in the 'apply, discrete, good, well-established, of the capacity for analysis, synthesis and interdisciplinary connections (sufficient, good, excellent), of the capacity of critical sense and of making judgments (sufficient, good, excellent), of the mastery of expression (lacking exposure, simple, clear and correct, safe and correct). In particular, the judgment and the final grade will take into account the knowledge and concepts acquired, the ability to analyze problems, to connect interdisciplinary knowledge, to formulate hypotheses and judgments, mastery and clarity of expression and exposure. The exam will be taken in writing or orally.
The candidate must demonstrate that he has acquired knowledge in the field of Animal Nutrition and Feeding and feed industry. The final grade will be formulated taking into account the level of knowledge of the contents, the capacity for analysis, synthesis and interdisciplinary connections, the capacity for critical sense and clarity of presentation.

books

Power point files: Moodle - DropBox
ANTONGIOVANNI M., GUALTIERI M. Nutrizione e alimentazione animale, Il Sole 24 Ore Edagricole, Bologna, 1998.
ANTONGIOVANNI M. Nutrizione degli animali in produzione zootecnica, Edagricole, Bologna, 2004.
Nutrizione e Alimentazione del cane e del gatto, Edagricole, Bologna, 2021.
Manuale di nutrizione dei ruminanti da latte, EdiSESS Università, Napoli, 2020.
Basic Animal Nutrition and Feeding, 5th Edition, Wilson G. Pond, David B. Church et al., WileyCDA, December 2004
INRA feeding system for ruminants, Wageningen Academic. Editors: Daniel Sauvant, Luc Delaby, Pierre Nozière, Published: 2017 Pages: 300 ISBN: 978-90-8686-292-4

mode

Lectures in the classroom lasting a total of 40 hours plus 8 of exercises. The 40 hours include presentations (ppt or Inkscape) with graphic and photographic illustrations, plus seminars held by teachers and technicians of the sector.
Practical activities
Technical visits to livestock farms and laboratory activities.

classRoomMode

There is no compulsory attendance of lessons.

bibliography

Works in scientific journals provided by the teacher

NUOVO GRUPPO EXTRACURRICULARE - -- -
LEGISLATION AND CASE STUDIES FOR PROFESSIONAL AGRONOMISTSSecond Semester8AGR/01ita

Learning objectives

Assessment based on the level of knowledge of the contents, the ability to apply the theoretical concepts, the ability to analyze, synthesize and interdisciplinary connections, the correct use of technical language.
Discussion of the appraisal report written by the candidate during the course.

IMPACT AND ADAPTATION OF LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS TO CLIMATE CHANGESecond Semester3AGR/19ita

Learning objectives

The teaching has the general objective of acquiring knowledge on the effect and impact of climate change on the physiology, metabolism, production, well-being and health of farm animals and on the adaptation systems useful for reducing the negative effect of exposure of animals to heat stress conditions.
1) Knowledge and understanding - The student will gain basic and advanced knowledge relating to the effects that climate change (global warming) has on the health and production efficiency of animals in livestock systems.
2) Applied knowledge and understanding - The knowledge and skills acquired will allow the student to apply the knowledge to case studies relating to the management of farm animals exposed to heat stress conditions.
3) Making judgment - The students will acquire the ability to independently develop their own assessments regarding the resolution of problems relating to the management of animals exposed to heat stress conditions.
4) Communication skills - The student will be able to effectively communicate what they have learned using suitable, clear and highly professional language.
5) Learning skills - The student will be able to develop the ability to learn the critical approach to assessing the condition of well-being of animals exposed to heat stress conditions.

.Second Semester3AGR/09ITA
SUBJECTSEMESTERCFUSSDLANGUAGE
15190 - CROP PROTECTION - 12- -
ENTOMOLOGIA AGRARIA

MARIO CONTARINI

6AGR/11ita

Learning objectives

- Identification and description of the main functions of the external morphology components and internal anatomy of insects
- Knowledge of insect post-embryonic development
- Insects' classification at order level
- Knowledge of the main strategies and tools to control insect pests of agricultural interest to minimize the environmental impact
- Knowledge of the main monitoring techniques to estimate the pest population abundance in cultivated fields. Knowledge of the main concepts related to estimation and prediction of pest infestations. Introduction to "ditigal agriculture" concepts.
- Identification and description of the main insect pests of agricultural interest and knowledge of the main control actions

Knowledge and understanding skills
The teaching aims to develop students' knowledge and understanding skills, such as:
- Knowing and understanding the salient features of the entomological world
- knowing the logic of post-embryonic development and the fundamental morphological characters. - To know and understand the biology and ethology of insects, with particular regard to phytophagous and beneficial insects
Applied knowledge and understanding
Teaching will enable knowledge and understanding to be applied, for example
- Recognize an insect down to family level.
- Apply population control systems according to the ethology of the phytophagous
- Develop manual skills in entomological management at both the laboratory and field level.
- Identify the logic of agricultural production and develop appropriate entomological adversity control systems
Autonomy of judgement
Teaching will enable autonomy of judgment to be developed at various levels, such as
- Hypothesizing the main phytophagous insects of the crops under examination
- propose the most appropriate control strategies

Communication skills
Participating in lectures and tutorials and making independent use of the material provided will facilitate the development and application of communication skills, such as
- provide a sufficient range of practical examples of the application of recognition and control systems
- using appropriate and up-to-date technical agronomic vocabulary.
Learning skills
Participating in lectures and exercises, making independent use of the material made available will facilitate the consolidation of one's learning skills, allowing, for example
- stimulate an autonomous program of continuous updating of knowledge.
- independently identify ways of acquiring information from the experiential knowledge of farmers and the professional knowledge of agronomists
- identify and utilize the most useful sources of information for personal updating.

15191 - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

RAFFAELE CORTIGNANI

First Semester 6AGR/01ITA

Learning objectives

The agronomist must be able to evaluate the profitability generated by the choices of the agricultural business that he manages or assists in specific fields of protection and development of production, as well as the organization of production activity. For this reason, the Farm Economics Course aims to provide the student with knowledge and understanding of a system for evaluating the economic results of agricultural businesses.
To this end, the student must first acquire knowledge of the basic characteristics, as well as the recent evolution of the Italian agricultural sector, which will be done by studying the results of the last three ISTAT Censuses. Based on this knowledge, the student must learn to approach the various types of farms based on both the legal nature they assume, as well as the way in which they use their production factors. Of the latter, the student must know the composition and technical-economic characteristics of the land and operating capital, the relationships with the various types of work, family and dependent, employed by the farm, as well as the main taxes that it pays.
Knowing the peculiarities of agricultural capital and production processes will allow the student to learn how to adapt the classic scheme of the reclassified economic balance sheet to the production reality of farms. In particular, the student will have to understand how the balance sheet must be adapted to the peculiarities of agricultural capital, as well as the financial sources used by farms to acquire their means of production. The same applies to the income statement, whose classic calculation schemes must be adapted to the particularities of revenues, production costs and, therefore, income generated in agriculture.
Finally, the student will have to learn how to adapt the most important profitability indicators to the peculiarities of agricultural enterprises: this applies to ROI and ROE, i.e. the indices that evaluate the profitability of invested capital, and it applies to the indices that evaluate the profitability of the work performed by the farmer and his family.
Understanding these elements will allow the future agronomist to develop an autonomy of judgment on the management and investment choices of the fa, which he will berm able to communicate to the agricultural entrepreneur to help him maximize income. Furthermore, this set of knowledge will be the basis on which the agronomist can continue to learn basic elements for planning investments and business development.

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KATIA LIBURDI

First Semester 6AGR/15ita

Learning objectives

1) Knowledge and understanding
Acquisition of knowledge concerning the main processes and products of food processing, with particular emphasis on issues related to technologies/biotechnologies for raw material processing, plant and animal origin. Understanding of the biotechnological and conservation function of fermentative microorganisms (lactic/acetic bacteria and yeasts). Knowledge of physical and chemical conservation processes.
2) Applying knowledge and understanding
The class objective is to enable students to put into practice the knowledge they have gained about the quality and hygiene-health needs of food. The students' acquired learning must allow them to manage processing plants autonomously, modifying process parameters using qualitative evaluation of the product conducted on the road.
3) Making judgements
The course aims to provide tools for data collection and interpretation to:
i) assess, analyze and conduct the processing of the raw material;
ii) identify and manage critical points in the process through appropriate corrective and stabilization actions;
iii) To frame the quality level of the finished food in the function of the main analytical and organoleptic parameters
4) Communication skills
The student must learn a technical language to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions to experts and non-specialists in food technologies.
5) Learning skills
The knowledge acquired provides the student with the necessary tools to achieve a reasonable degree of autonomy and integrate into a working environment that is constantly evolving. This objective is achieved through lectures, laboratory exercises, and visits to companies in the sector.

15190 - CROP PROTECTION - 12- -
PATOLOGIA VEGETALE

GIORGIO MARIANO BALESTRA

6AGR/12ita

Learning objectives

Learning Objectives:
The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary for the recognition and management of the main diseases of agricultural and ornamental crops. The course allows you to learn the main notions of plant pathology, applied microbiology in reference to bacteria, fungi and viruses, diagnostics, phytoiatry and control systems, with reference to the most modern and sustainable techniques. The student will learn to recognize the symptoms of a phytosanitary problem, describe them, formulate hypotheses on the causal agents in relation to the production context and propose any prophylaxis practices.
Knowledge and understanding
The course provides basic knowledge related to plant pathology understood as microbiology, diagnostic elements and phytoiatry applied to the most widespread agri-food contexts in the European environment.
Applied knowledge and understanding
Students will learn to collect and compare information to define causes and possible containment strategies for a health problem. They will be able to recognize diseases and symptoms, hypothesize the origins and spread and evaluate the effectiveness of current means of control.
Autonomy of judgment
Students will learn to critically distinguish the main incorrect agronomic practices that lead to the development of phytosanitary problems, how to intervene to mitigate their effects.
Communication skills
The course provides students with the ability to describe health problems in a technical manner and with scientific language, providing a valid tool for the future exercise of the profession.
Learning ability
Students will be able to independently deal with texts, articles related to plant diseases, but also to grasp the approaches for the in-depth study of phytosanitary problems related to production contexts far from those studied in the course.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Microbiology: bacteria, fungi, viruses. Plant resistance. Principal symptoms, control methods (fungicides, copper salts, agronomic techniques), case studies.

examMode

Herbarium and oral exam

books

Elementi di patologia vegetale, Piccin
Slides from the teacher

classRoomMode

Not mandatory

bibliography

Patologia vegetale, Piccin
Slides from the teacher

15189 - RURAL APPRAISAL

ATTILIO COLETTA

Second Semester 6AGR/01ITA

Learning objectives


1. Knowledge and Understanding
The course intends to provide the theoretical basis of valuation, and the specificities of the rural assets compared to the broader real estate market.
2. Application of Knowledge and Understanding
The topics of the course will be treated to acquire skills in the examination of estimative works on topics of rural interest, highlighting the importance of knowledge of other fundamental disciplines for the correct setting of the evaluation procedure and for the interpretation of results.
3. Judgment Making Ability
Through the program, students acquire new knowledge by processing it together with knowledge already acquired from other disciplines, in order to contextualize the procedures for attributing value to rural real estate, and improve their autonomous analysis skills of appraisal documents.
4. Communication Skills
Communication skills will be stimulated during the lessons to convey the importance of using correct, appropriate language, and the use of technical terminology in the drafting of papers and in the presentation of the topics during final examination.
5. Learning Ability
The course aims to improve learning skills to allow those interested in studying the topics covered by the course in greater depth to continue with a good level of autonomy with more in-depth and specialized studies.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Rural appraisal
Financial mathematics

I Evaluation theory
-The estimative doctrine; the characrteristics of the appraisal activity; method of appraisal activitiy.
- Different meanings of Value; the Price in relation to the goods to be estimated; the estimative procedure and its implications; the tangible assets subject to evaluation.
-The stages of the estimate; the economic aspects of an asset; the synthetic and the analytical approach; the determination of the land benefit and the capitalization rate.

Specific appraisal categories
- Estimates of land improvements; the estimation of arboreal stands; the appraisal of farms.
-The legal estimates: easements; insured damages; expropriation; hereditary successions.

III Land Cadastre
- Notes on the Land Cadastre formation and update.

examMode

Financial mathematics preliminary written test.

Oral: Candidates must bring to the oral exam an appraisal report on which the oral exam will start.

The evaluation will consider the following elements:
1. acquisition by the candidate of adequate technical terminology
2. level of detail and understanding of the issues under discussion
3. ability to present the topics under discussion in a clear and complete way

books

Suggested readings
M. Michieli, G.B. Cipollotti; Trattato di estimo, Edagricole
Introduzione
cap.18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 28, 42, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 68


M. Polelli, Nuovo trattato di estimo, Maggioli editore

mode

Classroom-taught lectures
Case studies on specific topics

classRoomMode

Attendance not compulsory

bibliography

Additional readings available on Moodle

15192 - FINAL EXAMINATION

Second Semester 5ITA

Learning objectives

The aim of the course is to provide the basic elements to assess soil fertility from a chemical-physical and biological perspective and the scientific tools to maintain and improve it for agricultural production while respecting the ecosystem. The student is thus expected to be able to define the chemical parameters influencing the fate of elements (contaminants and nutrients) within soils and the soil-plant-system. In particular, based on chemical and physical characteristics of soils, the student is expected to evaluate its fertility and interpret the data.

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Soil
The definition of soil
The components of soil

The physical properties of soil
Texture
Structure
Density and porosity
Consistency, temperature, colour

Movement of water in the soil
Water-soil relationships
Water potential in the soil
Available water in the soil
The movement of water in the soil

The physico-chemical properties of soil
Cation and anion exchange
Soil pH and its measurement
Buffer power of soil
Oxidation-reduction reactions

Organic matter
Constituents of organic matter
Humic substances
Humification
Extraction of humic substances
Immobilisation and mineralisation of organic matter

The nutrient cycle in the soil-plant system
The nutrients
- macroelements
- microelements
Movement of nutrients towards the roots
- interception
- mass flow
- diffusion
Nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur cycle:
- reserves and forms
- inputs
- removals

The rhizosphere

Anomalous soils

examMode

The module will be assessed by oral exams on topics presented and discussed in classes and during the lab exercises.
The evaluation process takes place in the context of oral exam based on the correctness of the answers, on the language correctness, on the students’ ability to argument their answers, to derive relationships and to create connections between the topics.

books

Sequi P., Ciavatta C., Miano T. "Fondamenti di chimica del suolo" Pàtron

Radaelli e Calamai "Chimica del terreno" Piccin

Sequi "Chimica del suolo" Patron

Hand-outs from lessons

classRoomMode

Optional

bibliography

Sequi P., Ciavatta C., Miano T. "Fondamenti di chimica del suolo" Pàtron

Radaelli e Calamai "Chimica del terreno" Piccin

Sequi "Chimica del suolo" Patron

Hand-outs from lessons

Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding
To provide the student with knowledge useful in preventing and assessing the establishment of suboptimal welfare and health conditions for farm animals. To provide the student with knowledge on the environmental impact of livestock farming activities. Acquire knowledge about the relevant legislative framework on animal welfare and health and environmental impact of livestock farming.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The knowledge gained will enable the student to have a greater awareness of the issues of the health and welfare of farmed animals and the environmental impact of livestock farming.

Making judgements
The skills and knowledge acquired will equip the student with judgment skills on the topics covered that will enable him or her to make reasoned choices in the field of animal husbandry.

Communication skills
The knowledge gained by the student will enable him or her to communicate with other stakeholders (breeders, zoonomi, agronomists, veterinarians, etc.).

Learning skills
The skills acquired will enable the student to learn from past experiences through the development of his or her own critical capacity that will allow for greater flexibility in the various professional contexts he or she will face.





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courseProgram

ANIMAL WELFARE: definitions; critical points; indicators; regulations referring to breeding, transport and slaughter. ANIMAL HEALTH: notions of epidemiology; causes of illness; communicable diseases; spread of diseases; prophylaxis, prevention, control and eradication; main diseases of ruminants, pig, horse and avian species. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ANIMAL BREEDING ACTIVITIES: sustainable development concept; environmental impact upstream of the farm; environmental impact of farming activities; environmental impact downstream of the farm; structural, food and management strategies to reduce the environmental impact of farming activities.

examMode

The test includes a question for each of the three macro-topics of the course: 1. animal welfare, 2. animal health, 3 environmental impact of livestock systems.

books

- Nicola Montemurro. 2002. Igiene zootecnica. Come favorire la salute e il benessere degli animali in allevamento. Il Sole 24 Ore Edagricole.
- Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali. 2001. Liquami zootecnici. Manuale per l'utilizzazione agronomica. Edizioni L'Informatore Agrario.
- Material made available by the teacher.

classRoomMode

Class attendance is strongly recommended but not mandatory.

bibliography

https://www.izsler.it/benessereanimale/

Learning objectives

The "Quality and certification of plant production and processes" course aims to provide basic knowledge and understanding, including applied ones, and the tools for a systemic approach in the correct management of practices aimed at improving quality in the main agri-food productions.
Knowledge and understanding - The student will gain basic and advanced knowledge of specific aspects of national and European legislation relating to production processes, the course aims to provide the main tools for understanding, identifying and evaluating the main certification tools aimed at protecting and enhancing the quality of agri-food production.
Applying knowledge and understanding - The advanced skills acquired will allow the student to apply the knowledge and understanding, including applied ones, and the tools for a systemic approach in the correct management of practices aimed at improving quality in the main agri-food productions.
Making judgements - The student will have the ability to develop their own knowledges in the analyze of different food production and process with a critical understanding of potential food quality production capacity.
Communication skills - The student will be able to analyze and communicate what they learned during the course by using suitable, clear and highly professional language.
Learning skills - The student will be able to develop a holistic approach ability in the interpreting results of scientific research and understanding the specific aspects of national and European legislation relating to food production processes, and acquairing the main aspects for understanding, identifying and evaluating the main certification tools aimed at protecting and enhancing the quality of agri-food production.

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courseProgram

Application of the holistic approach to reality and the system concept.
The concept of agri-food quality and safety
Specificity in the production of agri-food quality
The certification
Mandatory, regulated, voluntary certification
Labeling
Quality in the farm
Organic production and certifications
Integrated agriculture and certifications
Origin productions and certifications
Self-control – HACCP
European quality certifications – GlobalGAP

examMode

At the end of the course, the students have the assessment test with an oral exam. The evaluation and the final grade will take into account the knowledge and concepts acquired, the ability to analyze problems, connect interdisciplinary knowledge, formulate hypotheses and judgments, mastery and clarity of expression and exposure. At the candidate will be asked several questions ranging over the whole program, each of which will be evaluated with a score from 0 to 30. The final grade corresponds to the average of the individual grades.
In critical situations, such as a high number of candidates in the booking, or peculiarities of one or more candidates, the exam can be done in written form with six open-ended questions, evaluated as for the oral exam. Candidates will be given one and a half hours to answer. Furthermore, upon explicit request by individual students, it is possible to take the exam in written or oral form, regardless of what is reported in the official appeal.
At the request of the candidate, a PowerPoint presentation can be discussed concerning the deepening of a topic chosen by the student and agreed with the teacher, followed by some questions about the program. A score from 0 to 30 will be assigned to the presentation and to each of the answers to the questions. The final grade corresponds to the average of the individual grades defined as for the oral exam.

books

Material suggested and distributed during the course

mode

The course is structured in lessons in classroom.
The classroom lessons include all topics of the course program.
The lessons in the field concern the concrete application of some specific aspects discussed in the classroom.

classRoomMode

The course is structured in lessons in classroom.
The classroom lessons include all topics of the course program.
The lessons in the field concern the concrete application of some specific aspects discussed in the classroom.

bibliography

Material suggested and distributed during the course

Learning objectives

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - The student will acquire basic knowledge to understand and describe the main types of quality certification for animal origin products, the reference framework for these certifications in various dimensions (EU Food Safety Policy, environmental sustainability, level and credibility of the certifying entity), and the main aspects of hygienic, rheological, nutritional-nutraceutical, and technological quality applied to animal food products. This includes specific focus on meat products, milk and dairy products, eggs and egg products, beekeeping products, and seafoods.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - Based on the acquired knowledge, the student will be able to apply the general principles of the sector to various agro-zootechnical food supply chains, by using technical knowledge of evaluation systems, current regulatory limits, and basic and advanced methods for quality assessment.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS - The skills and knowledge acquired, including practical experience, will ensure the student has the judgment capacity to make reasoned choices in the specific sector.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS - The acquired abilities will enable the student to undertake self-learning paths based on specific cases encountered in their professional life or during further university studies (Master’s degree courses and beyond).

Teacher's Profile

courseProgram

Definitions and evolution of the concept of quality applied to the food sector
Introduction to European legislation and policy of food safety
Environmental quality of production
Introduction to the certification schemes
Technical aspects of quality: laboratory techniques and basic quantitative evaluation
Quality of the supply chain of animal products: meat, milk and dairy products, eggs and egg products, bee products, seafood supply chains

examMode

Before the end of the course, the student will present the work of an individual study around a topic addressed during the course, based on scientific works published on the major international databases. For non-attending students, the same type of work will be presented in "essay" mode at least two weeks before the exam date. The evaluation of the presentations or papers will compose the final grade after the oral exam, according to a scheme available to students in Unitus Moodle together with teaching materials

books

None. Teaching materials are made available to students via Unitus Moodle platform

mode

Frontal lessons, case study analysis, tutorials/visits, individual and/or group work

classRoomMode

Not mandatory

bibliography

None. Teaching materials are made available to students via Unitus Moodle platform

Learning objectives

The course of Ecology and Agroecology principles aims to provide students the applying knowledge and understanding tools for ability to integrate and analyze theoretical and practical knowledge of agricultural systems.
1) Knowledge and understanding - The student will gain basic and advanced knowledge of general ecology and the aspects concerning ecosystems and agroecosystems with a critical understanding of potential flaws and values.
2) Applying knowledge and understanding - The advanced skills acquired will allow the student to apply the knowledge to ecosystems and agroecosystems through a systemic approach.
3) Making judgements - The student will have the ability to develop their own knowledges in the analyze of different ecosystems and agroecosystems with a critical understanding of potential production capacity.
4) Communication skills - The student will be able to analyze and communicate what they learned during the course by using suitable, clear and highly professional language.
5) Learning skills - The student will be able to develop a holistic approach ability in the interpreting results of scientific research and understanding the ecosystem characteristics, and in the agroecosystem design and management for sustainable food quality production. The course aim to provide learning skills, skills making judgements, communication skills in analysis, design and management of sustainable agricultural systems studied in his systematic unit.

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courseProgram

Course contents
Lectures in the class: 40 hours.
Origins of Ecology as scientific discipline.
Systemic approach to ecological scince as bridge between the disciplines.
The holistic application to reality: the concept of ecosystem.
The organization of the living organisms.
The ecosystem: structure, components, interactions, ecological successions, seral and climax stages, organisms and their functions, ecological niche, etc.
Analysis of ecological systems and ecological efficiencies between and within the trophic levels.
Classes of systems: natural and anthropogenic, relations between ecosystem and agroecosystem.
Resources: the agricultural meteorology and climatology references and relationships between climate factors and living organisms.
Systemic approach applied to the agricultural world: the concept of agro-ecosystem; agroecosystem properties (productivity, stability, sustainability).
The farm as agro-ecosystem.
Energy transfers and rationalization of input auxiliary energy in the agroecosystems.
Influence of agronomic interventions on biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nitrogen.
Soil carbon fluxes in different cropping systems.
Importance of legume species in the agroecosystems.
Environmental effects related to the water cycle.
The management of agro-ecosystems for reducting the erosion and for defense of soil fertility.
Importance of the agroecosystem biodiversity and mixed farming for soil fertility.
Importance of structural complexity between and within the fields: hedges and polyculture.
Relations between agriculture and society: traditional farming systems, conventional and alternative.
Environmental impact of agriculture: pollution and loss of biodiversity.
The diffusion of pollutants from agricultural sources in the environment.
The organic and ecological agriculture: legislative nods and agrotechnical applications aimed at reducing negative environmental impacts.

Field exercises: 8 hours.
Some concrete situations will be observed on field of aspects dealt in classroom concerning some agronomic applications addressed to the sustainable management of agroecosystems.

examMode

At the end of the course, the students have the assessment test with an oral exam. The evaluation and the final grade will take into account the knowledge and concepts acquired, the ability to analyze problems, connect interdisciplinary knowledge, formulate hypotheses and judgments, mastery and clarity of expression and exposure. At the candidate will be asked several questions ranging over the whole program, each of which will be evaluated with a score from 0 to 30. The final grade corresponds to the average of the individual grades.
In critical situations, such as a high number of candidates in the booking, or peculiarities of one or more candidates, the exam can be done in written form with six open-ended questions, evaluated as for the oral exam. Candidates will be given one and a half hours to answer. Furthermore, upon explicit request by individual students, it is possible to take the exam in written or oral form, regardless of what is reported in the official appeal.
At the request of the candidate, a PowerPoint presentation can be discussed concerning the deepening of a topic chosen by the student and agreed with the teacher, followed by some questions about the program. A score from 0 to 30 will be assigned to the presentation and to each of the answers to the questions. The final grade corresponds to the average of the individual grades defined as for the oral exam.

books

- Lesson slides, available on Dropbox at link provided by the teacher,
- Caporali F., Campiglia E., Mancinelli R., 2010. Agroecologia: Teoria e pratica degli agroecosistemi. De Agostini Scuola SpA, Novara. 222 pp. ISBN: 978-88-251-7352-9.
- Bullini L., Pignatti S., Virzo De Santo A., 1998. Ecologia generale. UTET, Torino. 519 pp.

mode

The course is structured in lessons in classroom and lessons in the field.
The classroom lessons include all topics of the course program.
The lessons in the field concern the concrete application of some specific aspects discussed in the classroom.

classRoomMode

Attendance is not compulsory as established by law

bibliography

- Lesson slides, available on Dropbox at link provided by the teacher,
- Caporali F., Campiglia E., Mancinelli R., 2010. Agroecologia: Teoria e pratica degli agroecosistemi. De Agostini Scuola SpA, Novara. 222 pp. ISBN: 978-88-251-7352-9.
- Bullini L., Pignatti S., Virzo De Santo A., 1998. Ecologia generale. UTET, Torino. 519 pp.

Learning objectives

In agreement with the training objectives of the Degree Course in 'Agricultural and Environmental Sciences', the teaching has the general objective of acquiring knowledge on the nutritional characteristics of feeds for livestock use and on the basis of rationing of animals in livestock production.
1) Knowledge and understanding - The student will acquire basic and advanced knowledge relating to the nutritional value of feeds (concentrates and fodder) intended for animal feeding, and to the evaluation of feeds through laboratory analysis and to set up the calculation of a ration for ruminants and monogastrics.
2) Applying knowledge and understanding - The skills acquired will allow the student to apply the knowledge to real case studies relating to the analysis of feeds for livestock use through the classic approach (laboratory methodologies) and using digital technologies (precision feeding) .
3) Making judgments - The student will have the ability to independently develop their own assessments regarding the resolution of practical problems relating to the evaluation of feeds for livestock use and the calculation of the requirements of animals in livestock production.
4) Communication skills - The student will be able to effectively communicate what they have learned using suitable, clear and highly professional language.
5) Learning skills - The student will be able to: - develop the ability to learn the critical approach to animal nutrition in different production contexts and at different managerial levels; - interpret the results of scientific research on animal feeding and nutrition.

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courseProgram

Course program:
1. Feed and nutritional principles
2. Evaluation of feed for zootechnical use
3. Feeds
to. Fodder
b. Concentrate
4. Rationing: theoretical and practical bases
5. Application of digitalization and robotics in the animal feed sector
6. The feed industry
7. Seminars held by experts on specific topics
8. Exercises on the farm: visit to agro-zootechnical farms
9. Laboratory exercises: feed analysis

examMode

In the evaluation of the test (or of the tests) in the attribution of the final grade, the following will be taken into account: the level of knowledge of the demonstrated contents (superficial, appropriate, precise and complete, complete and thorough), the ability to apply the theoretical concepts (errors in the 'apply, discrete, good, well-established, of the capacity for analysis, synthesis and interdisciplinary connections (sufficient, good, excellent), of the capacity of critical sense and of making judgments (sufficient, good, excellent), of the mastery of expression (lacking exposure, simple, clear and correct, safe and correct). In particular, the judgment and the final grade will take into account the knowledge and concepts acquired, the ability to analyze problems, to connect interdisciplinary knowledge, to formulate hypotheses and judgments, mastery and clarity of expression and exposure. The exam will be taken in writing or orally.
The candidate must demonstrate that he has acquired knowledge in the field of Animal Nutrition and Feeding and feed industry. The final grade will be formulated taking into account the level of knowledge of the contents, the capacity for analysis, synthesis and interdisciplinary connections, the capacity for critical sense and clarity of presentation.

books

Power point files: Moodle - DropBox
ANTONGIOVANNI M., GUALTIERI M. Nutrizione e alimentazione animale, Il Sole 24 Ore Edagricole, Bologna, 1998.
ANTONGIOVANNI M. Nutrizione degli animali in produzione zootecnica, Edagricole, Bologna, 2004.
Nutrizione e Alimentazione del cane e del gatto, Edagricole, Bologna, 2021.
Manuale di nutrizione dei ruminanti da latte, EdiSESS Università, Napoli, 2020.
Basic Animal Nutrition and Feeding, 5th Edition, Wilson G. Pond, David B. Church et al., WileyCDA, December 2004
INRA feeding system for ruminants, Wageningen Academic. Editors: Daniel Sauvant, Luc Delaby, Pierre Nozière, Published: 2017 Pages: 300 ISBN: 978-90-8686-292-4

mode

Lectures in the classroom lasting a total of 40 hours plus 8 of exercises. The 40 hours include presentations (ppt or Inkscape) with graphic and photographic illustrations, plus seminars held by teachers and technicians of the sector.
Practical activities
Technical visits to livestock farms and laboratory activities.

classRoomMode

There is no compulsory attendance of lessons.

bibliography

Works in scientific journals provided by the teacher

Learning objectives

Assessment based on the level of knowledge of the contents, the ability to apply the theoretical concepts, the ability to analyze, synthesize and interdisciplinary connections, the correct use of technical language.
Discussion of the appraisal report written by the candidate during the course.

Learning objectives

The teaching has the general objective of acquiring knowledge on the effect and impact of climate change on the physiology, metabolism, production, well-being and health of farm animals and on the adaptation systems useful for reducing the negative effect of exposure of animals to heat stress conditions.
1) Knowledge and understanding - The student will gain basic and advanced knowledge relating to the effects that climate change (global warming) has on the health and production efficiency of animals in livestock systems.
2) Applied knowledge and understanding - The knowledge and skills acquired will allow the student to apply the knowledge to case studies relating to the management of farm animals exposed to heat stress conditions.
3) Making judgment - The students will acquire the ability to independently develop their own assessments regarding the resolution of problems relating to the management of animals exposed to heat stress conditions.
4) Communication skills - The student will be able to effectively communicate what they have learned using suitable, clear and highly professional language.
5) Learning skills - The student will be able to develop the ability to learn the critical approach to assessing the condition of well-being of animals exposed to heat stress conditions.

CHOICE GROUPSYEAR/SEMESTERCFUSSDLANGUAGE
NUOVO GRUPPO EXTRACURRICULARE - - -
INSEGNAMENTI DI PROFILO -12 - -
15185 - AGROCHEMISTRY

STEFANIA ASTOLFI

Second Year / First Semester 6AGR/13ita
15188 - ANIMAL WELFARE AND HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF LIVESTOCK

NICOLA LACETERA

Second Year / First Semester 6AGR/19ita
17589 - QUALITY CERTIFICATION OF PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROCESSES

ROBERTO MANCINELLI

Second Year / First Semester 6AGR/02ita
17590 - QUALITY CERTIFICATION OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND PROCESSES

PIERPAOLO DANIELI

Second Year / Second Semester 6AGR/18ita
119060 - .

ROBERTO MANCINELLI

Second Year / Second Semester 6AGR/02ita
121273 - .

UMBERTO BERNABUCCI

Second Year / Second Semester 6AGR/18ITA
NUOVO GRUPPO EXTRACURRICULARE - - -
15097 - LEGISLATION AND CASE STUDIES FOR PROFESSIONAL AGRONOMISTSSecond Year / Second Semester 8AGR/01ita
118294 - IMPACT AND ADAPTATION OF LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS TO CLIMATE CHANGESecond Year / Second Semester 3AGR/19ita
121457 - .Second Year / Second Semester 3AGR/09ITA