Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienze animali - SAN

Fruit and grapevine cropping systems

Anno accademico 2012/2013

Sommario insegnamento

• Obiettivi formativi
• Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
• Programma
• Testi consigliati e bibliografia
• Note
• Moduli didattici
• Strumenti didattici

Obiettivi formativi

Lo studente acquisirà e approfondirà le conoscenze relative ai sistemi frutticoli e viticoli dell’Italia nordoccidentale, con particolare attenzione alle tecniche innovative e a basso impatto ambientale di coltivazione, di difesa e di gestione del post-raccolta adottate in frutticoltura e viticoltura.

Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

The student will acquire and improve the knowledge on tree cropping systems in North-West Italy, with special attention to techniques adopted in crop production and protection and in post-harvest handling of fruit and grapevine crop.

Programma

Orchard management for fruit quality

Grapevine cropping system. Grape wine production in Piedmont and Italy.

Establishing the vineyard. Training systems: traditional and new types.

Winter pruning: long pruning, mixed pruning (traditional) and short pruning (for mechanization).

Summer pruning; traditional and new practices for Piedmont viticulture.

Soil management: permanent grass cover, mulching, and chemical weed control.

Orchard management for fruit quality II

Apple cropping system: Apple production in Piedmont and Italy.

Soil and climatic requirements for orchard planting. Main cultivars and cultivar groups. Rootstocks.

Fertilization and soil management. Training systems and pruning.

Management of factors affecting fruit quality. Apple quality evaluation.

Harvest and post-harvest handling.

Fruit and grapevine pest management

Insect and mite pest identification. Principles on identification of fruit and grapevine insect and mite pests and their antagonists. Classification of pests in relation to their feeding activity, and to damage they cause.

Sustainable pest management. Conventional pest control. Biological pest control. Integrated pest management.

Grapevine insect and mite pests. Bio-ethology, distribution, and control strategies of the main grapevine pests. Field sampling, symptom detection. Laboratory insect and mite identification.

Apple insect and mite pests. Bio-ethology, distribution, and control strategies of the main apple pests. Field sampling, symptom detection. Laboratory insect and mite identification.

Testi di base consigliati per il corso

Alford D.V. (2007) Pests of fruit crops: a color handbook. Academic Press, Elsevier, 461 pp.

Coombe B.G., Dry P.R. (1988) Viticulture. Vol. 1 & 2. Australian Industrial Publishers, Adelaide, Australia.

Ferree D.C., Warrington I. (2003) Apples: Botany, Production and Uses, CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK, 672 pp.

Winkler A.J. et al. (1975) General Viticulture. University of California Press, Davis, CA, USA.

È fortemente consigliato l’utilizzo del seguente materiale per approfondimenti e integrazioni:

Knee M. (2002) Fruit quality and its biological basis. CRC Press. USA.

Ryugo K. (1988). Fruit culture. J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.

Westwood M.N. (1993) Temperate zone Pomology, Physiology and Culture. Timber Press, Portland, OR, USA.

AAVV (2012) Arboricoltura generale. Patron editore. Bologna

Infine sono di seguito indicati siti internet di interesse:

www.viten.net

http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/producefacts/

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=8964

Note

The course is taught in English and includes three teaching units hereafter reported:

Orchard management for fruit quality

Orchard management for fruit quality II

Fruit and grapevine pest management

The evaluation will be an oral exam, associated with an oral presentation on an individual work.

Moduli didattici

• Fruit and grapevine pest management (AGR0173)
• Orchard management for fruit quality (AGR0173)
• Orchard management for fruit quality II (AGR0173)

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