Course: Übungen zur Saatgutkunde (3504-212)

Persons:

• Prof.Dr. Michael Kruse (verantwortlich)
• Dipl.-Agr.Biol. Peter Deplewski (begleitend)
• Dr. Sebastian Bopper (verwaltend)

Type of Course:

lecture with exercise

In-Class Hours Per Week:

2

Contents:

It is the goal of the teaching session to become familiar with the seeds and fruits of the most important agricultural-, horticultural- and silvicultural arable and cultivated crops. Subsequently the students should be able to identify and evaluate the for seed-diagnostics relevant traits of seeds and fruits. Knowledge regarding the determination of seeds and fruits shall be acquired.
After detailed instruction, the students shall be able to identify on their own seed samples of about 160 species by their morphological traits. There is the possibility to establish an own collection with the seed material handed out. The students will be provided with explanatory and summarising hand-outs. In addition the students will receive a seed sample of an unidentified wild species which has to be determined as a homework.

Literature:

Brouwer, W. and Stählin, A. (1975). Handbuch der Samenkunde für Landwirtschaft, Gartenbau und Forstwirtschaft. 2nd ed., DLG-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main.

Jones, S., Taylor, J. and Ash, F. (2004). Seed identification handbook: agriculture horticulture & weeds. 2nd ed. , 94 pp. NIAB, Cambridge.

Musil, A.F. (1963). Agriculture Handbook: Identification of crop and weed seeds. vol. 219, 171 pp. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D. C.

Partzsch, M., Cremer, J., Zimmermann, G. and Goltz, H. (2006). Acker- und Gartenunkräuter: ein Bestimmungsbuch. 303 pp. Agrimedia, Bergen/Dumme.

Schopmeyer, C.S. (ed.) (1974). Agriculture Handbook: Seeds of woody plants in the United States. vol. 450, 883 pp. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D. C.

Location:

Hohenheim

Remarks:

This course can only accept 25 participants due to space constraints and supervision regulations! The registration is done on ILIAS via the course "3504-211 Samenkunde und -ökologie". There you will find also further information about the registration process (registration period, allocation of spots, etc.)

Module:

• 3504-210 Seed Science (compulsory)

eLearning:

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