Module: Plant Quality (3302-460)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Uwe Ludewig (verantwortlich)

Degree Program:

• Earth System Science (Master, since 01.10.2013)
  3. Semester, elective
• Crop Sciences - Plant Nutrition and Protection (Master, since 01.10.2014)
  3. Semester, elective
• Earth and Climate System Science (Master, since 01.10.2017)
  3. Semester, elective
• Bioeconomy (Master, since 01.10.2014)
  3. Semester, elective
• Bioeconomy (starting WS 16/17) (Master, since 01.04.2017)
  3. Semester, elective

Prerequisites for Attendance:

-

Sprache:

English

ECTS:

6 credits

Frequency:

every winter semester

Length of the Module:

1 semester

Compulsory assignment:

Presentation (25 %) with extended abstract (5 %)

Final examination:

Written exam (70 %)

Length of the examination:

120 minutes

Workload:

56 h presence + 104 h preparation at home + exam = 160 h workload

Professional competences:

After successfully completing the module, students are able to describe the main requirements for the external appearance and physical composition of plant products (food, feed and other biobased products) from the perspective of the processor, marketer, consumer and legislator.
They can specify means of influencing the quality by plant mineral nutrition (external quality, content and storage of value-adding ingredients; suppression of unwanted plant compounds) and can evaluate the possibilities of influencing the quality by mineral nutrition in comparison with other means, such as breeding (eg. genetically modified crops) and plant cultivation strategies. Students are familiar with quality concepts and the quality of the product beyond (eg. production quality).

Students acquire these abilities in the lecture (2 SWS). In the accompanying seminar, students present and discuss original work from the literature and current aspects of plant quality in short lectures. A one-day excursion to LUFA Speyer gives an insight into the practice of the official quality control of agricultural products.

Key competences:

During preparation for the exam, while preparing and following up on lectures and while preparing the seminar, students enhance their organizational skills, self-reliance, time management and team work. They learn and practice both critical and analytical thinking and reading of scientific literature in the seminar, while generally improving their ability of exploring a scientific subject. While preparing the seminar, students improve their scientific articulateness and further improve their oral communication skills, presentation techniques and discourse capacities through presenting their work.

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