Module Identifier | RS21310 | ||
Module Title | CROP PRODUCTION | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Peter Jenkins | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Assessment | Appraisal report | Sugar beet visit appraisal report | 20% |
Exam | 2 Hours | 80% |
i) explain the marketing environment for potatoes and sugar beet
ii) identify the critical factors that determine yield of sugar beet and potatoes
iii) critically appraise the husbandry of a crop of sugar beet in a practical context
iv) appreciate the need for and range of combinable break crops
v) describe the husbandry of the oilseed rape crop and identify critical steps in yield determination
Potatoes - crop agronomy, storage.
Sugar beet: physiology, agronomy.
Combinable break crops: need for and range of crops.
Visits, practicals and seminars:
Sugar beet and sugar beet factory visit.