Basics of agronomy

This course is offered to students in the L3 professional program "Plant Experimentation for the Improvement and Protection of Mediterranean and Tropical Plants". Its objective is to present (or recall, depending on the student's curriculum) the basic notions of agronomy concerning (1) the functioning of the "plant" system in interaction with its environment and ecosystem, (2) the soil parameters influencing plant growth, and (3) the climate parameters influencing crop development and yield. Some important topics (plant pathology, soil ecology, experimentation, irrigation, yield modeling) are then further developed through specialized lectures. The handling of these concepts and the relationships between them are worked on in the context of plant experimentation through the study of articles or case studies.

Knowledge

• master the basic concepts of agronomy
• enrich their culture with specialized notions on certain important agronomic themes
• manipulate the relationships between these concepts established through experimentation
• critically analyze the results of experiments in order to draw reasoned conclusions

How to do it

• Obtain reliable information to increase your knowledge of an agronomy subject
• carry out this work in an organized manner and independently, individually or in groups
• to transmit the synthetic result of this work in a clear and argued way in writing and orally

Hourly volumes* :

            CM : 13,5

            TD : 13,5

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