208-208 Crop Production

Availability

Parkville campus

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr Rob Norton

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Subject Description

This subject includes:

  • an appraisal of the cropping enterprises in southern Australia - the location, scale and nature of cropping enterprises and their contribution to the national economy;

  • growth, development and yield in crop production - definitions and relations between growth and development attributes, yield and yield components, measurement of crop yields, biological and economical yield and harvest index (complemented by field exercises);

  • environmental constraints limiting productivity - climate and growing season, water and nutrient availability;

  • agronomic management to optimise production and product quality, including water and nutrient management, soil management and rotations;

  • nutrient cycling; and

  • problems and prospects of both dryland and irrigated crop production within farm systems, comparative cost-return analysis, marketing strategies.

Assessment

Three-hour examination (50%), a practical test (10%) and two assignments equivalent to 2500 words (each worth 20%).



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