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PhD courses and programmes 2005

NOVA 4-05
Crop production: Crop physiology and nutritional quality (invitation)
Topic: Plant Cultures/Crop production

Course period January 15 - April 15 2005
- Course duration: January 15 - April 15 2005
- Cultivation experiment: January 15 - March 16
- Intensive week with lectures and exercises at Uppsala: March 16 - March 23 (the students gather in Uppsala)
- Examination of Intensive week: Answers handed in not later than April 11. (Program)
Location March 16-23 2005, Uppsala, Sweden. Otherwise, at home office
Course credit 5 ECTS
Deadline for application 24:th September 2004 for Baltic students, December 3, 2004 for Nordic students (registration_form)
Course abstract

This course is a continuation of a series of Nordic postgraduate courses in crop production conducted since 1979. The topic will be on crop physiology and nutritional content of crops. The aim is to learn about how basic phenomena of crop physiological and external factors together determine the crop yield and nutritional quality. Topics are:

  • Plant photosynthesis and respiration and the relation to climate conditions
  • Crop physiology and resource capture
  • Crop phenology and development in relation to climate conditions
  • Plant development in relation to cold temperatures
  • Biochemical aspects of plant nutrient content
  • Plant nutrition on whole plant level
  • Grain nitrogen accumulation and protein composition
  • Modelling growth, plant N, phenology and crop protein composition
  • Cultivation experiment

As a special topic, the student will apply a theory for nitrogen supply in relation to plant growth, to achieve defined plant nitrogen levels. The student will build and apply a dynamic simulation model to design fertilisation regimes, and control the cultivation in Uppsala, on distance, by communication and lectures over the WEB. (short description)
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Language English
The course is intended for Ph.D. students from both the Nordic and the Baltic countries are welcome with applications. The total number of participants is limited. In case of over registration, preference will be given to Ph.D. students in crop production sciences. Furthermore, the course leaders have to adjust the number of participants according to the funds made available by NOVA (Nordic students) and NorFa (Baltic students), respectively.
Max no of participants 25
Special prerequisites -
Course organization Department of Ecology and Crop Production Science, SLU
Course leader Drs. Henrik Eckersten and Anders Göransson
Postal address to course leader EVP/SLU, P. O. Box 7043, S-750 07 Uppsala
Phone to course leader +46 18 67 32 59
Fax to course leader +46 18 67 29 09
E-mail to course leader Henrik.Eckersten@evp.slu.se Anders.Goransson@adm.slu.se
Registration to Henrik Eckersten
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