Organic Fruit and Viticulture I

In order to achieve the objectives of the curricular unit and the competencies provided to the students, the learning process is based on:
1. In theoretical-practical classes in which the teacher transmits theoretical concepts, followed by practical application by the Student
2. In classes held in the orchards and vineyards where the student accompanies the different cultures and where he performs the main cultural practices used in fruticulture and viticulture in the spring-summer season.

1. To know the importance of fruticulture and viticulture in organic production mode at national and global levels;
2. Identify different fruit trees and grape varieties;
3. Relate plant structures and their functions with growth and development;
4. To know the different cultural practices carried out in the spring-summer season, in vineyards and orchards in biological mode, which affect the production and quality of harvesting and harvest.

Module 1
1 fruit interest in the food diet and the importance of wine in peoples ‘ culture;
2 economic importance of fruticulture and viticulture in organic production in the national, European and global economies;
3 Strengths and difficulties in this sector.
Module 2
1 main fruit trees and grape varieties with biological aptitude;
2 fruiting organs;
3 vegetative and reproductive cycles;
4 phenology of fruit trees and vine;
4 problematic of flowering and revenge.
Module 3
1 Importance of green interventions in fruit trees and vine in biological mode;
2 cultural and physiological implications of green interventions in yield and quality;
3 different phases of fruit and bago growth;
4 Methods for the determination of the harvesting and harvest season;
5 Problems of harvesting and harvest.

• - Teste escrito - 100.0%

• - Avaliação de desempenho no decorrer das aulas realizadas no laboratório (15%). - 15.0%
• - Avaliação desempenho nas aulas realizadas no pomar e na vinha - 15.0%
• - Modulo 3 - Peso 40% - teste escrito - 70.0%

• - Módulo 1 - Peso 25% - Teste escrito - 100.0%

• - Modulo 2 - Peso 35% - teste escrito - 70.0%
• - Acompanhamento do ciclo vegetativo (casta e fruteira) e elaboração de relatório e avaliação de desempenho no decorrer das aulas - 30.0%

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