ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Plant Production and Engineering Projects
Areas: Plant Production
Center Higher Polytechnic Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
Know, understand and use the principles of plant production technologies, specifically the main grassland and forage species. Master the basic concepts related to forage crops in an extensive regime, giving priority to those that are most important in Galicia. Study the use and characteristics of crops for the production of cereals-feed and as green or preserved forage.
The title report contemplates the following contents for this subject:
Crops in an extensive forage regime for the production of grain-feed or forage. Forage crops. Alternatives and associations. Grassland and forage mixtures and formulas for mowing and grazing. Nutritive quality of the forage; optimal time of use. Prairies, meadows and pastures. Pratense flora. Cultivation of meadows. Transformation, implementation and maintenance. Management of meadows and pastures: mowing grazing. Degradation and regeneration of grasslands. Forage conservation: silage and haymaking. Mechanical part. Fermentative processes.
These contents will be developed according to the following agenda in expository and interactive sessions, all of them mandatory:
EXHIBITIONS (24 hours in person)
Introduction
Topic 1. General concepts of praticulture and extensive forage crops (1 hour; student 4);
Forage Crops
Topic 2. Winter forage crops (1 hours; student 4);
Topic 3. Forage crops: Forage corn (1 hours; student 4);
Topic 4. Forage crops: Sorghum (1 hours; student 4);
Topic 5. Forage crops: Forage legumes (2 hours; student 7);
Topic 6. Agroforestry systems (2 hours; student 7);
Praticulture;
Topic 7. Fertilization and management of meadows, both for mowing and grazing (2 hours; student 7)
Topic 8. Establishment of grasslands: natural and implanted. Transformation of mountains into grasslands (1 hours; student 4)
Topic 9.Prairlands and meadows: Management and conservation (2 hours; student 7)
Topic 10. Alternatives and association of grassland mixtures for mowing and grazing (2 hours; student 7)
Topic 11. Nutritive quality of forages from the point of view of the optimal moment of use, in the context of plant production (2 hours; student 7)
Topic 12. Pratense flora. Morphological characteristics (2 hours; student 7)
Topic 13. Forage conservation: silage and haymaking. Fermentative processes and mechanical part (3 hours; student 8)
Topic 14. Grazing systems and grassland degradation (2 hours; student 8)
INTERACTIVE ((24 face-to-face hours in laboratory practices and field trip)
1.- Carrying out fertilization practice (4 hours; student 2)
2.- Carrying out a field trip to agroforestry farms (8 hours; student 2)
3.- Carrying out botanical identification practices of grasses and legumes (4 hours; student 7)
4.- Carrying out silage quality evaluation (4 hours; student 2)
5.- Carrying out germination tests of grassland species and practical cases of grassland mixtures (4 hours; student 1)
TUTORING (3 face-to-face hours)
STUDENT SELF-EMPLOYED WORK: 99 hours
Bibliografía básica
- Guerrero, A.1999. "Cultivos herbáceos extensivos" E. Mundi-Prensa,Madrid.
- Lopez Bellido,L.1991."Cultivos herbáceos" Ed. Mundi-Prensa, Madrid.
- Martínez Fernández A ., Argamentería Gutiérrez A., de la Roza Delgado B. 2014. Manejo de forrajes para ensilar. Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentaria (SERIDA), Asturias.
- Mosquera-Losada MR, González-Rodríguez A, Rigueiro-Rodríguez A 1999. Ecología y manejo de
praderas
- Mosquera-Losada MR, McAdam J, Rigueiro-Rodríguez A 2009. Agroforestry in Europe. Springer
- Mosquera-Losada, M.R., Rigueiro, A., Romero, R., Piñeiro, J., González, P., López, M.L., 2000.
Plantas de los prados del Noroeste de España. US de C. Santiago de Compostela
- Muslera, E., Ratera, C., 1991. Praderas y Forrajes. Mundi-prensa
- Muslera Pardo, E e Ratera García, C 1991. "Praderas y forrajes: producción y aprovechamiento".
Ed. Muni-Prensa, Madrid.
- Urbano,P.1992. "Tratado de Fitotecnia general". Ed. Mundi-Prensa, Madrid.
- Urbano,P e Moro,R. 1992. "Sistemas agrícolas con alternativas y rotaciones de cultivos" Ed.
Mundi-Prensa.Madrid.
Página web de interés
Flora Pratense y Forrajera Cultivada de la Península Ibérica. http://www.unavarra.es/herbario/pratenses/htm/inicio.htm
Bibliografía complementaria
- Guerrero, A.1999. "Cultivos herbáceos extensivos" E. Mundi-Prensa,Madrid.
- Evans, L.T.1983."Fisiología de cultivos" editorial Hemisferio Sur, Buenos Aires.
- Forbes,J.C e Watson,R.D. 1992. "Plants in Agriculture" Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Llanos, M.1998. "el Maízz. Su cultivo y aprovechamiento" Ed. Mundi-Prensa, Madrid.
- Navarra Agraria 1998, Monográfico sobre cereales de invierno.Navarra
- Royo,C.1992, "Los cultivos ,bases y aprovechamient" Ed. Mundi´presa, Madrid.
- López Bellido,L. "Los cultivos forrajeros". Ministerio Agricultura. Cordoba.
- Mateo Box. J.M.1960. "Leguminosas" .Salvat Editores,Barcelona
- Jaime Zea e D.Díaz:1998 "Pastoreo", Ed. Mundi´Presa, Madrid
- Jaime Zea e Dolores Díaz 1997 "Producción Carne en base a pastos y forrajes" Ed. Mundi-Prensa, Madrid
- C. Arias Alonso "El Pastoreo"1970. Ed. Mundi-Prensa, Madrid
- M. Llanos Company."Producción carne en base a pastos y forrajes" Ed.M.P.
- Jean Duthil 1970 "Producción de forrajes" Ed. M.P, Madrid
- Roberto Bartolini, 1990. "El Maíz" Agroguía.Ed.M.P, Madrid
- Vicente Cañete e J.L.Sancha ,1998."Ensilado de Forrajes" Ed M.P,Madrid.
- Mitrik, T. (2018). Ensilage. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers.
- Snapp, S. (2017). Agricultural systems. Amsterdam, Elsevier. Libro electrónico, https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezbusc.usc.gal/book/9780128020708/agricul…
- Maria Rosa Mosquera.Losada, Ravi Prabhu, 2019. Agroforestry for sustainable agriculture. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science.
-Rigueiro-Rodríguez, A.; Fernández-Núñez, E.; González-Hernández, M.P.; McAdam, J.H.; Mosquera-Losada, M.R.
2009. Agroforestry systems in Europe: Productive, Ecological and Social perspectives. Pp: 43-66. In:
- Agroforestry in Europe. Current status and future prospects. Rigueiro-Rodríguez, A.; McAdam, J.H.; Mosquera-Losada, M.R. (Eds.). Advances in agroforestry, vol. 6. Springer.
General competencies: CG1 - Knowledge in basic, scientific and technological subjects that allow continuous learning, as well as the ability to adapt to new situations or changing environments. Transversal skills: CT1 - Capacity for analysis and synthesis. CT2 - Capacity for reasoning and argumentation CT3 - Capacity for individual work, with a self-critical attitude. CT4 - Ability to work in a group and address problematic situations collectively. CT5 - Ability to obtain adequate, diverse and updated information CT6 - Ability to prepare and present an organized and understandable text. CT7 - Ability to make a public presentation in a clear, concise and coherent manner. CT8 - Commitment to truthfulness of the information offered to others. CT9 - Skill in the management of information and communication technologies (ICT). CT10 - Use of bibliographic and Internet information. CT11 - Use of information in a foreign language. CT12 - Ability to solve problems through the integrated application of their knowledge. General specific competencies: In this matter, part of the CEG2 and CEG5 competencies are given. CEG2 - Adequate knowledge of the physical problems, technologies, machinery and water and energy supply systems, the limits imposed by budgetary factors and construction regulations, and the relationships between facilities or buildings and agricultural operations, agri-food industries and related spaces with gardening and landscaping with their social and environmental surroundings, as well as the need to relate techniques to human needs and environmental preservation. CEG5 - Ability to draft and sign studies on rural development, environmental impact and waste management of agri-food industries, agricultural and livestock farms, and spaces related to gardening and landscaping. Specific competencies of agricultural holdings: In this matter, part of the competencies of EA1 and EA2 are given. EA1 - Ability to know, understand and use the principles of animal production technologies: Animal anatomy. Animal physiology. Animal production, protection and exploitation systems. Animal production techniques. Genetics and animal improvement. EA2 - Ability to know, understand and use the principles of plant production technologies: Production and exploitation systems. Protection of crops against pests and diseases. Technology and cultivation systems of herbaceous species. Agroenergy.
The subject will be taught in accordance with the title report in relation to the contemplated teaching, face-to-face (expository, interactive and group tutorials) and non-face-to-face teaching. Expository teaching will be presented in master classes, encouraging student participation (CG1). In relation to the methodology used, both the practical and digital whiteboard (computer presentations in PowerPoint) will be used.
The interactive teaching will take place in the laboratories, on the practical farm (field practices) and there will also be a trip to livestock and/or agroforestry farms (CEG2 and EA1) in which different types of pastures are managed. The interactive teaching methodology will be supported by learning based on the presentation and resolution of practical cases (EA2, CT1, CT2, CT4, CT8, CT9, CT12), in the preparation of works related to the management of forage crops and grasslands (CT3, CT5, CT6, CT10, CT11 and CEG5) and in the identification of grassland species with keys. Group work and cooperative learning will be promoted, including active discussion sessions in the classroom. Students must deliver and present (CT7) the reports corresponding to each of the practical classes on the dates and in the manner requested by the subject's teaching staff. Additionally, the use of the USC virtual campus is contemplated for the delivery of internship reports and for the resolution, by students, of questionnaires and practical cases.
It is recommended that the student attend the tutorials given by the teachers, who can also be contacted via email. The student must carry out work and studies independently that will be adjusted to the hours programmed in the degree report.
The evaluation system will take into account:
1. The participation, use and attitude of students in classroom activities (derived from both expository and interactive classes). This participation will be evaluated by the teacher based on the quality of the questions/interventions and the answers given by the students.
2. Carrying out questionnaires and/or practical cases. The opening and closing times will be scheduled by the teaching staff through the virtual campus.
3. The delivery of reports related to internships, including internship trip reports. They will be delivered in the manner and time indicated by the teaching staff. Carrying out the practices and submitting said reports is an essential requirement to pass the subject. Students who do not attend a practice for justified reasons or whose report is negatively evaluated to pass the subject must take a practice exam in the official calls.
4. The written tests will consist of two optional partial exams, which does not exclude the possibility of students taking the first and second opportunity final exams if they have not passed said partial exams. In each of the partial exams, you must obtain at least a five to clear material in the final exam.
5. It will also be an essential requirement to pass the subject to pass a "visu" identification exam of the main grassland species of Galicia. It can be passed through the two opportunities provided in the official exams (1st and second opportunity).
AND
6. In any case, the exams and contents subject to evaluation (theoretical and practical) passed by the students, either through partial exams or in the official call for the first opportunity, will remain as passed in case of need for a second opportunity.
The evaluation of the different skills to be acquired by the students will be scored as follows:
10% the quality of participation in expository and interactive classes (here the skills CT2, CT4, CT7, CT8, EA1, EA2 are evaluated)
60% of the written test (evaluates the skills CT1, CT12, CT3, CG7, CEG2, CEG5, EA1, EA2)
30% the quality of the practice reports, questionnaires and practical cases (the competences CT5, CT6, CT8, CT9, CT10, CT11, EA1, EA2 are evaluated)
Other considerations:
In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the “Regulations for evaluating the academic performance of students and reviewing grades” will apply.
In the case of students with a waiver of attendance granted, to pass this subject, attendance at the interactive activities scheduled during class hours is mandatory, as well as the preparation of the corresponding reports, in accordance with the teaching guide. Students must appear on the officially established dates for the first and/or second opportunity to take the written test on the theory content of the subject.
The different parts passed by the students will be maintained only during the academic year and, if applicable, until the Final Year Call for the following year. Therefore, repeating students must take the exam in the entire subject, not saving partial parts passed from one course to another.
The total time students devote to the subjects is 25 hours for each ECTS credit taken which, in this case, as it is a 6 ECTS subject, is 150 hours. Given that the face-to-face teaching part reaches 51 hours of dedication, the students' personal work time corresponds to 99 hours. These hours of non-face-to-face activity could be divided into tasks as follows:
- Reading and preparation of the topics continuously (30 h)
- Preparation of the practices and subsequent work on them (reports) (30 h)
- Preparation of evaluation tests (39 h)
TOTAL 99 hours
- Participate in class.
- Perform the practices successfully (essential requirement to pass the subject).
-Go to tutorials to ask questions regarding classes, identification of species, etc.
- Keep the subject up to date, trying to resolve doubts as they arise, either in class or in tutorials.
-Consult the recommended bibliography.
- Make a photographic herbarium of the grassland species that must be recognized in the "visu" identification exam.
- Integrate the concepts of this subject with those of other related subjects (botany, ecology, soil science...) analyzing their relationship within the agricultural and agroforestry sector.
- Reading and preparation of the topics continuously (30 h)
- Preparation of the practices and subsequent work on them (reports) (30 h)
- Preparation of evaluation tests (39 h)
TOTAL 99 hours
María Rosa Mosquera Losada
Coordinador/a- Department
- Plant Production and Engineering Projects
- Area
- Plant Production
- mrosa.mosquera.losada [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
María Del Pilar González Hernández
- Department
- Plant Production and Engineering Projects
- Area
- Plant Production
- pilar.gonzalez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Diego Vazquez Miramontes
- Department
- Plant Production and Engineering Projects
- Area
- Plant Production
- diegovazquez.miramontes [at] usc.es
- Category
- USC Pre-doctoral Contract