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PSC405 Advanced Cropping Systems (8)
AbstractThis subject considers current issues in agronomy including water use efficiency and potential yield, weed and stubble management and allelopathy. Emphasis is on quantification of parameters, integration of material and the application of theory to practice. |
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Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: PSC405
Where differences exist between the handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject informationDuration | Grading System | School: |
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One session | HD/FL | School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences |
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Enrolment restrictionsFaculty postgraduate Committee approval |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
discuss issues of current importance in agronomy quantify some parameters involved in crop yield determination integrate material apply theory to practice
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics: Water-use efficiency and potential yield including aspects of spatial variability.
Weed management including herbicide resistance and persistence
Stubble management including its physical and the allelopathic implications.
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Residential SchoolThis subject contains a compulsory 2 day residential school.
Students are provided with mail packages and are required to attend a residential school for presentation of seminar, group discussion and specialist lectures.
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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.