PSC202 Crop And Pasture Science (8)
AbstractThis subject presents the basic physiology and ecology of plant-based production systems and develop skills in plant taxonomy relevant to agricultural production systems of southern Australia. The subject matter will deal with the science of plant production systems. In particular physiological topics such as water use, nutrition, photosynthesis, respiration, development, partitioning and yield formation will be examined at the single plant and crop/pasture levels. Likewise, those aspects of plant community ecology that are relevant to crops or pastures will also be covered. These include: competition, life-history, population dynamics and biodiversity.
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 1 | | Internal | Wagga Wagga Campus | | Distance* | Wagga Wagga Campus |
*This subject offering contains a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PSC202
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 information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences |
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| Prerequisite(s) | Incompatible subject(s) |
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| PSC102 or BIO126 or PSC103 | PSC215 |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the basic physiology and ecology of agricultural plant production systems
- Be able to recognise all the major families of flowering plants utilised in agricultural and pastoral production in southern Australia.
- Be able to key out plants that they cannot readily recognise. |
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Climate and plant distribution
- Germination and early growth
- Leaf development at individual and plant canopy levels
- Phenological development of crop and pasture species
- Physiology of canopies: carbon exchange
- Physiology of canopies: water relations
- Physiology of canopies: nutrient acquisition
- Partitioning of dry matter
- Plant responses to grazing and defoliation
- Yield and its components
- Seed physiology, storage, dormancy, hardseededness etc.
- Plant life history: plant strategies in pastures
- Plant competition in crop canopies and pasture swards
- Plant population biology
- Biodiversity and function
- Landscape and Vegetation associations
- Pasture and crop plant taxonomy |
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Residential School| This subject contains a compulsory 4 day residential school.
To provide a hands on approach to theory taught in the subject. Students attending the residential school will complete the practical exercises in plant taxonomy.
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The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 06 September 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
