Sustainable Crop Production
The subject of this postgraduate program aims at the thorough scientific knowledge development and specialization of scientists on the subject of Sustainable and Viable Crop Production, including genetics and plant biotechnology, field crops, aromatic and medicinal plants, vegetables in the field and greenhouse, viticulture, and pomology.
The postgraduate program Sustainable and Viable Crop Production includes two semesters of studies, including 7 postgraduate courses and completion of an experimental thesis. The degree consists of 60 ECTS units, with 35 units obtained from the 7 courses and 25 units from the research thesis. Three winter courses are compulsory and 2 winter plus 2 spring courses are electives by the students in collaboration with the faculty member supervising their thesis.
COURSE TITLES PER SEMESTER
Winter semester
Compulsory
- Sustainable Crop Production
- Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
- Breeding for Resistance against Stress – Breeding for Quality
- Seminar (no ECTS units): Agricultural Experimentation – Literature Search and Analysis – Scientific Writing
Electives (2 courses from the following)
- Sustainable Grapevine Cultivation
- Pomology and Environment
- Cultivation of Biomass Crops for Energy Production
- Selection Methods – Breeding for Quantitative Traits
Spring semester
Electives (2 courses from the following)
- Specific Issues on Viticulture
- Modern Greenhouse Vegetable Crops Cultivation
- Innovations in Pomology
- Management of Degraded Soils
- Cultivation of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
- Crop Growth Modelling
- Molecular Improvement – Plant Biotechnology
- Advances in Seed Production and Plant Propagation Technology
