Subject description
The course is designed for students who wish to upgrade their skills with knowledge on growth and development of ornamental plants. The course includes basic information on ornamental plants, such as their life span, use of ornamental plants and their distribution. Furthermore it accentuates the process of adventitious roots development, photomorphogeneesis and photoperiodism in ornamental plants as well as some physiological specifics of growth and development of ornamental plants. Technological solutions in the cultivation of ornamental plants are put to practice to better explain the importance of growth control by DIF values, cool morning method, water stress and the use of plant growth regulators. Students also upgrade their knowledge on choosing the plants for specific locations with integrating the analyzed specificities of growth and development of ornamental plants.
The subject is taught in programs
Objectives and competences
The aim of the course is to upgrade the basic knowledge of the physiology of growth and development of plants with the specificities of the ornamental plants.
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures, seminar work
Expected study results
Knowledge and understanding:
Students are able to understand the specificity of the growth and development of ornamental plants based on the knowledge gained in the course. Consequently, the students can manage the production of ornamental plants and develop planting plans which include information on specific plant needs.
Basic sources and literature
Horn, W. (1996): Zierpflanzenbau, Parey Verlag Berlin, ISBN 3-8263-3051-X.
Šiftar, A. in sod. (2011): Mestno drevje. Botanični vrt Univerze v Ljubljani, ISBN 978-961-6822-11-4.
Osterc, G., in Rusjan, D. (2013): Drevesničasrtvo in trsničarstvo, Založba Kmečki glas, ISBN 978-961-203-403-0.
revijalni članki s področja, tekoča periodika, druga učna gradiva
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