Online Courses Handbook 2003

305335 (v.1) Advanced Cropping Systems 502

Area:	Muresk Institute of Agriculture
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	303333 (v.2) Crop Protection 202 or any previous version
Exploration of constraints to crop production including cereals, pulses and oil seeds, in dryland Western Australia. An understanding of modelling as a means of optimising simple and complex cropping systems by examining the management of exogenous and endogenous driving variable to meet production, economic, quality, environmental, pest and disease control objectives. Principles of plant breeding and application of biotechnology to crop improvement. Post-harvest management of grains and pulses.