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B031551 - TREE CROPS FOR FOOD MATRICES
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Course Content
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Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Type of Assessment
Course program
Sustainable Development Goals 2030
Academic Year 2022-23
Coorte 2021 - Second Cycle Degree in FOOD SCIENCE
Course year
Second year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Experimantal and Clinical Medicine
Modulo di sola Frequenza of
Scientific Area
AGR/03 - ARBORICULTURE AND FRUITCULTURE
Credits
3
Teaching Hours
24
Teaching Term
26/09/2022 ⇒ 13/01/2023
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Giudizio Finale
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Lectureship
Course Content
Classification of fruit tree species and principles of tree cultivation.
Maturation and quality of the fruits. The evolution of fruit growing.
Laboratory: indices of maturation and sensorial quality of the fruits; study of particular cases from the literature.
Maturation and quality of the fruits. The evolution of fruit growing.
Laboratory: indices of maturation and sensorial quality of the fruits; study of particular cases from the literature.
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Learning material shared during the course and from UNIFI E-learning platform.
Learning Objectives
Develop critical skills to make choices in terms of fruit-based foods according to qualitative aspects (productive, hedonistic, nutritional, health parameters).
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in plant biology.
Teaching Methods
Lectures; practice in laboratory.
Type of Assessment
Written test
Course program
Classification of fruit tree species and principles of tree cultivation. Fruit ripening and quality: perception and determination.The evolution of fruit growing in temperate and tropical areas: technical and commercial aspects and effects on fruit quality. Exercises and laboratory: indices of maturation and sensorial quality of the fruits; study of special cases from literature (apples, blueberries, dried fruit).
Sustainable Development Goals 2030
2, 3, 15