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Lecturer(s)
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Křístková Eva, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Krška Boris, prof. Ing. Dr.
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Smýkal Petr, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Centres of origin. Evolution of crops. Cereals major species, minor species. Legumes. Tuber crops. Fruit trees and shrubs. Beverage crops. Herbs and spices. Vegetables. Oilseed and sugar crops. Fibre crops. Dyeing plants. Practical exercises are aimed at selected cultivated crops and their wild relatives, and student will train basic cultivation practices and research methods.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
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Learning outcomes
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Plants and men, beginnings of domestication and crop cultivation, cultivated crops and their wild relatives.
After attending the course, student should be able to: Describe various types of economically important plants; Explain origin of sected crops; Characterise the gene centres of selected economically important plants. Apply acquired knowledge in relation to other courses of Botany, in plant prostection and during teaching the biology on basic schools.
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge of plant morphology, system of higher plants, genetics.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
Knowledge in extent of the lectures, oral exam, 100% attendance at practices.
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Recommended literature
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Domin, K. (1945). Užitkové rostliny.
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Hanelt, P., (ed.). (2001). Mansfeld's encyklopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops: (except ornamentals).. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany.
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Chloupek O. (2000). Genetická diversita, šlechtění a semenářství. 2. vydání, Academia, Praha.
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Jirásek F. (1955). Pěstujeme teplomilné rostliny. SZN Praha.
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Ladizinski G. (1998). Plant Evoluition under Domestication. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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Mareček, Pekárková a kol. (1994). Zahradnický slovník naučný. Ústav zemědělských a potravinářských informací, Praha.
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Polívka, F. (1996). Užitkové a pamětihodné rostliny cizích zemí. Volvox Globator, Praha.
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S. L. Greene et al. (eds.). (2019). North American Crop Wild Relatives, vol. 1 and 2. Springer Nature Switzerland.
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Schwanitz F. (1969). Vývoj kulturních rostlin. SZN Praha.
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Singh R.J. (ed). (2004). Genetic resources, chromosome engineering, and crop improvement, vol. 1-6. CRC Press, Bota Raton, FL.
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Smartt J., Simmonds N.W. (1995). Evolution of Crop Plants. Second edition.. Longman Group UK Limited.
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Valíček, P. et al. (2002). Užitkové rostliny tropů a subtropů. Praha: Academia.
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Zohary D., Hopf M. (1994). Domestication of plants in the Old World. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
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