Plant biology applied to breeding

lvet1111  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Plant biology applied to breeding
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
22.5 h + 15.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Moens André; Quinet Muriel;
Language
French
Prerequisites
None
Main themes


1. Outline of the history of the process of domestication.
2. Description of the agrarian systems in Belgium. This chapter aims at familiarizing the students to the various types of farms.
3. Notions of cultivation techniques, notions of the vegetable biomass processing, notions of plant classification and morphology, presentation of the main plants of interest in animal food cultivated in our regions. This part aims at familiarizing the students to the techniques of plants production and processing used to feed farm animals
4. Presentation of the main toxic plants of our regions (determination, type of poisoning, target animals, incidence in veterinary medicine).
5. Practical activities (15 h). Visit of farms (breeding and cultivation), determination of food and toxic plants, making a small herbarium.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 This course aims at presenting to the future veterinarians the most important aspects of the agricultural productions used for the animal food as well as the most frequent toxic plants of our country.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
History of the domestication of plants and animals. Description of the various agrarian systems in Belgium. Elements of botanical morphology. Study of the cultural characteristics of around thirty food plants and about fifteen toxic plants
Teaching methods


Oral lecture by the professor
Presentation with transparencies
Practical class: dissection of flowers, visits of farms and determination on the field of food and toxic plants
Evaluation methods
Oral exam with 45 minutes of preparation
Bibliography
  • LVET1111 Biologie végétale appliquée à l'élevage (syllabus)


Plus d'une quinzaine d'ouvrages disponibles pour consultation chez le titulaire
La flore de référence est : Flore de Belgique  Bastin, De Sloover, Evrard et Moens  Editions Artel
Teaching materials
  • LVET1111 Biologie végétale appliquée à l'élevage (syllabus)
Faculty or entity
VETE


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Veterinary Medicine