Growing Media, Irrigation Water and Fertilization of Horticultural Crops
- Faculty
Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture
- Version
Version 1 of 26.08.2025.
- Module identifier
44B0712
- Module level
Bachelor
- Language of instruction
German
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only winter term
- Duration
1 semester
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 45 Lecture Presence - 15 Seminar Presence - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 45 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 30 Study of literature - 15 Exam preparation -
- Graded examination
- Written examination and Oral presentation, with written elaboration
- Ungraded exam
- Regular participation
- Literature
Amberger-Ochsenbauer, S. und Meinken, E. (2022): Kultursubstrate im Gartenbau. Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ern?hrung, Bonn
Fernández, V. (2013): Foliar Fertilization - Scientific Principles and Field Practicies. IFA, Paris
Havlin, J. L. et al. (2014): Soil Fertility and Fertilizers - An Introduction to Nutrient Management, 8. Auflage, Pearson, Boston
Kafkafi, U, und J. Tarchitzky (2011): Fertigation - A Tool for Efficient Fertilizer and Water Management. IFA, Paris
Merhaut, D. J. et al. (2018): Water, Root Media, and Nutrient Management for Greenhouse Crops, Regents of the University of California
Nie?ner, R., (2020): H?ll – Wasser: Nutzung im Kreislauf, Hygiene, Analyse und Bewertung, 10. Auflage, W. de Gruyter Verlag, Berlin
Rengel, Z. et al. (2023): Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Plants, 4. Auflage, Elsevier – Academic Press, Amsterdam
R?ber, R. und H. Schacht (2008): Pflanzenern?hrung im Gartenbau, 4. Auflage, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart
Sonneveld, C. und W. Voogt (2009): Plant Nutrition of Greenhouse Crops. Springer, Dordrecht
- Applicability in study programs
- Applied Plant Biology - Horticulture, Plant Technology
- Applied Plant Biology - Horticulture, Plant Technology B.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Person responsible for the module
- Daum, Diemo
- Teachers
- Daum, Diemo
- Further lecturer(s)
Frerichs, Christian