THE INTRODUCTION OF AGRONOMY

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SYLLABUS OF
THE INTRODUCTION OF AGRONOMY

1. COURSE INFORMATION
2. TOPICS

3. COURSE REQUIREMENTS
4. GRADING POLICY

I. COURSE INFORMATION
THE INTRODUCTION OF AGRONOMY CREDIT POINT : 4 class 2 point practical class 2 point tutorial CLASS HOURS : PRACTICAL HOURS : TUTORIAL HOURS : CLASS PLACE : Faculty of Agriculture
OFFICE HOURS : 08.00 am 03.00 pm

LECTURERS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS 2011

Dr. Ir. Rudy Sulistyono, MS Dr. Ir. Sitawati, MS Dr. Ir. Titin Sumarni, MS Ir. Swasono Heddy, MS Prof. Dr. Ir. Bambang Guritno

Dr. Ir. Agus Suryanto,MS (Koordinator)

Dr. Ir. Setyono Yudo Tyasmoro, MS Prof. Dr. Ir. Eko Widaryanto, MS

M. Rofiq, SP, MP Prof.Dr.Ir. Husni Thamrin S. MS

Dr. Ir. Agung Nugroho, MS

Sisca Fajriani, SP. MP

Dr. Ir. Nurul Aini, MS Ir. Kusriharti, MS Ir. Kusriharti, MS, Prof. Dr. Ir. Sudiarso, MS Ir. Ninuk Herlina, MS, Wiwin Sumiya, SP, MS Medha Baskara, SP, MSi

Nur Azizah, SP, MP

CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE
LECTURERS

THE LECTURER SHOULD BE PREPARED AND ORGANISED FOR LESSONS THE LECTURER SHOULD GIVE GOOD FEEDBACK TO THE STUDENTS ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND TELL THEM WHAT THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ARE LECTURERS SHOULD ALWAYS BE POLITE AND FRIENDLY TO STUDENTS LECTURERS CAN NEVER USE MOBILE PHONE IN CLASS LECTURERS SHOULD BE A FACILITATE AT SCL CLASS

STUDENTS
STUDENTS MUST BE IN CLASS BEFORE COURSE BEGINNED. IT IS OK TO COME IN CLASS 5 MINUTE LATE FOR A GOOD REASON STUDENTS MUST PAY ATTENTION DURING CLASS STUDENTS CAN NEVER USE MOBILE PHONE IN CLASS. SENDING AND RECEIVING TEXT MESSAGES IN CLASS ARE NOT ALLOWED STUDENTS SHOULD ALWAYS DO ASSIGMENTS STUDENTS SHOULD DO BEST TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE IN TASK GROUP

LEARNING METHOD BY : STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING (SCL)

tell me and I will forget, show me and I will remember, involve me and I will understand

THE COMPETENCY OF INTRODUCTION OF AGRONOMY

COGNITIF COMPETENCY : MAHASISWA MEMAHAMI DAN DAPAT MENERAPKAN DASAR BUDIDAYA TANAMAN PSYCHOMOTORIC COMPETENCY : MAHASISWA DAPAT MELAKUKAN DENGAN TEPAT, BENAR DAN TRAMPIL DALAM BUDIDAYA TANAMAN AFFECTIF COMPETENCY : MAHASISWA MEMPUNYAI SIKAP DAN TATA NILAI AKADEMIS DALAM MELAKUKAN BUDIDAYA TANAMAN

REFERENCES
Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices (required)

BPS (Statistic Centre Bureau). 2005. Harvest Area, Production and Yield of Rice, Corn, Potatoes and Palm Oil in Indonesia, 2001 - 2004. www.bps.go.id (required)
Deborah L. Martin. 1992. The Rodale Book of Composting. Gliessman, Stephen R. 2000. Agroecology. Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture(required) Howard, M. 1997. Hydroponic Food Production Opeke, Lawrence K. 1982. Tropical Tree Crops Reddy, K.R. and H.F. Hodges. 2000. Climate Change and Global Crop Productivity

Willem, C. Beets. 1982. Multiple Cropping & Tropical Farming Systems (required)
Nelson, Paul V. 1998. Greenhouse Operation and Management.

II. TOPICS
The Introduction of Agronomy is the introduction of plant management including plant environment in order to produce a part or all of plant which needed directly or indirectly by the people. 14 TOPICS + 2 TEST

1. INTRODUCTION
Gliessman, Stephen R. 2000. Agroecology. Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture. Chapter 1 (p 4 10)

2. POTENCY OF AGRICULTURE COMMODITIES

BPS (Statistic Centre Bureau). 2005. Harvest Area, Production and Yield of Rice, Corn, Potatoes and Palm Oil, in Indonesia, 2001 - 2004. www.bps.go.id

3. FUNDAMENTAL OF PLANTS CULTIVATION

Reddy, K.R. and H.F. Hodges. 2000. Climate Change and Global Crop Awan Productivity. Chapter 2. p. 2 10.

1. Climate 2. Altitude

Rta Rd RI

Rpd

RI

3. Land suitability 4. Market demamd

Rd Rpt Rtd

Keterangan :

= Gelombang pendek ; = Gelombang panjang Rl = Radia si langsung; Rd = Radiasi difus; Rta = Radiasi terusan dari atmosfir dan awan; Rtd = Radiasi terusan dari daun; Rpt = Radiasi pantulan dari tanah; Rpd = Radiasi pantula n dari daun

4. PLANTING MEDIA
Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 4 Planting media means : the place plants grow the place plants cultivate

Planting media could be BUKAN TANAH soil, water, stone, sand, cococut fiber etc.

5.

PLANTING MATERIAL
Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 10, 11, 18

6. PLANTING AND CROPPING SYSTEM

Willem, C. Beets. 1982. Multiple Cropping & Tropical Farming Systems. Chapter 4 7.

7. SHADING NET, PLASTIC HOUSE, MULCH

Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 6 Nelson, P.V. 1998. Greenhouse Operation and Management

Mucuna bracteata

8. MIDTERM TEST
MIDTERM TEST BASED ON MATERIAL FROM THE LECTURES OF WEEK 1 7 AND THE TEXTBOOK

9. THE STRATEGY OF PLANT MANAGEMENT

Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 5

5-9 DAS (SEEDLING)

12-55 DAS

55-59 DAS

71-112 DAS

VEGETATIVE GROWTH

FLOWERING and FERTIZATION

GRAIN FILLING and MATURITY

GROWTH STAGE OF MAIZE

GENERATIVE GROWTH
Kling, J.G, and Gregory, E. 1997. Morphology and Growth of maize.

10. IRRIGATION
Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 23, 24

11. FERTILIZER
Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices Chapter 4 (4.4)
The yield of plants depends directly on the amount of plant food available.

Base your fertilizer quantity on the pre-plant soil test, leaf analysis and district experience
The main nutrient : Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg), Sulphur (S) & Fe, Mn, B, Mo, Cu, Zn, Cl

12. THE PLANT PROTECTION

Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 8 & 9

Management of Pest and Diseases

13. WEEDS AND WEEDING

Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 9 (9.4), 23

14. Pruning and Defoliation

Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 20

15. HARVEST AND POST HARVEST

Acquaah, George. 2005. Horticulture. Principles and Practices. Chapter 7

16. FINAL TEST

FINAL TEST BASED ON MATERIAL FROM THE LECTURES OF WEEK 9 15 AND THE TEXTBOOK

III. COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Homework : weekly homework group student assigment are due every week. The assigment will evaluated by another group and the lectture with criterias : Group members, Presentation content, Delivery, Hand out, Pre/post test, Disscussion Quiz: quiz will be completed everytimes without prior warning Midterm Test : based on material from the lectures of week 1 7 and the textbook

Final Test : based on material from the lectures of week 9 15 and the textbook
The exams will be doing an open book and closed book test A make-up exam in week 17, available only to those who miss an exam for a good reason, such as a serious illeness or death in the family If students are more than 20 % absent they will not be allowed/permitted to sit the final examination

IV. GRADING POLICY

There are 3 assesments to this course : Class assesment : 60 %
(mid + final test + homework + quiz)

Practical assesment Tutorial/assigment

: 30 % : 10 %

(weekly homework + etc) Student who do not pass one of the assesment will get E grade which means not be able to pass this course IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION HANDS UP PLEASE

I hope you will enjoy this class Good luck