Development and Analysis of Growing Media
- Faculty
Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture
- Version
Version 1 of 26.08.2025.
- Module identifier
44M0024
- Module level
Master
- Language of instruction
German
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summer 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 5 Lecture Presence - 30 Laboratory activity - 5 Seminar - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 30 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 25 Study of literature - 25 Presentation preparation - 20 Work in small groups - 10 Exam preparation -
- Graded examination
- Oral presentation, with written elaboration or
- Written examination or
- oral exam or
- Project Report, written
- Recommended prior knowledge
In-depth knowledge in plant nutrition and soil science, knowledge in analytical methods for studying soils
- Literature
Amberger-Ochsenbauer und Meinken (2022): Kultursubstrate im Gartenbau, Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung, Bonn
Amberger-Ochsenbauer und Meinken (2020): Torf und alternative Substratausgangsstoffe, Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung, Bonn
Schmilewski (2018): Kultursubstrate und Blumenernden - Eigenschaften, Ausgangsstoffe und Verwendung, Industrieverband Garten e. V., Düsseldorf
Raviv und Lieth (2007): Soilless Culture: Theory and Practice, 2. Auflage, Elsevier Science
Merhaut et al. (2018): Water, Root Media, and Nutrient Management for Greenhouse Crops, University of California
- Applicability in study programs
- Applied Plant Sciences M.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Applied Plant Sciences M.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Person responsible for the module
- Daum, Diemo
- Teachers
- Daum, Diemo
- Further lecturer(s)
Frerichs, Christian