Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ZTB3072016955LEGUMINOUS FORAGE CROPSCompulsory355
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is • to give sufficient knowlegde on properties, importance and production techniques of forage legumes
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1To understand the importance of forage
2To have knowledge about forage legumes and be able to grow them
3To inform about useage of them.
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Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
• Agronomical and morphological properties of forage legumes, • alfalfa and the other medics, • sainfoin, • clover (red clover, white clover etc.), • vetches, • sweet clover, • bird’s-foot trefoil, • milk-vetches, • forage pea, • sweet pea, • lupins
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Agricultural and economic importance of forage legumes, Stuation, problems of cultivation of fodder crops in Turkey and solutions of these problems
2Morphological properties of forage legumes, general principles of cultivation of forage legumes.
3Description of Medicago species, soil and climate requirement, usage.
4Description of Medicago species, soil and climate requirement, usage.
5Description of sainfoin, soil and climate requirement, usage
6Description of important Trifolium species, soil and climate requirement, usage
7Description of important Trifolium species, soil and climate requirement, usage
8Midterm exam
9Description of important Trifolium species, soil and climate requirement, usage
10Description of important Vicia species, soil and climate requirement, usage
11Description of important Vicia species, soil and climate requirement, usage
12Description of bird’s-foot trefoil, milk-vetches, soil and climate requirement, usage
13Description of forage pea, sweet pea, lupins, soil and climate requirement, usage
14Description of forage pea, sweet pea, lupins, soil and climate requirement, usage
15Description of sweet clover, bird’s-foot trefoil, milk-vetches, soil and climate requirement, usage
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Avcıoğlu, R., Hatipoğlu, R., Karadağ, Y. 2009. Yembitkileri (Cilt I, II), İzmir Elçi, Ş. 2005. Baklagil ve Buğdaygil Yem Bitkileri, Ankara. Manga, İ., Acar, Z., Ayan, İ. 2003. Baklagil Yembitkileri. OMU, Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Kitabı No: 7, Samsun. Açıkgöz, E. 2001. Yembitkileri, Uludağ Üniversitesi, Bursa.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
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End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination010
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14456
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination12020
Individual Study for Final Examination13030
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)136
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