Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ZTB4032016955STARCH AND SUGAR CROPSCompulsory474
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is • to teach potato, sweet potato, sugar beets, sugar cane plants • to give students the opportunity to cultivation tecniques • to give the students basic information about quality and relationships • to provide the basic knowledge about product processing and trade
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Özbay Dede
Learning Outcomes
1To have the knowledge and skills of cultivation of starch and sugar crops
2Able to explain developing techniques
3Able to explain quality criteria in sugar crops
4To have knowledge about and awareness of trade and process the products
5Effectively be able to produce good quality product
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
• Historical development of starch and sugar crops • Systematics and distribution • Production and consumption status, utilization patterns, morphological characteristics • Cultivation and storage
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Origin, distribution, importance and production of potato
2Morphological properties of potato
3Adaptation and cultivation of potato
4Potato harvest and storage
5Potato breeding
6Origin and distribution of sugar beet
7Production, importance and usage of sugar beet
8Midterm exam
9Morphological properties and adaptation of sugar beet
10Sugar beet cultivation
11Harvest and sugar production
12Sugar beet seed production
13Sugar beet seed production
14Systematics, usage areas, morphology, adaptation and culture of sugar cane
15Systematics, usage areas, morphology, adaptation and culture of sweet potato
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Er, C., S. Uranbey, 2009. Nişasta ve Şeker Bitkileri. Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Tarla Bitkileri Bölümü, Yayın No: 1573, Ders Kitabı:525, Ankara. H.H. Arıoğlu, 1999. Nişasta ve Şeker Bitkileri; Esendal, E., 1990. Nişasta Şeker Bitkileri ve Islahı.Cilt:1 Patates. Yıldırım,M.B., Z. Yıldırım,2002. Patates Islahı ve Biyoteknolojisi. Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yardımcı Ders Kitapları Nitsch, A.,2003. Kartoffelbau. Agrimedia GmbH, Spithal 4, 29468 Bergen/Dumme
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14342
Individual Study for Mid term Examination14456
Individual Study for Final Examination12020
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)121
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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