Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ZTB4022016955WARM SEASON CEREALSCompulsory484
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is • to teach conceptual and practical information on importance • to equip students with the knowledge and skills of uses of warm season cereals • to develop the ability of the students to plant characteristics of maize, rice and millets • to give students the opportunity to climate and soil requirements of summer cereals • to enable students develop cultivation techniques of summer cereals • to give the students basic information about diseases and pests of summer cereals • to provide the basic knowledge about harvest and post-harvest processes of summer cereals
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1Knows the importance of summer cereals in Turkey and the world
2Knows morphological traits of corn and rice
3 Melez mısır ıslahı ve melez tohum üretimi konusunda belirli bilgi düzeyine ulaşır
4Çeltik yetiştiriciliği ve ıslahı konusunda beliri bilgi düzeyine ulaşır
5Knows climate and soil requirements of corn and rice
6Knows issues of growing techniques of corn and rice
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
• uses and production of summer cereals in the world and Turkey • plant characteristics and culture of corn, hybrid maize breeding and seed production of maize • rice plant characteristics, culture and breeding • importance and culture of millets
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Importance, general characteristics and uses of cereals
2Developments in cereal production in world and in our country
3Maize; importance, use, origin and taxonomy
4Maize morphology, adaptation
5Maize cultivation, soil tillage, sowing, weed control
6Irrigation, fertilizing and harvesting
7Corn diseases and pests
8Midterm exam
9Corn breeding, hybrid and syntheticvariety breeding
10Importance, use, origin and taxonomy of rice
11Adaptation and rice morphology
12Rice cultivation, soil preparation, planting, seedling production
13Rice cultivation, weed control, irrigation, fertilization, harvest
14Diseases-pests of rice, ricebreeding
15Millets, importance, uses and culture
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Kün, E. 1997. Tahıllar II (Sıcak İklim Tahılları). Ankara Üniv. Zir. Fak. Yayın No:1360, Ankara Kırtok, Y.1998. Mısır Üretimi ve Kullanımı. Kocaoluk Yay. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti. İstanbul Sürek, H. 2002. Çeltik Tarımı. Hasad Yayıncılık Ltd. Şti. Altan Matbaası, İstanbul Oner, F. 2012. Sıcak İklim Tahılları. Ders Notu (Yayınlanmamış). Ordu Üniv. Zir. Fak. Ordu
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)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Practice4312
Laboratory7214
Report Preparation5420
Report Presentation5420
Individual Study for Homework Problems339
Individual Study for Mid term Examination818
Reading818
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)123
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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