Ordu University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
TAB614	SPECIAL CULTIVATION AND BREEDING OF STARCH AND SUGAR CROPS	Compulsory	1	2	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is • to teach the aim of starch and sugar crops cultivation. • to equip students with the knowledge and skills of cultivation technique. • to develop the ability of the students to define the quality features of starch and sugar crops • to give students the opportunity to learn breeding methods of these plants • to enable students develop the information about reproductive biology of these plants. • to allow students become proficient in resistance breeding • to give the students basic information about potatoes and sugar beet. • to provide the basic knowledge about diseases, viruses and pests. • to introduce the students with sugar cane.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	To have the knowledge and skills of cultivation of potatoes, sugar cane, sugar beet
2	Effectively be able to learn breeding methods of these plants
3	Able to explain the features of starch and sugar plants
4	Demonstrate the ability to define resistance breeding
5	To have knowledge about and awareness of diseases, pests and viruses

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

• Starch and sugar crops cultivation • The main and important features of potatoes, sugar cane and sugar beet. • Breeding of starch and sugar crops

Course Contents

Starch and sugar crops cultivation The main and important features of potatoes, sugar cane and sugar beet. Breeding of starch and sugar crops

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Cultivation of potatoes, sugar cane, sugar beet
2	Cultivation of potatoes, sugar cane, sugar beet
3	Potato ypothesis, culture and characteristics of wild species
4	Potatoes breeding objectives and breeding methods
5	Potatoes breeding objectives and breeding methods
6	Biotechnological methods of potatoes breeding
7	Disease, virus, contaminants and resistance breeding to adverse conditions
8	Midterm Exam
9	Breeding of new varieties and maintain
10	Some morphological, technological and physiological characteristics of potatoes and relation to yield
11	Sugar beet ypothesis, cytology, flower structure and pollination biology
12	Male infertility and benefit in sugar beet
13	biotechnological methods in breeding of sugar beet
14	Sugar cane breeding objectives and breeding methods
15	Sugar cane breeding objectives and breeding methods
16	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Er, C., S. Uranbey, 2009. Nişasta ve Şeker Bitkileri. Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Tarla Bitkileri 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 (ISBN:975-93200-0-2) Nitsch, A.,2003. Kartoffelbau. Agrimedia GmbH, Spithal 4, 29468 Bergen/Dumme (ISBN 3-86037-211-4)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri		40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Self Study	14	8	112
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	9	9
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	18	18
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			184

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6
LO1	5	5	5	5
LO2
LO3
LO4	5	4	4		5
LO5	5					5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High