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
TAB615	SPECIAL CULTIVATION AND BREEDING OF FIBER AND RUBBER CROPS	Compulsory	1	2	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is • to teach morphological properties of fiber and rubber plants • to equip students with the knowledge and skills of cultivation methods and techniques • to develop the ability of the students to define flower structure and pollination biology • to give students the opportunity to learn breeding objectives and breeding methods • to enable students develop the information about . • to allow students become proficient in recent studies about these plants. • to give the students basic information about fiber yield and oil yield • to provide the basic knowledge about how to obtain rubber plant

Name of Lecturer(s)

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Özbay DEDE

Learning Outcomes

1	To have the knowledge and skills of fiber and rubber plants
2	Effectively be able to define breeding methods of fiber and rubber plants
3	Able to explain the basic features of fiber and rubber plants
4	Demonstrate the ability to define how to obtain rubber from plants
5	To have knowledge about and awareness of fiber yield and oil yield

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

• The basic properties of fiber and rubber plants • Breeding methods of fiber and rubber plants • Cultivation of fiber and rubber plants

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Cutivation of cotton, flax, hemp, and rubber plants
2	Cutivation of cotton, flax, hemp, and rubber plants
3	Cotton Breeding, cotton breeding purposes
4	Simple characters, quantitative characters, linkage, correlation
5	Cotton breeding methods and selection breeding
6	Hybridization and mutation breeding
7	Standardization of cotton fibers
8	Midterm Exam
9	Flax botany and genetics
10	Fiber yield, oil yield and fiber quality, oil quality
11	Fiber yield, oil yield and fiber quality, oil quality
12	Cannabis plant pollination biology and gender inheritance
13	Cannabis plant breeding objectives and breeding methods
14	Rubber plant, to obtain the rubber, plant breeding methods
15	Rubber plant, to obtain the rubber, plant breeding methods
16	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Kara, K., 2010. Lif Bitkileri Yetiştiriciliği ve Islahı. Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No:239, 236s, Erzurum Mert, M., 2009. Lif Bitkileri. Nobel Yayınları, Yayın No: 1446, 227s Mert, M. Pamuk Tarımının Temelleri. TMMOB Ziraat Mühendisleri Odası Teknik Yayınlar Dizisi No:7, 282s. Ankara Günel, E. 1998. Endüstri Bitkileri, Lif Bitkileri Yetiştirme Tekniği. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları, No:6, 207s, Van Atakişi, İ.K., 1999. Lif Bitkileri Yetiştirme ve Islahı. Trakya Üniversitesi, Tekirdağ Ziraat Fakültesi Yayın No:104, Ders Kitabı No 67, 121s, Tekirdağ

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	10	10
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	18	18
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			185

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High