Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TAB616SPECIAL PRODUCTION OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATICAL PLANTS AND BREEDINGCompulsory116
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
• to give the students basic information about ecological requirements of medicinal and aromatic plants, main principles of culture of medicinal and aromatical plants. • to be able to bring new medicinal and aromatic plants in regional production pattern • to be able to learn especially agronomy of medicinal and aromatic plants more than other field crops plants.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Ş.Metin KARA
Learning Outcomes
1To have the knowledge and skills of medicinal and aromatic plant cultivation and their morphology, production techniques
2Able to explain to give information about importance and production of secondary metabolites and general principles in cultivation of medical and aromatic plants
3
4
5
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
• medicinial value crops • principle of growing this plants • cultivation methods
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Medicinal and Aromatical Plants and Importance
2Identification of plant
3Requests of ecology
4Growing techniques
5Medicinial value crops
6Determination of important medicinal and aromatic plants at Turkey
7Cultivation while taking important steps
8Midterm exam
9Cultivated success rate in getting
10Cultivated plants get priority
11Reproductive characteristics of plants will be cultivated and struggle against pests
12Reproductive characteristics of plants will be cultivated and struggle against pests
13Post-harvest processing of medicinal and aromatic crops
14Encountered problems in getting to the cultivation
15Processing and marketing
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Baydar, H. 2009. Tıbbi ve Aromatik Bitkiler Bilimi ve Teknolojisi. Süleyman Demirel Üniv. Zir. Fak. Yayın No: 51, Isparta. Ceylan, A. (1985) Medicinal Plants I, II, III. Ege University Agriculture Faculty Press, No: 312, 487, 509 Craker, L.E., Simon, J.E. (1986) Herb Spices and Medicinal Plants, Vol:1, Vol:4, Oryx Press, Phoenix. Ramawat, K.G. (2004) Biotechnology of Medicinal Plants (Vitalizer and Therapeutic), Scince Publishers, Inc. Enfield, USA, 296 p. Yaniv, Z., Bachrach, U. (2005) Handbook of Medicinal Plants. (Ed. Z. Yaniv, U. Bachrach), Food Products Press, New York, Oxford, 500 p
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 Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14342
Laboratory14228
Self Study14684
Individual Study for Mid term Examination199
Individual Study for Final Examination11818
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)184
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PO
1
PO
2
PO
3
PO
4
PO
5
PO
6
LO1   4  
LO2   4  
LO3      
LO4      
LO5      
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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