Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TAB618SPECIAL CULTIVATION AND BREEDING OF PLEASURE CROPSCompulsory116
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is • to teach the morphological features of spice and tobacco • to equip students with the knowledge and skills of cultivation methods and techniques • to develop the ability of the students to define flowers and pollination biology of pleasure plants • to give students the opportunity to learn breeding objectives • to enable students develop the information about breeding methods • to allow students become proficient in botanical characters of pleasure plants • to give the students basic information about biotechnological methods in tobacco breeding • to provide the basic knowledge about reproduction in pleasure plants
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1To have the knowledge and skills of cultivation of pleasure plants
2Effectively be able to define botanical features of tobacco
3Able to explain the relationship between the features and quality of tobacco leaves
4Demonstrate the ability to learn how to cultivate tobacco
5To have knowledge about and awareness of the importance of pleasure plants
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
• The basic features of pleasure plants • Breeding methods of pleasure plants • Cultivation of pleasure plants
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1The importance and cultivation of tobacco plant
2The relationship between the features and quality of tobacco leaves
3The origin and hypothesis of tobacco
4Breeding objectives and methods in tobacco
5Breeding objectives and methods in tobacco
6Breeding objectives and methods in tobacco
7Biotechnological methods in tobacco breeding
8Midterm Exam
9Tea plant, botanical characteristics, importance and reproduction
10Anise plant, botanical characteristics, importance and reproduction
11Hops plant, botanical characteristics, importance and reproduction
12Fenugreek plant, botanical characteristics, importance and reproduction
13Cumin plant, botanical characteristics, importance and reproduction
14Sage plant, botanical characteristics, importance and reproduction
15Thyme plant, botanical characteristics, importance and reproduction
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Er, C., M. Yıldız, 2007. Keyf Bitkileri. Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayın No:1555, Ders Kitabı: Baydar, H., 2007. Tıbbi, Aromatik ve Keyf Bitkileri Bilimi ve Teknolojisi. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayın No:51, 288s, Isparta.
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
Self Study14798
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11515
Individual Study for Final Examination12424
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)182
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PO
1
PO
2
PO
3
PO
4
PO
5
PO
6
LO1555   
LO2      
LO3   55 
LO4   55 
LO5  4  4
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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