TB559 Yield Losses in Field Crops Due to Environmental Problems

6 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- . Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Code TB559
Name Yield Losses in Field Crops Due to Environmental Problems
Semester . Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 6 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Yüksek Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
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Course Goal

Current environmental changes and pollutants are introduced. The potential effects of climate change and pollutants on crop losses are reviewed

Course Content

This course provides comprehensive information on the issue of climate change and global warming including climate change and pollutants. The topics how our climate is changing, greenhouse gas emissions, sources of emissions, climate change science, causes of climate change, indicators of climate change, climate change Impacts and adapting to change and their impacts on major crops, (wheat, corn, sorghum, cotton, soybean, rice and grassland) more extreme temperature and precipitation and drought will be dealt

Course Precondition

No-prerequisites

Resources

Climate change and global crop productivity • 2000 Impact of Climate Change on Crops Adaptation and Strategies to Tackle Its Outcome: A Review Ali Raza 1,* , Ali Razzaq 2 , Sundas Saher Mehmood 1 , Xiling Zou 1,*, Xuekun Zhang 1,*, Yan Lv 1 and Jinsong Xu 1

Notes

Factors Affecting Yield of Crops WRITTEN BY Tandzi Ngoune Liliane and Mutengwa Shelton Charles Submitted: October 19th, 2019 Reviewed: November 27th, 2019 Published: July 15th, 2020


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Knows the principles of climate change impacts on major crops.
LO02 Gain experience in working as a team member,
LO03 learn the ethic values of the profession and be able to continue long life learning
LO04 knows Factors Affecting Yield of Crops


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Graduates become a specialist on the field crops area by improving their skills. 4
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal They comprehend interdisciplinary interaction in his specialization area. 3
PLO03 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı They can follow the latest developments in field crops area and get access to the knowledge source, gather this knowledge, reach new knowledge and synthesize by evaluating available studies and follow the innovations in his field. 4
PLO04 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı They can synthesize and interpret interdisciplinary knowledge by using theoretical and practical skills at a specialist level in field crops area.
PLO05 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği They find solutions for problems related to field crops by using research methods and establish cause effect relationships. 5
PLO06 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği They incorporate their knowledge on his special area by combining their knowledge with those from the other scientific areas and produce new knowledge and also solve the problems by using scientific research methods. 4
PLO07 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği They determine a problem independently in field crops subject, provide solutions, evaluate the results and implement whenever required.
PLO08 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği They are qualified to solve a problem in their field.
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği They are equipped with analytical and critical thinking ability to direct their learning and to conduct advanced studies in their fields independently.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği They transfer current developments and their own studies in the field crops area systematically to the his working group and to different groups from other study fields orally or visually by supporting them with qualitative and quantitive data. 4
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik They study and improve the social relationships and standards leading these relationship by a critical point of view and take action when needed.
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik They are able to understand and translate an article written in a foreign language. 3
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik They develop policy, strategy and experimental plans related to field crops area and evaluate obtained results within the framework of quality processes.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Overview of climate change and crop productivity Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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2 Climate change science Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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3 Past climate change and future scenarios Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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4 Greenhouse gas emissions, sources of emissions Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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5 Contrubition of agriculture to greenhouse gas emissions Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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6 Prediction models for climate and crop yield Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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7 Crop resonse to climate change, adaptive mechanisms and an assignment will be given on this topic Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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8 Mid-Term Exam Lecture notes and reference books Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Ödev
9 Wheat Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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10 Forages Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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11 Rangelands Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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12 Sorghum Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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13 maize Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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14 Mitigate options for crops Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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15 Future scenarios for crop development strategies Lecture notes and reference books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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16 Term Exams Lecture notes and reference books Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
17 Term Exams Lecture notes and reference books Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Performans Değerlendirmesi


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 5 70
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 15 15
Final Exam 1 30 30
Total Workload (Hour) 157
Total Workload / 25 (h) 6,28
ECTS 6 ECTS