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| Unit | FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE |
| PEDOLOGY AND PLANT FEEDING PR. | |
| Code | BBT209 |
| Name | Pasture and Feed Plants |
| Term | 2017-2018 Academic Year |
| Semester | 3. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Üniversite Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | C Compulsory |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. ADEM EMİN ANLARSAL |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. VEYİS TANSI
(Güz)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
The purpose of this course is to give basic knowledges on the importance of forage crops, vegetative and generative characteristics of the forage plants, growing techniques of some important forage plants as well as on the sutainable management principles of meadow and pasture acosystems.
Course Content
The scope of course can be outlined in three phases: 1. role and importance of forage grasses for animal production and environment. Grass establishment and maintenance 2. role and importance of forage legumes for animal production and environment and soil fertility. Cultivation of Legumes 3. role and importance of grasslands, range management
Course Precondition
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Learns the place and importance of forage plants in the agricultural production |
| LO02 | Learns clasification and some characteristics of forage plants to be grown |
| LO03 | Learns agronomy and management of the forage plants |
| LO04 | Learns copcepts of meadow and pasture |
| LO05 | Learns sustainable using principles of meadows and pastures |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | - | Has basic knowledge generally in Agricultural Sciences and specifically in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition | |
| PLO02 | - | Owns basic scientific information on plant nutrients and their applications which ensure healty nutritions of plants for high quality and economic plant production | |
| PLO03 | - | Understands the principles of ecological farming in point of sustainable and ecological farming | |
| PLO04 | - | Has the ability to identify, define, formulize and solve engineering problems. Choses and applies the appropriate analytical and modelling techniques for this purpose. | |
| PLO05 | - | Assimilates the information which is used for soil conservation, protection against every kinds of misuses and pollution | |
| PLO06 | - | Analyses soils, their components or their actual process and plans them to accomplish the requirements of sustainable agriculture principles under real limitations | |
| PLO07 | - | Prepares nutritional programmes for regular nutrition of plants cultivated in each kinds of soil or soilless growing medium | |
| PLO08 | - | Leads to the application and development of new technolgies, methods and measuring systems in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition area, under the scope of scientific, economic and rational uses of agricultural areas, | |
| PLO09 | - | Gains the perfection in every kinds of soil, plant, fertilizer and water analyses and their interpretations | |
| PLO10 | - | Carries the effective working ability and self-confidence for taking the responsibility in solo and team works | |
| PLO11 | - | Accesses to information and searches literatures for this purpose ,uses databases and other sources | |
| PLO12 | - | Has the awareness for following the developments in science and technology and renewing them continuously | |
| PLO13 | - | Builds effective oral and written communication in Turkish and has enough knowledge in at least one foreign language | |
| PLO14 | - | Constantly improve themselves with determining their training needs in accordance with their interests and abilities in the scientific, cultural, artistic and social fields in addition to their professional development | |
| PLO15 | - | Gains consciousness for professional and ethical resposibilities | |
| PLO16 | - | Has enough awareness of project management, workplace applicaitons, health of workers, and environemt and job safety | |
| PLO17 | - | Be aware of the legal results of their activities | |
| PLO18 | - | Achieves awareness of the universal and public results of professional solutions and applicaitons and understands the importance of entrepreneurship and modernism |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | İmportance and history of the culture of forage grasses | Pre-reading | |
| 2 | Generall characteristics and classification of forage grasses | Pre-reading | |
| 3 | Growing techniques of forage grasses | Pre-reading | |
| 4 | some important coll season forage grasses | Pre-reading | |
| 5 | some important warm season forage grasses | Pre-reading | |
| 6 | Importance and history of forage legume culture | Pre-reading | |
| 7 | generall characteristics of forage legumes and their classification | Pre-reading | |
| 8 | Climatical and soil requirements of forage legumes | Pre-reading | |
| 9 | Growing techniques of some important forage legume species | Pre-reading | |
| 10 | Mid-term examination | Preparation for examination | |
| 11 | Place and importance of meadow and pasture ecosystems in the natural reasourcesrı | Pre-reading | |
| 12 | Structure and functions of the meadow and pasture ecosystems | Pre-reading | |
| 13 | Importance of meadow and pasture ecosystems for animal production and protection of natural environment | Pre-reading | |
| 14 | Sustainable using principles of the pastures | Pre-reading | |
| 15 | Sustainable using principles of the meadows and techniques of herbage preservation | Pre-reading | |
| 16 | Final examination | Preparation for examination | |
| 17 | Final examination | Preparation for examination |
Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria
| Assessment Type | Midterm / Year Impact | End of Term / End of Year Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Midterm Exam | 100 | 40 |
| General Assessment | ||
| Midterm / Year Total | 100 | 40 |
| 1. Final Exam | - | 60 |
| Grand Total | - | 100 |