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| Unit | FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE |
| PEDOLOGY AND PLANT FEEDING PR. | |
| Code | BBT216 |
| Name | Plant Growth Mediums |
| Term | 2017-2018 Academic Year |
| Semester | 4. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 1-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 2 ECTS |
| National Credit | 1 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Üniversite Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | C Compulsory |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. İBRAHİM ORTAŞ |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. İBRAHİM ORTAŞ
(Bahar)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
General characteristics of soil and soiless cultivation, classification of soil cultivation media, properties and usage to be teach
Course Content
Introduction to plant growth media: Properties of soils characteristic such as physical, chemical and biological properties and other plant growth media, history of soilless agriculture, classification of growing media, purposes, advantages and disadvantages of using soilless conditions. Also some other growth materials such as organic and inorganic material for agriculture and environment safety.
Course Precondition
Resources
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Knows the differences between soil and soilless culture, |
| LO02 | Knows about the properties of soilless culture and use the best medium, rates and techniques, |
| LO03 | Establishes the relations between growth medium and plant nutrition; performs quality, economic and environment-friendly culture. |
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 | General overview to soil and soilless culture | pre-reading | |
| 2 | General characteristics of soils and other growth mediums | pre-reading | |
| 3 | History and techniques of soilless culture | pre-reading | |
| 4 | Substrate culture (organic substrates: peat, coconut turf, tree bark, shaving and etc.; synthetic organic substrates) | pre-reading | |
| 5 | Substrate culture (inorganic substrates: sand and gravel, perlite, pumice, vermiculite, zeolite, stone wool, swollen clay and etc.) | pre-reading | |
| 6 | Nutrient solutions and fertilizers in substrate culture | pre-reading | |
| 7 | Re-use and mixture of substrates | pre-reading | |
| 8 | Mid-term Exam | General study | |
| 9 | Water culture techniques | pre-reading | |
| 10 | Water culture techniques (cont.) | pre-reading | |
| 11 | Water culture techniques (cont.) | pre-reading | |
| 12 | Water culture (water quality, nutrients, characteristics of solution) | pre-reading | |
| 13 | Advantages and disadvantages of water and substrate cultures | pre-reading | |
| 14 | Solid and liquid cultures for plant nutrition | pre-reading | |
| 15 | Soilless culture techniques and their use in greenhouses; soilless culture and environment relationships | pre-reading | |
| 16 | Final Exam | General study | |
| 17 | Final Exam | General study |
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 |