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| Unit | FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE |
| FIELD CROPS PR. | |
| Code | TBP404 |
| Name | Fiber Crops |
| Term | 2018-2019 Academic Year |
| Semester | 8. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-2 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 3 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Üniversite Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | C Compulsory |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. ÖZGÜL GÖRMÜŞ |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. ÖZGÜL GÖRMÜŞ
(Bahar)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
Natural plant fibres have a wide range of disturbution according to their uses to make products such as clothes, cloths, buildings and cordage. It has been aimed at offering the students to have a good knowledge about introduction to fiber plants mainly cotton, and flax and hemp, their importance, production and trade, historical development, ecological needs, growing techniques and cultivation and breeding
Course Content
It includes importance of plant fibers in textile industry, principles of cotton cultivation and production, relations between agricultural applications and fiber development, breeding methods and objectives, ginning and standardization
Course Precondition
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Plant fibers are introduced |
| LO02 | Foreign trade, textile industry and cultivation of plant fibers, mainly cotton, besides flax and hemp, contribution of these plants s production to world and Turkish economy, their situaiton and importance in world and Turkey are tought |
| LO03 | Has necessary knowledge and experience in related areas for public and private sectos |
| LO04 | The basic knowledge of cotton breeding s principles, standardization and fiber quality measurement techniques are gained |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | - | Has knowledge about agricultural engineering as well as agronomy and breeding of field crops. | 2 |
| PLO02 | - | Determines and solves the problems related to agricultural engineering as well as agronomy and breeding of field crops. | 3 |
| PLO03 | - | Graduates gain abilty to synthetize the basic concepts related to the field crops. | 3 |
| PLO04 | - | Rrecognises problems related to agricultural engineering,makes decisions and takes initiative to solve the problems. | 2 |
| PLO05 | - | Gains knowledge about sustainable agriculture, protection of environment and natural sources, biodiversity and conservation of genetic sources. | 0 |
| PLO06 | - | Gains ability to optimize the plant production by sustainable use of natural resources. | 4 |
| PLO07 | - | Learns basic principles of breeding and biotechnology of field crops. | 0 |
| PLO08 | - | Chooses and uses modern technical equipments for the agricultural engineering applications as well as for the applications in the agronomy and breeding of field crops. | 0 |
| PLO09 | - | Gains ability to establish suitable research experiments for the purpose and the ability to interpret its results by scientific methods. | 2 |
| PLO10 | - | Works both individually and in a team. | 0 |
| PLO11 | - | Evaluates the learned knowledge by analytical and critical approach. | 2 |
| PLO12 | - | Internalizes the necessity of lifelong learning. | 1 |
| PLO13 | - | Has an effective and healthy communication in his fıeld and use communication technologies. | 0 |
| PLO14 | - | Improve themselves consistently by determining educational requirements in scientific, cultural and social areas depending on their abilities,besides their career development | 0 |
| PLO15 | - | Shows respect to job ethic. | 2 |
| PLO16 | - | Becomes competent in the legislation and management systems related to agricultural engineering. | 2 |
| PLO17 | - | Becomes proficient in doing, applying, managing and monitoring plans and projects about agricultural engineering | 3 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Importance of plant fibers, classification of fibers, usage, introduction to main plant fibers | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 2 | History, origin and dispersion of cotton, economical importance, its trade and production in the world and Turkey | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 3 | Competition of cotton with synthetic fibers, their situation in near future,and evaluation of this condition for Turkey | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 4 | Taxonomy of cotton, cotton species, and introduction of cultivated species. History of cotton breeding, its objective, main principles of classical and modern breeding techniques used in cotton breeding | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 5 | Morphology and general characteristics of cotton plant, its reproductive development, and flowering pattern, fiber formation and development | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 6 | Soil and climate requirements of cotton, land preparation, crop rotation and cultivated varieties. Fertilization, irrigation, control of diseases and insect pests | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 7 | Cotton seed for planting, storage conditions, seed lot preparation, delintation, planting, planting methods, planting time, planting depth, maintenance (hoeing, weed control and thinning) | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Preparation to mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Importance of flax, classification and will be given homework on this topic | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 10 | Flax plant cultivation (soil preparation, planting, sowing depth, sowing density, (maintenance operations) | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 11 | Flax plant, harvest, and pooling methods of harvesting methods | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 12 | Importance of hemp, classification, production regions, cultivation techniques (land preparation, planting, planting depth, plant density, maintenance), | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 13 | Hemp harvest, harvesting methods, and docking methods | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 14 | Loofah, jut, their distribution areas around the world, producing countries and main knowledge in their growing techniques | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 15 | Ramie or kenaf and other fiber plants, their distribution areas around the world, producing countries and main knowledge in their growing techniques | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Preparation to final exam | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Preparation to final exam |
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 |