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| Unit | INSTITUTE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES |
| FIELD CROPS (PhD) | |
| Code | TB562 |
| Name | Physiology of Forage Crops |
| Term | 2018-2019 Academic Year |
| Term | Spring |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Doktora Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
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Course Goal / Objective
Investigate environmental factors affecting the vegetative and generative development of forages, reserve substances for regrowth after moving, translocation in perennial forages, critical periods, heat and cold tolerance, winter injury, survival of forages, and management of weak forage vegetation
Course Content
This lecture contains; nutrition rezerves and growing relation, abiotic and biotic stress factors and cutting time and yield and quality relation.
Course Precondition
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Knows stress factors affecting yield and quality in forage crops. |
| LO02 | Knows effects of cutting time on yield and quality in forage crops. |
| LO03 | Learns relation between re-growth and nutrition reserves in forage crops. |
| LO04 | Learns management differences between C3 and C4 forage 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. | 5 |
| 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. | 4 |
| 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. | |
| 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. | 3 |
| 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. | 4 |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | 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 | Environmental factors affecting the vegetative and generative development of forages | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 2 | Nutrition reserves | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 3 | Total suitable carbohydrates in forage grasses and legumes. | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 4 | Plant structure and Nutrition reserves relations. | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 5 | Translocation in perennial grasses. | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 6 | Searching critical periods in forage crops. | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 7 | C3 and C4 forage crops. | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Preparing exam | |
| 9 | Effects of cutting time on yield and quality in forage crops | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 10 | Cold tolerance | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 11 | Heat tolerance | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 12 | Drought tolerance | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 13 | Salinity tolerance | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 14 | Winter damage and survival power of forage crops. | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 15 | Management of poor vegetation. | Lecture notes and reference books | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Preparing exam | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Preparing exam |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 6 | 84 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 142 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 5,68 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||