Information
| Unit | FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE |
| AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING PR. | |
| Code | ZMS307 |
| Name | Industrial Crop Growing |
| Term | 2019-2020 Academic Year |
| Semester | 5. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 3 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | E Elective |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. LEYLA SEZEN TANSI |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. LEYLA SEZEN TANSI
(Güz)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
Prof. Dr. ÖZGÜL GÖRMÜŞ (Güz) (A Group) (Asst. Ins.) |
Course Goal / Objective
Learns major industrial crops.and knowledge on their botany and cultivation.
Course Content
Introduction to botany and cultivation of some major industrial crops including starch and sugar crops(potatoes, sweet potato), oil crops (sunflower, rape, soybean), fiber crops (cotton and linum) and medicinal and aromatic plants.
Course Precondition
Resources
Notes
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | becomes familiar with some major Industrial crops. |
| LO02 | gains economic value of these plants for the country and their trade |
| LO03 | gains the knowledge on botany of these crops and cultivatioın techiques in general. |
| LO04 | the students learning necessary fatures for harvesting maching of plants |
| LO05 | To have sufficient knowledge about improving the yield and the quality of Industrial Crops and to use initiative |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | - | Knows the concepts of basic science, engineering, general agricultural and agricultural machinery and other social-cultural subjects in order to have proficiency for agricultural machinery education and get current information. | 2 |
| PLO02 | - | Learns the use and conservation of natural and fossil energy sources in agricultural production. | 0 |
| PLO03 | - | Learns the production methods of agricultural machinery, knows and selects materials. | 0 |
| PLO04 | - | Be aware of the universal and social effects of professional practices, to comprehend the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation issues. | 0 |
| PLO05 | - | Learns the basic applications of agricultural machinery in terms of setting, maintenance, field using and related problems. | 0 |
| PLO06 | - | Applies sustainable production models which are suitable for mechanization in agricultural enterprises, creates and manages the optimum mechanization chain. | 0 |
| PLO07 | - | Knows and applies the standards, laws and regulations of agricultural machinery. | 0 |
| PLO08 | - | Identifies the problems that can be solved within the scope of agricultural mechanization in plant and animal production and makes selection from existing agricultural machinery. | 0 |
| PLO09 | - | Learns and applies the methods for self-improvement in a professional sense. | 0 |
| PLO10 | - | Plans and manages the production, marketing and service network of agricultural machinery. | 0 |
| PLO11 | - | Have general proficiency on basic engineering and agricultural engineering, specifically in the field of Agricultural Machinery. | 0 |
| PLO12 | - | Supports the companies working in the field of agricultural machinery for R & D and technology development. | 0 |
| PLO13 | - | Learns new applications and software for agricultural machinery design. | 0 |
| PLO14 | - | Communicates with the representatives of the manufacturing industry, public institutions and professional chambers of the agricultural machinery sector within the scope of internship, practice and current problems monitoring and takes responsibility in different working environments. | 0 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to medicinal aromatic plants and their cultivation. | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 2 | Cultivation, botanic properties and the importance of sweet potato in Turkey and the World. cultivation of sweet potato and its maintenance, harvest, and storage. Putting the tuber on market. Botanic properties of manyok and its cultivation. | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 3 | utilization ways of potatoes and history of potato and its spread. | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 4 | Spread of helianthus tuberosus and its cultivation in Turkey and botanic properties. | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 5 | Utilization of sugarbeet and its history and spread | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 6 | Cultivation and Botany of Sugarcane and botanic properties | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 7 | The importance of Sun flower, its importance, suitable climate, in Turkey and World (planting, alternation, fertilazing, irrigation, harvest, storage) cultivation and import | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | ||
| 9 | The importance of rape and its trade, cultivation and systematic. The importance of aspirin, its trade and systematic. | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 10 | The importance of Jojoba and its cultivation and systematic. | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 11 | The importance of Groundnut, its history, import and exportIts importance and cultivation in Turkey and in the World. Suitable clmate for Groundnut and its cultivation ((planting, alternation, fertilazing, irrigation, harvest, storage). İts cultivation | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 12 | The importance and history of Sesame, its import and export in Turkey and in the world. Its suitable climate and cultivation. | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 13 | History of Cotton, its importance and cultivation in Turkey and in the world and trade | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 14 | botanic prperties of tobacco, its quality, and chemical structure of tobacco leaf | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 15 | botanic properties of linum and Its quality and cultivation | Reading lecture topic from the course book and the articles about the topic | |
| 16 | Term Exams | ||
| 17 | Term Exams |
Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria
Current term shares have not yet been determined. Shares of the previous term are shown.
| 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 |