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| Unit | FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE |
| FIELD CROPS PR. | |
| Code | TBP455 |
| Name | Starch and Sugar Plants |
| Term | 2020-2021 Academic Year |
| Semester | 7. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-2 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | C Compulsory |
| Mode of study | Uzaktan Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. CELALEDDİN BARUTÇULAR |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. LEYLA SEZEN TANSI
(Güz)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
Prof. Dr. ÖZGÜL GÖRMÜŞ (Güz) (A Group) (Asst. Ins.) Prof. Dr. SALİHA KIRICI (Güz) (A Group) (Asst. Ins.) |
Course Goal / Objective
To provide basic knowledge to the students about botanical and agricultural characteristics, ecological requirements, cultivation techniques and breeding of major starch and sugar crops
Course Content
The importance of starch and sugar crops such as potato, sugar beet, sugar cane, sweet potato, cassava and jerusalem artichoke. Their plants and physiological characteristics, their climate and soil requirements, their growing techniques (soil tillage, crop rotation, fertilizing, planting, weed control, insects and disease control, irrigation, harvesting) and storage
Course Precondition
Resources
Notes
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Explains Identifies and describes the starch and sugar crops |
| LO02 | Explains environmental requirements of the starch and sugar crops |
| LO03 | Explains the cultivation techniques of the starch and sugar crops |
| LO04 | Explains the breeding methods of the starch and sugar crops |
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. | 3 |
| 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. | 5 |
| 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. | 3 |
| PLO09 | - | Gains ability to establish suitable research experiments for the purpose and the ability to interpret its results by scientific methods. | 3 |
| PLO10 | - | Works both individually and in a team. | 2 |
| PLO11 | - | Evaluates the learned knowledge by analytical and critical approach. | 3 |
| PLO12 | - | Internalizes the necessity of lifelong learning. | 0 |
| PLO13 | - | Has an effective and healthy communication in his fıeld and use communication technologies. | 1 |
| PLO14 | - | Improve themselves consistently by determining educational requirements in scientific, cultural and social areas depending on their abilities,besides their career development | 2 |
| PLO15 | - | Shows respect to job ethic. | 3 |
| 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 | Introduction of major starch and sugar crops, agricultural and economical importance of potato, origin, evolution and spreading of potato, production statistics of potato | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 2 | Botanical characteristics of potato, practical study in the greenhouse and laboratory to identify potato plant | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 3 | Phyiological age and dormancy in potato tubers, climate and soil requirements of potato, practical study in the laboratory to identify potato tubers having different physiological age, evaluation of sprouting types of potato cultivars | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 4 | Soil preparation, variety selection and seed preparation for potato planting, planting, crop management and harvest of potato crop, practical study in greenhouse to evaluate growth of potato plants | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 5 | Postharvest physiology and storage of potato, Breeding objectives in potato, practical study in greenhouse to evaluate growth of potato plants | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 6 | Crossing methods in potato, selection criterias and methods in cultivar breeding, watching a crossing video | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 7 | Agricultural and economical importance of sweetpotato, origin, evolution, spreading and current production statistics of sweet potato, botanical characteristics, climate and soil requirements of sweetpotato, seed types and seed preparation of sweet potato | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Preparation to mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Agricultural and economical importance of sugarbeet, origin, evolution, spreading and current production statistics of sugarbeet, current situation of sugar sector in Turkey and in the world | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 10 | Agricultural and economical importance of sugarbeet, origin, evolution, spreading and current production statistics of sugarbeet, current situation of sugar sector in Turkey and in the world | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 11 | Botanical characteristics of sugarbeet, climate and soil requirements of sugarbeet, practical study in the greenhouse to evaluate growth of a sugarbeet plant | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 12 | Soil preparation, planting, crop management and harvest of sugarbeet crop, postharvest physiology and storage of sugarbeet, breeding objectives and applied methods in sugarbeet breeding | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 13 | Agricultural and economical importance of jerusalem artichoke, botanical characteristics and will be given homework on this topic | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 14 | Climate and soil requirements of Jerusalem artichoke, soil preparation, planting, crop management and harvest of jerusalem artichoke-1 | Reading of the papers about the lecture | |
| 15 | Climate and soil requirements of Jerusalem artichoke, soil preparation, planting, crop management and harvest of jerusalem artichoke-2 | 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 |