SRP239 Soilless Agriculture

3 ECTS - 2-1 Duration (T+A)- 3. Semester- 2.5 National Credit

Information

Code SRP239
Name Soilless Agriculture
Semester 3. Semester
Duration (T+A) 2-1 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 3 ECTS
National Credit 2.5 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Ön Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Öğr. Gör.Dr. EBRU KARNEZ


Course Goal

Applied to soilless culture types and all cultural practices are taught theoretically and practically.

Course Content

Telling of soilless culture. Reasons of passing to soilless culture. Reasons of soilless culture using in greenhouses. History of soilless culture. Advantages and disadvantages of soilless culture. Nutrient solutions, water, macro nutrient elements, and chemical resources in soilless culture. Symptoms of deficiency and excessive on macro nutrient elements. Micro nutrient elements. Chemical resources. Symptoms of deficiency and excessive on micro nutrient elements. Problems in preparing of nutrient solutions. Desirable characteristics of nutrient solutions (pH, total salt consantration, temperature, aeratin). Feeding types of nutrient solutions to plants (static, batch flow, continue flow, spraying, dripping). Nutrient solution tanks. Control of diseases and harmfulness. Midterm. Types of soilless culture. Passing cultures. What is solid medium. Desirable characteristics. Organic and inorganic media. Types of solid culture (bed culture, por culture). Types of solid culture (sausage culture), water culture (static culture, flowing water culture). Water cultures (hyponica, aeroponic).

Course Precondition

None

Resources

Lecture notes

Notes

Lecture notes


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 The development of soilless culture, soilless culture learn the advantages and disadvantages.
LO02 Comprehension the elements of plant nutrition and methods used in soilless agriculture
LO03 Doing the nutrition preparetion for soilless agriculture.
LO04 Comprehension of the soilless culture types
LO05 Doing soilless culture implementation at the greenhouse


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Knows the status of greenhouse production arount the world and in Turkey 4
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Knows the cover materials and structure techniques of greenhouses
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal The effects and importance of global warming for Turkey and the world, learns the effects of climate change on agriculture and greenhouse air conditioning conditions.
PLO04 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Learns the cultivation of plants (summer and winter) in greenhouse and open ground theoretically and practically.
PLO05 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Knows the theoretical and applied ornimental plant production and harvest.
PLO06 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns herbal production techniques and uses these techniques to grow plants.
PLO07 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns the importance of agricultural mechanization in plant cultivation and the tools used.
PLO08 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Can scan resources, report and present about plants on the web (Google academic, pubmed etc.).
PLO09 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Recognizes diseases, pests and weeds in vegetables and ornamental plants, learns plant protection methods.
PLO10 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Enters the data of the parameters used in field studies into the computer.
PLO11 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Gains knowledge about the biology and systematics of plants grown in greenhouse.
PLO12 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns basic ecological concepts, learns the effects of agriculture on ecology.
PLO13 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns the impact of agricultural activities on the environment
PLO14 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns the effects of bioclimatic variables on agricultural activities.
PLO15 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Gets information about the activities that she can attend on the university campus.
PLO16 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Gets information about internship places and applications to these places.
PLO17 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Gains knowledge about metabolic activities in plants. 2
PLO18 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Gains knowledge about the importance of plant physiology in plant production.
PLO19 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Gains knowledge about Soil Properties (Cations adsorption – Anions adsorption – Soil Acidity, soil organic matter, soil structure, soil water, soil color) and soil Formation (Segregation and Fragmentation – Structure (Texture) – Clay Minerals).
PLO20 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns soil horizons, parent material, understands the importance of data obtained by soil science.
PLO21 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Understands the definition and scope of agricultural economy and the place and importance of the agricultural sector in the Turkish economy.
PLO22 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns the fertilizers used in plant nutrition and their importance. 4
PLO23 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns the micro and macro nutrients required for plant growth and the functions of these elements in plants. 4
PLO24 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns the necessary amounts of plant nutrients for plants and the importance of correct and balanced nutrition in plant production.
PLO25 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns soilless culture environments and makes cultivation in soilless agriculture. 5
PLO26 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns the importance of storage and the necessary conditions/conditions for the storage of harvested products.
PLO27 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Certified seed, hybrid seed etc. learns the concepts of seeds and the points to be considered in seed growing.
PLO28 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns the basic concepts of organic agriculture and vegetable growing with this method.
PLO29 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns the importance of occupational health and safety in agricultural activities and the measures to be taken.
PLO30 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Have general information about Atatürk's principles and the history of the revolution.
PLO31 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns languages ​​in terms of language and its importance, the birth, spread and structure of languages.
PLO32 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learns tenses, auxiliary verbs, prepositions in English.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Definition of soilless agriculture, causes of soilless crossing reasons, reasons why soilless agriculture starts in the greenhouses Reading related notes Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
2 The history of soilless agriculture, the advantages and disadvantages of soilless agriculture Reading related notes Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösteri
3 Nutrient solutions in soilless agriculture, water, macro nutrients, chemical resources Reading related notes Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösteri
4 Macro nutrient deficiency and redundancy indications, micro nutrients, chemical resources Reading related notes Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma
5 Micro nutrient deficiency and redundancy statements, problems related to preparation of nutrient solution Reading related notes Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma
6 Characteristics of nutrient solutions (pH, total salt concentration, temperature, ventilation) Greenhouse experiment Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma
7 Calculation of nutrient solutions Fertilizer account Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma
8 Mid-Term Exam Mid-term Exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
9 Forms of feeding of nutrients to plants Greenhouse experiment Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
10 Nutrient solution tanks, disease and pest control Greenhouse experiment Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
11 Soilless farming styles, transitional cultures (cultivation in hay bales, ring culture) Greenhouse experiment Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösterip Yaptırma
12 What is the solid medium, the properties Reading related notes Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma
13 What is organic and inorganic media Reading related notes, an overview Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma
14 Solid medium culture forms (sausage culture, rock wool culture), aquatic cultures (stagnant water, running water culture) Reading related notes, an overview, exam preparation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma
15 Water cultures (hyponica, aeroponic) Reading related notes, an overview, exam preparation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma
16 Term Exams Term Exams Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
17 Term Exams Term exams Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 2 2
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 5 5
Final Exam 1 10 10
Total Workload (Hour) 87
Total Workload / 25 (h) 3,48
ECTS 3 ECTS