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Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
Taxonomy and Germplasm Resources of Cotton	TB540		3 + 0	3.0	8.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Graduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Course Coordinator
Instructor(s)
Assistants
Goals	To be given principle information on taxonomy and germplasm resources of cotton.
Course Content
Learning Outcomes	- To be learned taxonomy of cotton and germplasm sources.

Week	Topics	Learning Methods
1. Week	History and geography of the genus Gossypium	Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research
2. Week	Aims of systematics, subdivisions of the genus	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
3. Week	An enumeraton of the species: G. anomalum, G. arboreum, G. areysianum, G. aridum, G. armourianum	Course Hours Verbal Expression Other Activities Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Research
4. Week	G. australe, G. barbadense, G. bickii, G. capitis-viridis, G. costulatum, G. cunninghamii, G. darwinii, G. davidsonii, G. gossypioides, G. harkenssii	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
5. Week	G. herbaceum, G. hirsutum, G. incanum, G. kotzschianum, G. lanceolatum, G. laxum, G. lobatum, G. longicalyx, G. mustelinum, G. nelsonii, G. pilosum, G. populifolium.	Verbal Expression Course Hours Research Other Activities Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study
6. Week	G. pulchellum, G. raimondii, G. robinsonii, G. somalense, G. stocksii, G. sturtianum	Verbal Expression Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Visual Presentation
7. Week	G. sturtianum var. nandewarense, G. thurberi, G. tomentosum, G. trilobum, G. triphyllum, G. turneri	Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research
8. Week	Midterm	Research Other Activities Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
9. Week	Range of variaton avaliable	Other Activities Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Course Hours Research
10. Week	History of plant improvement	Research Other Activities Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
11. Week	Assembly of germplasm resources	Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
12. Week	Sources of variability	Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Research Visual Presentation Course Hours
13. Week	Using of germplasm sources	Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Other Activities Research Verbal Expression
14. Week	The importance of voucher specimens and herbarium documentation	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation

1. Fryxell, P.A., 1984. Cotton, Part 2: Taxonomy and Germplasm Resources. Editors: R.J. Kohel and C.F. Lewis, American Society of Agronomy, Inc., Crop Science Society of America, Inc., Soil Science Society of America, Inc., Publishers Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 2. Related knowledge from internet

Program Requirements	Contribution Level	DK1	Measurement Method
PY1	5	5	-
PY2	5	5	-
PY3	4	4	-
PY4	4	4	-
PY5	5	5	-
PY6	4	4	-
PY7	5	5	-
PY8	5	5	-
PY9	5	5	-
PY10	4	4	-
PY11	4	4	-

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Course's Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation		Written exam	Oral Exams	Assignment/Project	Laboratory work	Presentation/Seminar

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours	3	14	42
Preparation, After Class Study	3	14	42
Research	2	14	28
Other Activities	2	11	22
Visual Presentation	14	2	28
Verbal Expression	14	1	14
Midterm 1	1	14	14
Final	1	14	14
Total Workload			204
ECTS Credit of the Course			25.5 8.0