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

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