Education Information System

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
Starch and Sugar Plants	TB311	5. Semester	2 + 2	3.0	3.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Course Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Hüseyin GÜNGÖR
Instructor(s)	Hüseyin GÜNGÖR
Assistants
Goals	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	To provide basic knowledge to the students about botanical and agricultural characteristics, ecological requirements, cultivation techniques and breeding of major starch and sugar crops
Learning Outcomes	- identify and describe the starch and sugar crops - explain environmental requirements of the starch and sugar crops - explain the cultivation techniques of the starch and sugar crops - explain the breeding methods of the starch and sugar crops

Week	Topics	Learning Methods
1. Week	Introduction of major starch and sugar crops, Agricultural and economical importance of potato, Origin, evolution and spreading of potato, Production statistics of potato	Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
2. Week	Botanical characteristics of potato, Practical study in the greenhouse and laboratory to identify potato plant	Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression
3. Week	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	Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression
4. Week	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	Course Hours Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
5. Week	Postharvest physiology and storage of potato, Breeding objectives in potato, Practical study in greenhouse to evaluate growth of potato plants	Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
6. Week	Crossing methods in potato, Selection criterias and methods in cultivar breeding, Watching a crossing video	Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
7. Week	Agricultural and economical importance of sweetpotato, Origin, evolution, spreading and current production statistics of sweetpotato, Botanical characteristics, climate and soil requirements of sweetpotato, Seed types and seed preparation of sweetpotato	Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours
8. Week	Midterm Examination
9. Week	Soil preparation, planting, crop management and harvest of sweetpotato crop, Postharvest physiology and storage of sweetpotato, Crossing techniques and selection methods in sweetpotato, Practical study in the greenhouse	Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
10. Week	Technical excursion to sweetpotato farmer fields	Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
11. Week	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	Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
12. Week	Botanical characteristics of sugarbeet, Climate and soil requirements of sugarbeet, Practical study in the greenhouse to evaluate growth of a sugarbeet plant	Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression
13. Week	Soil preparation, planting, crop management and harvest of sugarbeet crop, Postharvest physiology and storage of sugarbeet, Breeding objectives and applied methods in sugarbeet breeding	Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
14. Week	Technical excursion to potato farmer fields and Agricultural and economical importance of Jerusalem artichoke, Botanical characteristics, Climate and soil requirements of Jerusalem artichoke, Soil preparation, planting, crop management and harvest of Jerusalem artichoke	Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours

1.Nişasta ve Şeker Bitkileri, Arıoğlu, H., 1988. 2.Nişasta Şeker bitkileri ve ıslahı, İlisulu, K., 1986.

Program Requirements	Contribution Level	DK1	DK2	DK3	DK4	Measurement Method
PY1	4	4	4	4	4	40,60
PY2	4	4	4	4	4	40,60
PY3	4	4	4	4	4	40,60
PY4	3	3	3	3	3	40,60
PY5	5	0	0	0	0	40,60
PY6	4	0	0	0	0	40,60
PY7	4	0	0	0	0	40,60
PY8	5	0	0	0	0	40,60
PY9	4	0	0	0	0	40,60
PY10	4	0	0	0	0	40,60

*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	14	2	28
Midterm 1	1	10	10
Final	1	10.5	10.5
Practice	14	2	28
Total Workload			76.5
ECTS Credit of the Course			25.5 3.0