Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Hot Climate Grains TB402 8. Semester 2 + 2 3.0 4.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator
Instructor(s) Hüseyin GÜNGÖR
Assistants
Goals The objective of this course is to gein definition of cereals, evaluation and taxonomy of cereals, production quantities of cereals in the world and in Turkey, economical importance of cereals, importance of cereals as a nutrition, general morphological and agricultural features of cereals, adaptation features of cereals, cultivation practices and breeding technologies of cereals.
Course Content The objective of this course is to gein definition of cereals, evaluation and taxonomy of cereals, production quantities of cereals in the world and in Turkey, economical importance of cereals, importance of cereals as a nutrition, general morphological and agricultural features of cereals, adaptation features of cereals, cultivation practices and breeding technologies of cereals.
Learning Outcomes - classify the genus of warm season cereals morphologically
- apply to warm season cereals cultivation
- list usage areas of warm season cereals
- apply breeding methods of warm season cereals
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Corn, evaluation of corn and importance of corn in nutrition and animal feeding Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
2. Week Economic importance of corn and statically data related to corn Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
3. Week Corn usage areas Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours
4. Week Hybrid corn cultivars grown in Turkey Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
5. Week Climate and soil requirement of corn Course Hours Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
6. Week Corn cultivation Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
7. Week Rice, evaluation of rice and importance of rice in nutrition Economic importance of rice and statically data related to rice Course Hours Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
8. Week Midterm Examination
9. Week Climate and soil requirement of rice and rice cultivation Course Hours Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
10. Week Rice cultivation Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
11. Week Rice cultivars grown in Turkey Rice usage areas Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
12. Week Sorghum, evaluation of sorghum Economic feature of sorghum. Climate and soil type requirement of sorghum. Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours
13. Week Millet cultivation, type and usage areas Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
14. Week Economic feature of Millet Climate and soil type requirement of Millet and Millet usage areas and Distinction type of Millet Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
Recommended Sources
1.Kün, E. 1997. Tahıllar II (Sıcak İklim Tahılları). Ankara Üniv. Ziraat Fak. Ders kitabı, Yayın No: 1360. Ders Kaynağı:394. Ankara 2.Kırtok, Y.1998. Mısır Üretimi ve Kullanımı. Kocaoluk Yayıncılık Sanayi ve Tic. Ltd. Şti, 445 s., İstanbul.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 Measurement Method
PY1 4 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY2 4 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY3 4 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY4 4 0 0 0 0 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
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 14 2 28
Research 1 8 8
Midterm 1 1 10 10
Homework 1 1 8 8
Final 1 20 20
Practice 14 2 28
Total Workload 102
ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0