| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery Practice | OM304 | 6. Semester | 2 + 2 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | |
| Course Coordinator |
Prof. Dr. Emrah ÇİÇEK |
| Instructors |
Emrah ÇİÇEK |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | The aim of this course is to teach students the establishment and planning of forest nurseries, producing of bare-root and container growing stock for forest trees and ornamental plant. |
| Course Content | Selection, layout and formation of a nursery (site selection, layout of nursery, establishing a new nursery) Nursery soils. Bareroot nurseries. Planning of production, records, sale of plants, quality of plants, name and ages of plants. Irrigation systems. Soil cultivation in nurseries. Seed sources. Production by seed. Production of bare-root stock. Transplanting. Cultural treatments. Growing media. Production of container growing plants. Cultural treatments. Counting, lifting, grading, storage and transport of seedlings. Vegetative production. Fog systems. Fertigation. Greenhouses. |
| Learning Outcomes |
- Site selection, layout and design of a nursery - Preparing the production program - Preparing the soil for sowing and planting - Sexual and vegetative propagation of forest trees and ornamental plants - Bare-root and container grown production - Soilless growing materials and their properties - Cultural treatments (irrigation, weed control, fertilization etc.) - Lifting, classification, storing and transporting of the seedlings |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Introduction, the importance and current status of nurseries | |
| 2. Week | Selection, layout and formation of a nursery (site selection, layout of nursery, establishing a new nursery) | |
| 3. Week | Physical properties and arrangement of nursery soils | |
| 4. Week | Chemical and biological properties of nursery soils and the regulation of these properties | |
| 5. Week | seed sources, seed transfer, seed supply and harvest, seed extraction, drying and storage | |
| 6. Week | Seed structure, determination of various seed characteristics, recognition of forest tree and ornamental plant seeds, seed dormancy and pretreatments | |
| 7. Week | Preparation of seedbeds for seed sowing and planting, seed sowing and growing density, cultural treatments | |
| 8. Week | Mid-term exam | |
| 9. Week | Production of container growing plants (container types, facilities, growing media, …) | |
| 10. Week | Cultural treatments (weed control, hoeing, cultivating, irrigation, fertilization, …) | |
| 11. Week | Nursery practice about cultural treatments | |
| 12. Week | Counting, lifting, grading, storage and transport of seedlings | |
| 13. Week | Vegetative propagation (propagation by cutting and grafting) | |
| 14. Week | Fertigation. Greenhouses. Fogging systems. |
| Ürgenç İS 1998. Ağaç ve Süs Bitkileri Fidanlık ve Yetiştirme Tekniği. İÜ Orman Fakültesi yayın No. 3395/442, ISBN 975-404-445-7. Dilek Ofset Matbaacılık, İstanbul, xi+717 s. |
| Aldhous JR, Mason WL 1994. Forest Nursery Practice. Forestry Commission Bulletin 111, HSO, London, ISBN 0 11 710323 3, xi+255 p. |
| Morgan J 1999. Forest Tree Seedlings-Best Practice in supply, treatment and planting. Forestry Commission Bulletin 121, ISBN 0 855538 404 2, vii+44 p. |
| Genç, M, 2012. Süs Bitkisi Yetiştiriciliği. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi, Yayın No 56, Isparta, ISBN 9780717100507. |
| Presantation materials (ppt, slayt etc.) | 1. hafta: Fidanlıklar güncel durum... |
| Text | 5531 Orman Mühendisliği Kanunu |
| Document | Türkiye Orman Varlığı 2020 |
| Document | 2. hafra: Tohum meşcereleri |
| Document | 2. Hafta: Tohum başceleri |
| Document | 2. hafra: Tohum plantasyonları |
| Presantation materials (ppt, slayt etc.) | 4. hafta tohumların kurutulması & depolanması |
| Document | 3. Hafta: OGM Tebliğ No 317. Silvikültürel uygulamaların teknik esasları |
| Presantation materials (ppt, slayt etc.) | 4. Hafta: Çimlenme engelleri & giderilmesi |
| Document | 8. hafta: Toprak analiz sonuçlarının değerlendirilmesi.... |
| Document | 8. Hafta: Toprakta Analiz Sonuçlarının Değerlendirilmesinde Kullanılan Sınır Değerleri |
| Homework | 9. hafta: fidanlık web adresler... |
| Document | 13. hafta: Fidanlıklarda sulama |
| Document | 13. hafta: sulama suyu kalitesi |
| Document | 13. hafta: irrigation water for nurseriess... |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 | DK7 | DK8 | Measurement Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40 |
| PY2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| PY3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| PY4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| PY5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| PY7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| PY11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
| PY12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40 |
| PY13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| PY14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| 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 |
| Preparation, After Class Study | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| Practice | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Midterm 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Homework 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Homework 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Practice | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Classroom Activities | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Total Workload | 153 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 6.0 | ||
