| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery Practice | OM304 | Turkish | Compulsory | 6. Semester | 2 + 2 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Mode of delivery | |
| Course Coordinator | Prof. Dr. Emrah ÇİÇEK |
| Instructor(s) | |
| 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. |
| # | Öğrenme Kazanımı |
| 1 | Site selection, layout and design of a nursery |
| 2 | Preparing the production program |
| 3 | Preparing the soil for sowing and planting |
| 4 | Sexual and vegetative propagation of forest trees and ornamental plants |
| 5 | Bare-root and container grown production |
| 6 | Soilless growing materials and their properties |
| 7 | Cultural treatments (irrigation, weed control, fertilization etc.) |
| 8 | Lifting, classification, storing and transporting of the seedlings |
| Week | Topics/Applications | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| No | Program Requirements | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Understanding of sustainable resource use | ✔ | |||||
| 1 | Understanding of sustainable resource use | ✔ | |||||
| 2 | Essential knowledge of flora, fauna, ecosystem and natural resource concerning forestry | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | Essential knowledge about the administrative and legal structure, policy-making and planning processes, supply-demand relations, socio-economic situation concerning forest resources of Turkey | ✔ | |||||
| 4 | Competence in defining, modelling and solving a problem concerning the field of forestry | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | Skill of using contemporary techniques and instruments needed for forestry practices | ✔ | |||||
| 6 | Skill of applying the knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering in forestry problems | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | Skill of designing and conducting experiments, analyzing the data, and interpreting the results | ✔ | |||||
| 9 | Adequate knowledge and skill of foreign language to follow the facts and developments concerning forestry | ✔ | |||||
| 11 | Competence in taking initiative and acting independently | ✔ | |||||
| 12 | Knowledge and consciousness of quality | ✔ | |||||
| 13 | Consciousness of life-time learning | ✔ | |||||
| 14 | Consciousness of professional ethics and social responsibility | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 | DK7 | DK8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PY12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu |
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| Diğer Kaynaklar |
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| ECTS credits and course workload | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ders İçi |
Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
|
Ders Dışı |
Preparation, After Class Study | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| Practice | 14 | 2 | 28 | |
|
Sınavlar |
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 | |||
| *AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 | ECTS Credit of the Course | 6.0 | ||
