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| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery and Afforestation Techniques | ORM1105 | Turkish | Compulsory | 1. Semester | 4 + 1 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Associate |
| Mode of delivery | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator | Doç. Dr. İsmail KOÇ |
| Instructor(s) | Doç. Dr. İsmail KOÇ (Güz) |
| Goals | This course aims to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge on the establishment and planning of nurseries, the cultivation, care, and classification of bare-root and containerized seedlings of forest trees and ornamental plants, and to enable them to develop a comprehensive understanding of the basic principles, techniques and application processes of afforestation studies by making them understand the ecological, economic and social importance of these studies. |
| Course Content | Introduction to forest nurseries; objectives and types of nurseries; nursery site selection considering ecological, biological, economic, and social conditions; nursery planning including size, layout, production capacity, rotation planning, and internal organization; nursery soils and their physical and chemical properties, soil analyses; establishment of nurseries including land leveling, drainage, fencing and protection measures, irrigation systems, and soil preparation; generative (seed) propagation including seed sources, seed collection and procurement, seed storage, seed dormancy and pretreatments, and sowing techniques; identification of forest tree and ornamental plant seeds and determination of seed characteristics such as weight, moisture content, purity, and viability; production of bare-root seedlings including seedbed preparation, sowing time and density, sowing methods, and seedbed management; transplanting operations including age, spacing, timing, and techniques; cultural treatments in nurseries including weed control, hoeing, irrigation, fertilization, and other maintenance practices; seedling inventory, lifting, grading, storage, and transportation; classification of seedlings based on morphological traits; vegetative propagation techniques including cuttings, grafting, layering, and related field practices; historical development, objectives, and scope of afforestation; species and provenance trials; pre-afforestation studies including determining objectives, site assessment, selection of appropriate species and provenances, mixture design, management system, and rotation age; site preparation for afforestation including vegetation clearing and soil preparation; afforestation by direct seeding including principles, requirements, and sowing methods; afforestation by planting including principles, planting stock characteristics, planting time, spacing, methods, and techniques; planting methods on sloping terrains; and afforestation practices in arid and semi-arid regions, with examples from Türkiye. |
| # | Öğrenme Kazanımı |
| 1 | Understanding the ecologic, economic and social functions of forests and relationship between these functions and the interactions at basic level |
| 2 | Protection of forest resources, stable usage, regulate the usage according to sustainability and apply some of techniques aimed to scientific planning |
| 3 | Essential knowledge of flora, fauna, ecosystem and natural resource concerning forestry |
| 4 | Nursing and restoration the forests, intervention via ecosystem for generating new forests |
| 5 | Applying techniques for protecting forest ecosystem and against biotic and abiotic factors |
| 6 | Skill of using contemporary techniques and instruments needed for forestry practices and forest industry |
| 7 | Essential knowledge about the administrative and legal structure, policy-making and planning processes, supply-demand relations, socio-economic situation concerning forest resources of national and international |
| 8 | Adequate knowledge and skill of environment and occupational safety as part of forestry ethic |
| 9 | Skill of designing and conducting experiments, analyzing the data, and interpreting the results, competence in taking initiative and acting independently |
| 10 | Skill of production of forest products, usage areas, protection and sustainability |
| 11 | Consciousness of professional ethics and social responsibility |
| Week | Topics/Applications | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Introduction, market prospects, nursery site, size of nursery, planning production, records, sale of plants, quality of plants (genetic quality, morphological traits, physiological traits), name and ages of plants | Research, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork |
| 2. Week | Selection, layout and formation of a nursery (site selection, layout of nursery, establishing a new nursery), nursery soils (physical traits, chemical traits, soil analyses) | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork |
| 3. Week | Seed (seed origin, procurement of seed, seed collection and handling, seed storage, seed testing, seed dormancy and pretreatments, sowing…), seed sources, identification of tree species seeds, determining the various seed properties (weight, moisture content, purity, viability), pretreatments | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork |
| 4. Week | Production of bare-root stock (preparing the seedbed, seed pretreatments, sowing time and density, sowing methods, …), transplanting (age, spacing, time, …) | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork |
| 5. Week | Cultural treatments (weed control, hoeing, cultivating, irrigation, fertilization, …) and nursery practice about cultural treatments | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork |
| 6. Week | Counting, lifting, grading, storage and transport of seedlings and seedling classification, classification according to the various morphological seedling traits | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 7. Week | Vegetative propagation (propagation by cutting and grafting) | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 8. Week | Field trip | Research, Interview, Fieldwork, Practice |
| 9. Week | Introduction, the history and role of afforestation, scopes and problems, economic, environmental, social, and policy issues in afforestation, species and provenance trials | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork |
| 10. Week | Goal of the plantation, site assessment, choice of species and provenances, rotation age… | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork |
| 11. Week | Site preparation (technical aspects of site preparation, environmental consideration in site preparation …) | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork |
| 12. Week | Site preparation (Land clearing, remove unwanted plants from afforestation areas, land preparation in terms of soil preparation, used tolls and machines for this preparation). | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork |
| 13. Week | Afforestation by seed (main quid lines in direct seeding, sowing requirements, sowing methods, direct sowing in some tree species…) and afforestation by planting (main guidelines in planting, planting stock, size of plants, planting time, spacing, planting methods) | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork |
| 14. Week | General principles of planting, Planting methods on sloping areas and afforestation studies in arid and semi-arid areas in Türkiye | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork |
| No | Program Requirements | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | To be able to comprehend, at a basic level, all the ecological, economic, and social functions of forests and the relationships and interactions among these functions, both theoretically and practically | ✔ | |||||
| 2 | To be able to apply scientific planning and implementation techniques aimed at the conservation of forest resources, their balanced use, and the regulation of utilization in accordance with the principle of sustainability within one’s area of responsibility. | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | To have fundamental knowledge of flora, fauna, ecosystems, and natural resources related to forestry, and to be able to apply this knowledge within one’s area of responsibility | ✔ | |||||
| 4 | To be able to plan and implement ecosystem-based interventions for the maintenance and improvement of existing forests, as well as for the establishment of new forest areas | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | Applying techniques for protecting forest ecosystem and against biotic and abiotic factors | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | To be able to comprehend the administrative, legal, and policy frameworks, planning processes, and socio-economic relations related to forest resources at the national and international levels | ✔ | |||||
| 8 | To develop awareness and sensitivity in applying environmental protection, occupational health, and occupational safety regulations within the framework of the professional and ethical responsibilities of the forestry profession | ✔ | |||||
| 9 | To be able to identify and analyze problems encountered in field and operational practices related to the discipline, develop solution proposals, and take responsibility as a team member | ✔ | |||||
| 10 | To acquire the ability to apply theoretical knowledge related to the production, uses, conservation, and sustainability of forest products in practice. | ✔ | |||||
| 11 | To develop a sense of professional ethics and social responsibility. | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 | DK7 | DK8 | DK9 | DK10 | DK11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| PY2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| PY4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| PY5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| PY7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| PY9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| PY10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| PY11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu | Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır. |
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| Diğer Kaynaklar |
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| Güz Dönemi | |||
| Responsible Personnel | Grup | Evaluation Method | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doç. Dr. İsmail KOÇ | Vize | 30.00 | |
| Doç. Dr. İsmail KOÇ | Vize 2 | 30.00 | |
| Doç. Dr. İsmail KOÇ | Final | 40.00 | |
| Toplam | 100.00 | ||
| ECTS credits and course workload | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ders İçi |
Class Hours | 14 | 4 | 56 |
|
Ders Dışı |
Preparation, After Class Study | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Research | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Interview | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| Fieldwork | 5 | 4 | 20 | |
| Practice | 14 | 2 | 28 | |
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Sınavlar |
Midterm | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Midterm Preparation | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Final | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total Workload | 127.5 | |||
| *AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 | ECTS Credit of the Course | 5.0 | ||
