Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
160701107101	SERİN İKLİM TAHILLARI	Compulsory	4	7	6

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Students who are in Field Crops Department will have knowledge and experience about economic importance, taxonomy, morphology, adaptation and farming techniques of cool climate cereals (wheat, barley, rye, oat, triticale).

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Fatih DEMİREL

Learning Outcomes

1	Different genus and kinds of cool climate cereals may be recognized as the morphological.
2	The use areas of cool climate cereals, production and adequateness status of Turkey for these crops can be grasped.
3	Optimum cultural practices can be learned according to farming systems in cool climate cereals.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

none

Recommended Optional Programme Components

none

Course Contents

Learning the plants that make up the grain group grain of our country and have knowledge about sowing area and production in the world, the morphological characteristics of grain, climatic and soil requirements, have knowledge about cultivation, to transfer to the producers the cultivation techniques, the production of that and grains have information about the cereals problems be able to understand.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Theoretic: The economic importance, production and classification of cereals. Practice: Grain morphology in cereals
2	Theoretic: The economic importance and taxonomy of wheat, wheat needs of Turkey. Practice: Germination and germination factors in cereals
3	Theoretic: The effects of environmental factors on wheat. Practice: Root morphology in cereals
4	Theoretic: Cultivation of wheat: rotation, tillage. Practice: Tillering and stem morphology in cereals
5	Theoretic: Selection of variety and sowing. Practice: Leaf morphology, heading and anthesis in cereals
6	Theoretic: Fertilization in wheat. Practice: Pollination an grain filling in cereals
7	Theoretic: Irrigation, weed control, lodging and grazing in wheat production. Practice: Ripening stages of cereals and harvest time
8	Theoretic: Diseases and insect pests in wheat. Practice: Morphology of wheat
9	Theoretic: The economic importance, taxonomy and adaptation of barley. Practice: Morphology of barley
10	Theoretic: Cultivation of barley: rotation, tillage, sowing, fertilization, irrigation and harvest. Practice: Morphology of rye
11	Theoretic: Diseases and insect pests in barley, Quality traits of malting and feed barley. Practice: Morphology of oat
12	Theoretic: The economic importance, taxonomy, adaptation and cultivation of oat. Practice: Morphology of triticale
13	Theoretic: The economic importance, taxonomy, adaptation and cultivation of rye. Practice: Presentation of grain samples
14	Theoretic: Description, adaptation, characteristics and problems of triticale. Practice: Presentation of spike samples

Recommended or Required Reading

1. Kırtok. Y. 1995. Genel Tarla Bitkileri (Serin ve Sıcak İklim Tahılları). Çukurova Üniversitesi, Zir. Fak. Ders Kitabı No:30, Adana. İlave Kaynak 2. Yürür. N, 1994. Serin İklim Tahılları (Tahıllar-I). Uludağ Üniversitesi Basımevi, 250 sf. Bursa 3. Turgut. İ. 2011. Tahıllar II (Sıcak İklim Tahılları), Uludağ Üniv.Ziraat Fak.Ders Notları, No:87, s.92. Bursa.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

none

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Self Study	14	10	140
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	10	10
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	10	10
Homework	1	15	15
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			178

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11
LO1	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
LO2		4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	2
LO3	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High