| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | 160701107105 | NİŞASTA VE ŞEKER BİTKİLERİ | Elective | 4 | 7 | 4 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| First Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| The aim of this course is to teach the purpose of breeding of starch and sugar plants (potato, sweet potato, Jerusalem, sugar beet, sugar cane) and breeding technique, yield-quality relationship and breeding methods in these plants.
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| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | Recognizes starch and sugar plants and makes agriculture.
| | 2 | Directing the starch and sugar crops into the country and world economy
| | 3 | Determine the quality criteria of starch and sugar plants
| | 4 | Demonstrate the ability to define resistance breeding
| | 5 | Starch Leading and directing producers by developing agricultural techniques of sugar crops
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Daytime Class |
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| Course Contents |
| Starch and sugar crops cultivation The main and important features of potatoes, sugar cane and sugar beet. Breeding of starch and sugar crops
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| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | Introduction, potato, sugar beet, sweet potato cultivation
| | | | 2 | Systematics of potatoes, culture and characteristics of wild species
| | | | 3 | Breeding purposes and breeding methods in potatoes (Selection, breeding, mutation breeding)
| | | | 4 | Biotechnological methods in potato breeding (tissue cultures)
| | | | 5 | Disease, virus, pests and breeding conditions
| | | | 6 | New cultivation and preservation
| | | | 7 | Some morphological, technological and physiological characteristics of potatoes and their relation with yield
| | | | 8 | Mid-term exam | | | | 9 | Systematics, cytology, flower structure and fertilization biology of sugar beet
| | | | 10 | Male infertility and benefit in sugar beet
| | | | 11 | Breeding purposes and breeding methods in sugar beet (Selection, breeding, mutation breeding)
| | | | 12 | S. Biotechnological methods in beet breeding
| | | | 13 | Systematics, cytology, flower structure and fertilization biology of sugar beet
| | | | 14 | Breeding purposes and improvement methods in sugar cane
| | | | 15 | Breeding purposes and improvement methods in sugar cane
| | | | 16 | finally exam | | |
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| 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) | |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Self Study | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Homework | 1 | 12 | 12 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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