| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | 160701107107 | SICAK İKLİM TAHILLARI | Elective | 4 | 7 | 4 |
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| First Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| The aim of the course is to provide students with an insight in the crop growth, origin, evolution, plant characteristics and agronomy of warm season cereals and to teach how the interactions of these factors affect production.
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| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | To identify the important cereals for Turkey
| | 2 | To know genus and species of especially warm climate cereals according to morphologic characteristics.
| | 3 | To understand importance of environmental conditions in warm climate cereal cultivation
| | 4 | To get information about standardization and quality of warm climate cereals
| | 5 | To get information about control of pests and diseases with cultivation of cold climate cereal
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Daytime Class |
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| Course Contents |
| This course covers maize (Zea mays L.), rice (Oryza sativa L.), millets (Sorghum ssp., Panicum ssp., Seteria italica L.) and canary grass (Phalaris canariensis L.) crops. Introduction to cool season cereals: Economic importance, adaptation, morphology, physiology, storage, and standardization. Individual crop details: Economic importance, origins, cytogenetics, taxonomy, Turkish varieties, standardization, adaptation, growing techniques, diseases and pests
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| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | Economic importance of warm climate cereals
| | | | 2 | Use of corn in warm climate cereals
| | | | 3 | Corn plant climate requests | | | | 4 | Cultivation of corn
| | | | 5 | Fertilization in maize
| | | | 6 | Watering in corn plant
| | | | 7 | Corn harvesting
| | | | 8 | Mid-term exam | | | | 9 | Corn diseases
| | | | 10 | Corn breeding purposes and introduction to corn breeding
| | | | 11 | Breeding of hybrid corn plants
| | | | 12 | Rice adaptation and morphology
| | | | 13 | Climate demand in rice
| | | | 14 | Rice cultivation, determination of sowing frequency
| | | | 15 | Rice breeding
| | | | 16 | Final 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 | 6 | 84 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Homework | 1 | 10 | 10 |
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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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