Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
160701108103YEM BİTKİLERİ MUHAFAZA VE DEPOLAMAElective484
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The purpose of this course to provide the students with the special knowledge and skills on standardisation and conservation of forage crops products
Name of Lecturer(s)
Arş. Gör. Dr. Seda AKBAY TOHUMCU
Learning Outcomes
1Definitions, types and classification of Forage crops products according to the Turkish standards
2Standardisation of physical and chemical properties in Forage crops products
3Has information about the Inspection methods and chemical analyses for determing the quality standards in Forage crops products
4Knows sampling, packaging, marking, labelling for determing the quality standards in Forage crops products
5Learns storage, storage type, period and type of storage units, and bins or buildings for determing the quality standards in Forage crops products
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
In Forage crops standardization, description of crop, quality characters, affecting factors on quality, rules, principles, measurements and methods of crop analyses, packaging, labeling, store, factors effecting the purification and types and duration of conservation, TSE in the forage crop, Turkish Standards, HACCP, necessary making for improving of standardization
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1TSE kapsamında işlem gören Yem bitkilerinde ürünün tarifi ve kapsamı, kullanım şekli ve kalite özelliklerine göre sınıflandırmanın standardizasyonu Scope and definiton of usage quality parameters of Forage crops products, grading and Turkish standarts
2Standardization of Forage crops products for chemical and physical properties. affecting visual quality of the total ash, insoluble ash in the acid ,moisture and essential matter
3"in Forage crops products, standardization, manually determining characters such as being waxy, strength, juicy, crisp Standardization of the features that affects quality "
4Standardization of Forage crops products for taste and odour, organoleptic properties, bitterness acidity, as aroma specifications.
5Standardization ID and methods of Forage crops products for carbahydrates, starch and protein colorant mater, lipids vitamines,minerals, determing the nutrituve value of the products
6"Standardization of Forage crops products for naturally developing toxic matter content such as mycocites, microbial deteriorates or heavy metals, chemical residues, determining the safety of products."
7Standardization of Forage crops for quality characteristics to determine the harvest maturity or ripenning and homework will be given on this topic
8Standardization of post-harvest calibration
9Mid term examination
10Sandardisation of Sampling procedures for post-harvest products and packaging size and dimensions in the Forage crops products.
11Standardisation of the transportable packing products in Forage crops products
12Standardisation of the storage type and period of packing Forage crops products
13Useable quality parameters of standardization for developing countries
14"Future demands for enhancement standardisation in the Forage crops products "
15Excursion to the local storage, drying and packing facilities of forage crop products
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Self Study14684
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
Homework11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)117
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