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
160701108106	ALTERNATİF YEM BİTKİLERİ	Elective	4	8	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The course aim is to introduce and create awareness for existing of the plant species belonging to the other families which appropriating for the aquaculture and growing in natural areas as forages except forage species (Legumes and grasses forage) that widely grown in agricultural areas. Also, it is to give the necessary information about nutrient contents, climate and soil requirements, cultivation and use in the different areas of these species

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Süleyman TEMEL

Learning Outcomes

1	Learning the concept of alternative forage plant
2	Learning potentials of some alternative forage plants as forage crop
3	Learning growing techniques of some important alternative forage plants

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Absent

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Absent

Course Contents

This course covers the follwing topics: concept of alternative forage crops, classification of alternatife forage plants, growing techniques of pigweed, forage beet, saltbush, forage kochia, mustard, small burnet, common dandelion, chicory, lacy phacelia, plantain, knotweed, bindweed, mallow, purlane and some forage shrubs

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Alternative forage plant and alternative fodder
2	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques I: pigweed and forage beets
3	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques II: Sultbushes
4	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques III: Forage kochia
5	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques IV: Mustards
6	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques V: small burnet
7	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques VI: common dandelion and chicory
8	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques VII: Forage sunflower and Lacy phacelia
9	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques VIII: Plantain and knotweed
10	Mid- term examination
11	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques IX: Bindweed and mallow
12	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques X: Purlane, forage carrot and forage melon
13	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques XI: Chervil and caraway
14	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques XII: Yem çalıları-I: Leuceana and tropical acacia
15	Some important alternative forage plants and their growing techniques XIII: Forage shrubs II: Tamarugo and St. John´s bread
16	Final examination

Recommended or Required Reading

Text Book: 1. Tan M ve Temel S., 2012. Alternative Forage Crops. Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Yayınları, Yayın No: 246, Erzurum. Suggested References: 1. Yembitkileri. Baklagil yem bitkileri. Cilt II. T.C. Tarım ve Köyişleri Bakanlığı Tarımsal Üretim ve Geliştirme Genel Müdürlüğü, 2009. İzmir. 2. Yembitkileri. Buğdaygil ve diğer familyalardan yem bitkileri. Cilt III. T.C. Tarım ve Köyişleri Bakanlığı Tarımsal Üretim ve Geliştirme Genel Müdürlüğü, 2009. İzmir. 3. Gökkuş, A., Koç, A. ve B. Çomaklı, 2000. Çayır - Mer’a Uygulama Kılavuzu. Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No : 142, 139 s., Erzurum.

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)

Absent

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Self Study	14	6	84
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	10	10
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	10	10
Homework	1	10	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			117

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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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