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
0701306115	PLANT NUTRITION AND FERTILIZATION	Elective	3	6	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The main object of Plant nutrition lesson, is to explain basic processes and relationships of revelance to the scientific understanding of plant nutrition. These include; Definition and classification, general functions of Plant Nutrient ( Macro-micro elements), İmportant physico- chemical properties of soil , diffision, mass flow and interception of plant nutrients in soils, water potantiel and redox potantials in soils, assimilation of nutrients by plants and assimilation and mineralization of organic matter by soil microorganisms, ion pumps and tranporters and related electrochemical potantials of plant cells, osmosis and plant water potantials. All are involved in Plant Nutrition and the complex process of growth, and hence also in crop production and in crop qualityFertilizer use the causes, types of organic and chemical fertilizers, determining the factors affecting the use of fertilizer, applied to calculate the amount of fertilizer, fertilization methods, identification and culture plants per unit area is planned to take more products.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Uğrur ŞİMŞEK

Learning Outcomes

1	To have neccesary teoratical and applied information about Soil Science And Plant Nutrition
2	To understand ways of produce information
3	To have the information about applied methods and technices, assesment and evaluation
4	To have the information of gathering, analyzing and assesing the data
5	To determine the topics related to the field of study by using instituve and applied sciences with the help of scientific methods and technices.
6	To gain skills chosing and using the technological tools with the help of information resources required for practices.
7	To have the ability of ıdentifying and analyzing the problems and developing the suggestions. To gain the ability of effective oral and written communication.
8	To gain the skills of planning and controlling studies in the field independently, and mentoring and expertising.
9	Disiplinler arası koordineli çalışma yeteneği kazanmak.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Describe crop nutritional physiology, nutrient function and the effects of fertilisation and soil fertility management on crop yield and quality

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	History of Plant nutrition. Plant Nutrients. Definition and classification, general funtions ( Lab; Laborotory principles and İnstrumentation)
2	The Soil as a plant nutrition medium. İmportant physico- chemical properties ( Lab; Preparation of solution)
3	Plant nutrient uptake and assimilation Ion uptake and ionic status of plants ( Lab; Standart solutions, Method for elemental analysis of soil extracts)
4	Plant water relationships Basic procceses Plant water relationships ( Lab; Method for total analysis )
5	Plant growth and crop prudiction Phiysiological sources ( lab; Soil texture , soil pH analysis)
6	Rfertilization and Environment. Uncontrolled fertilization, soil, water and air pollution ( Lab; Cation exchangable capacity, total exchangable cations and exchange acidity)
7	Hydroponics soilless cultivation and fertigation . İmportant of Water and sand culture in Plant nutrition ( Lab; Organic carbon, Total nitrogen)
8	Midterm exam, (Calculating fertilizer amount that application to land, Lab)
9	Cause of Fertilizer Use, Definition of fertilizer and clasification,
10	Organic fertilizers, (Methods for determining need for fertilizer, Lab)
11	Nitrogen fertilizers, Phosphorus fertilizers, Potassium fertilizers, (Soil analysis, macro nutrients, Lab)
12	The others fertilizers, Micro nutrition fertilizers (Manure and chemical fertilizer analysis, N, P, K, Lab)
13	Fertilizer application methods, Compoze fertilizers, (Preparing to compose fertilizer, Lab)
14	Effects of fertilizer usage factors, Making slow avaliable, (Fertilizing of field crops with culture plants, Fertilizing of fruit trees, Lab)
15

Recommended or Required Reading

•Prof. Dr. Yıldırım SEZEN 1995. Gübreler ve Gübreleme (İkinci Baskı) Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No: 679, Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No:303. Ders Kitabı Serisi No: 55. Erzurum •Kacar B., Katkat A. V.Gübreler ve Gübreleme Tekniği. Uludağ Üniversitesi Güçlendirme Vakfı Yayın no:144 Vipaş Yayın no:20, 1999.

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

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	6	84
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	8	8
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	12	12
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
LO2
LO3	3
LO4
LO5
LO6
LO7
LO8
LO9

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