Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
0701105100GRASS FORAGESElective353
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Giving information about the importance of the types of fodder crops, the benefits to the animals, their usage areas, plant characteristics, climate and soil requirements and growing techniques of these plants
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1Buğdaygil yem bitkilerinin önemi
2Buğdaygil yem bitkilerinin hayvanlara faydaları
3Buğdaygil yem bitkilerinin kullanım alanları
4Buğdaygil yem bitkilerinin bitkisel özellikleri
5Buğdaygil yem bitkilerinin iklim ve toprak istekleri
6The importance of forage crops, benefits to animals, usage areas, herbal properties of plants, climate and soil requirements and cultivation
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
The importance of wheat forage crops, benefits to animals, areas of use, cultivation, harvesting and blending includes issues such as.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Importance and herbal properties of forage crops
2The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Lolium perenne
3The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Agropyron sp.
4The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Cynodon dactylon
5The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Dactylis glomerata
6The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Bromus inermiş
7The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Festuca sp.
8Midterm Exam
9The importance, characteristics and cultivation of tussock grass (Poa sp.)
10The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Phleum pratense
11The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Alopecurus sp.
12The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Phalaris sp.
13The use of wheat forage production in silage
14Use of wheat forage crops in green area
15The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Panicum sp.
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Avcıoğlu, R., Hatipoğlu, R., Karadağ, Y. 2009. Yem Bitkileri. T.c. Tarım ve Köyişleri Bakanlığı, Manga, İ., Acar, Z., Ayan, İ., 1994. Buğdaygil Yem Bitkileri. Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Gençkan, M. S., 1983. Yem Bitkileri Tarımı. Ege üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No:467
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
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Self Study14570
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Individual Study for Final Examination11515
Homework11717
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)115
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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