Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
0701306115PLANT NUTRITION AND FERTILIZATIONElective362
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)
Learning Outcomes
1To have neccesary teoratical and applied information about Soil Science And Plant Nutrition
2To understand ways of produce information
3To have the information about applied methods and technices, assesment and evaluation
4To have the information of gathering, analyzing and assesing the data
5To determine the topics related to the field of study by using instituve and applied sciences with the help of scientific methods and technices.
6To gain skills chosing and using the technological tools with the help of information resources required for practices.
7To have the ability of ıdentifying and analyzing the problems and developing the suggestions. To gain the ability of effective oral and written communication.
8To gain the skills of planning and controlling studies in the field independently, and mentoring and expertising.
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
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1İntroduction
2History of Plant nutrition. Plant Nutrients. Definition and classification, general funtions Laborotory principles and İnstrumentation
3The Soil as a plant nutrition medium. İmportant physico- chemical properties Preparation of solution
4Plant nutrient uptake and assimilation Ion uptake and ionic status of plants Standart solutions, Method for elemental analysis of soil extracts
5Plant water relationships Basic procceses Plant water relationships Method for total analysis
6Plant growth and crop prudiction Phiysiological sources Soil texture , soil pH analysis
7Rfertilization and Environment. Uncontrolled fertilization, soil, water and air pollutionCation exchangable capacity, total exchangable cations and exchange acidity
8Midterm Exam
9Hydroponics soilless cultivation and fertigation . İmportant of Water and sand culture in Plant nutrition Organic carbon, Total nitrogen
10Cause of Fertilizer Use, Definition of fertilizer and clasification,
11Organic fertilizers, Methods for determining need for fertilizer
12Nitrogen fertilizers, Phosphorus fertilizers, Potassium fertilizers,
13The others fertilizers, Micro nutrition fertilizers
14Fertilizer application methods, Compoze fertilizers,Preparing to compose fertilizer
15Effects of fertilizer usage factors, Making slow avaliable, Fertilizing of field crops with culture plants, Fertilizing of fruit trees,
16Final Exam
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 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 Examination111
Laboratory111
Self Study111
Individual Study for Mid term Examination111
Homework111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)6
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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1
PO
2
PO
3
PO
4
PO
5
PO
6
PO
7
LO1 5     
LO2 1 4 4 
LO3  2    
LO4       
LO5   2 3 
LO6 3 2   
LO7    3  
LO8  4 1  
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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