Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TAB-23-142SPECIAL PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES OF MERRIMENT CROPSElective126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The purpose of this course is to teach the students the quality characteristics of tobacco, hops and anastha which constitute the subject of this course and agronomic applications in quality aquaculture and to teach the methods of providing maximum income from unit area.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Sezgin SANCAKTAROĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1Students will have information on tobacco breeding work
2Students learn the cultivation of hops
3Students learn Anise cultivation
4Students will have the knowlodge abouth physical and chemical properties which affect the quality of the Turkish, Flue-Cured and Burley tobaccos leaves
5Students will learn adaptation of Turkish, Flue-Cured and Burley tobacco
6Students learn tobacco farming (seedling production, field preparation, fertilization, irrigation and harvesting)
7Students learn the methods of drying tobacco
8Students learn to Baling and fermentation processes
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
To cultivate at least one plant in a pot of the plants to be taught.
Course Contents
Target teaching about classification of merriment crops Merriment crops target the presentation of plant elements that display quality Targeting quality characteristics and teaching of quality aquaculture techniques in tobacco Targeting quality characteristics and teaching of quality aquaculture techniques in hop Targeting quality characteristics and teaching of quality aquaculture techniques in anise
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Classification and importance of merriment cropsAcquaintance
2Importance of tobacco, it's history, systematic and speciesLiterature search
3Tobacco planting area, production, yield, importing, exporting and consumptionPrepaation of the report based on literature
4Morphologic characteristics of tobacco (roots, stalk, leaf, flowers, fruits and seeds) Group work
5The quality and characteristics of tobacco leaf Preparation of the report based on literature
6Climate and soil requirements in tobacco production, rotationPreparation of the report based on literature
7Soil preparation in tobacco, cultivars, seed preparation and plantingGroup work
8Cultural practicesTerm project
9Harvesting, drying, and orderingLiterature search
10The importance of hops, it's history, systematic, production statistics,Midterm exam
11Herbal properties of hopsPresentation of Term project
12Cultivation of hopsPresentation of Term project
13Importance of anise, it's history, systematic, production statistics and morphologic characteristicsPresentation of Term project
14The culivation of anise Presentation of Term project
Recommended or Required Reading
Keyf Bitkileri. Koç, H.1993. Gaziosman paşa Üni. Zir. Fak. Ders Notları. Yayın No:4 Tütün. Otan,H., R. Apti, 1989.TKB, Ege tarımsal Araştırma Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü. Yayı no:83
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 Activities50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Self Study1410140
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11515
Individual Study for Final Examination12020
Homework11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)188
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