Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
GENERAL FRUIT GROWING KBP101 1. Semester 2 + 2 3.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Associate's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Lecture, presentation, questions-answers, discussion, practices in the training orchards.
Course Coordinator
Instructors Fatma ALAN
Assistants
Goals The major goal is to provide the students with the general knowledge on pomology. The students receive a theoretical background and practical training.
Course Content The history of fruit culture, economic importance, species and cultivars, rootstocks, biological, morphological and physiological characteristics, environmental aspects, orchard planning and establishment, cultural practices (training and pruning, thinning, tillage, weed control, fertilization, irrigation, plant protection) nursery tree production and harvest management.
Learning Outcomes 1) Identify fruit species and cultivars growing in Turkey and abroad, may evaluate their contribution to the economy, gains general knowledge about their environmental aspects and morphological, biological physiological characteristics.
2) Knows the orchard planning and establishment, rootstocks, orchard cultural practices ((training and pruning, thinning, tillage, weed control, fertilization, irrigation, plant protection).
3) Knows nursery tree production methods and may follow and incorporate recent technological advances.
4) Knows harvest indices of fruits and harvest management.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week The history of the fruit culture, fruit species and cultivars grown in Turkey and the world, and their classification. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
2. Week Economic importance of fruit culture, fruit production areas, production quantity, yield and trade data of Turkey and around the World. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
3. Week Environmental aspects for fruit culture. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
4. Week Orchard planning and establishment. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
5. Week The structures of branches and buds in fruit trees. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
6. Week Training and pruning of fruit trees. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
7. Week Tillage and fertilization in orchards. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
8. Week Irrigation, plant protection and thinning Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
9. Week Fruit tree nursery establishment and nursery tree production. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week Flower and fruit structures of fruit species. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
11. Week Dormancy, alternate bearing and flowering in fruit trees. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
12. Week Pollination, fertilization and fruit set. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
13. Week Maturity indices and harvest management of fruit crops. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
14. Week Nutrition of fruit trees. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Özbek, S. 1977. Genel Meyvecilik. Çukurova Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No. 111. Ders Kitabı 6.
Paydaş, S. ve Kaşka, N., 2007. Meyve Ağaçları Fizyolojisi: Büyüme ve Gelişme. (İngilizceden Çeviri). Editörler: Karen M. Maib, Dr. Preston K. Andrews, Dr. Gregory A. Lang, Dr. Kent Mullinix. Nobel kitabevi 243 s.
Rom, R.C. and Carlson R.F (Eds.). 1987. Rootstocks for Fruit Crops. A Wiley-Interscience Publication, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York, USA.
Westwood, M.N. 1993. Temperate-Zone Pomology Physiology and Culture. 3rd ed. Timber Press Inc., Portland, Oregon, USA.
Yılmaz, M. 1976. Meyve Ağaçlarında Budama. Çukurova Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No. 112. Ders Kitabı 7

Assessment
Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Techniques
Midterm exam, course work, final exam.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3DK4
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PY250000
PY350000
PY450000
PY550000

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Homework 2 8
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 14 2
Midterm Exam 2 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 2 13
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 25
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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