Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
PLANT NUTRITION AND FERTILIZERS ZTO201 0 + 0 3.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery computer-presentation techniques
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals The basic theories of soil science and plant nutrition
Course Content Plant nutritions, fertilization, relationships between soil-water-environment
Learning Outcomes 1) Importance of plant nutritions
2) Toxicity and Deficiency of plant nutrition
3) Classifacation of fertilizers
4) Growth of leves and roots
5) fertilizers and fertilization
6) nitrogen
7) Phosphorus
8) Potassium and calcium
9) Magnesium and sulfur
10) iron and zinc
11) copper and manganese
12) molybdenum and benefical elements

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction-Plant Nutrient Elements Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
2. Week Nitrogen in soil (N) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
3. Week Nitrogen in plant (N) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
4. Week Uptake, transportation, physiology and biochemistry of phosphorus (P) in soil and plant Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
5. Week Uptake, transportation, physiology and biochemistry of phosphorus (K) in soil and plant Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
6. Week Uptake, transportation, physiology and biochemistry of calcium (Ca) in soil and plant Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
7. Week Uptake, transportation, physiology and biochemistry of magnesium (Mg) in soil and plant Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
8. Week Uptake, transportation, physiology and biochemistry of sulphur (S) in soil and plant Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
9. Week Uptake, transportation, physiology and biochemistry of iron (Fe) in soil and plant Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
10. Week Uptake, transportation, physiology and biochemistry of zinc (Zn) in soil and plant Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
11. Week Uptake, transportation, physiology and biochemistry of manganese (Mn) in soil and plant Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
12. Week Uptake, transportation, physiology and biochemistry of copper (Cu) in soil and plant Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
13. Week Uptake, transportation, physiology and biochemistry of boron in soil and plant Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week Uptake, transportation, physiology and biochemistry of chlorine, molybdenum ( Cl, Mo) in soil and plant Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Güneş, A., Alparslan, M. ve İnal, A. 2010. Bitki Besleme ve Gübreleme. Ankara Üniversitesi Basımevi, Ankara.
Marschner, H. 1995. Mineral Nutrition of Higher Crops. Academic Press, London
Mengel, K. ve Kirkby, E.A. 1987. Principles of Plant Nutrition. IPI, Bern, Switzerland

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 1
Homework 1 5
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 15
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 25
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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