Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
OIL CROPS AGRICULTURE AND BREEDING 802200715120 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals This aims of the course is to teach special cultivation techniques related to advanced breeding methodology used by biotechnological breeding, molecular breeding, , development of new varieties against biotic and abiotic stress factors and conservation of oilseed plants’ varieties with economic importance in the world.
Course Content Important oilseed plants like sunflower, soybean, peanut, sesame, genealogy of genetic origins, cytology, flower and fertilization biology, morphological and physiological properties, hybridization, heterosis, micropropagation with tissue culture, advanced breeding techniques, molecular characterization and molecular markers supported breeding and stress factors.
Learning Outcomes 1) Fertilization biology of oilseed plants, learning the basics of cytogenetics
2) Understanding special production methods and methods of reproduction in oilseed plants
3) Learning special and advanced breeding techniques applied in oilseed plants

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Important oilseed plants in the world and Turkey Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Vegetable oils and charachteristics Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
3. Week Synthesis of vegetable oil and fatty acids in plants Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week General characteristics of oilseed plants Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
5. Week Ecological needs of oilseed plants Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
6. Week General characteristics of oilseed plants cultivation Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
7. Week Seed production in oilseed plants Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Genetic and traditional breeding methods in oilseed plants Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
9. Week Genetics of oilseed plants and biıotechnologic breeding methods Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Scenario Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Cultivation techniques of sunflower, maintenance, harvesting and breeding Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
11. Week Rapeseed –Canola sowing techniques, maintenance, harvesting and breeding Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week Soybean sowing techniques, maintenance, harvesting and breeding Lecture
Brainstorming; Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
13. Week Groundnut sowing techniques, maintenance, harvesting and breeding Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
14. Week Sesame sowing techniques, maintenance, harvesting and breeding Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Arıoğlu,H.H. 1999. Yağ Bitkileri Yetiştirme ve Islahı. ÇÜ Ziraat Fakültesi Genel Yayın No: 220, Ders Kitapları yayın No: A-70, Adana.
Başalma,D.;Pashazadeh,M., 2011. Hintyağının (Ricinus communis L.)önemi, bitkisel özellikleri ve tarımı. Uludağ Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi, 25 (2): 57-67. Bursa.
Baydar,H.; Erbaş,S.2014. Yağ Bitkileri Bilimi ve Teknolojisi. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi. Ziraat Fakültesi. Yayın no:97.SDÜ Basımevi –Isparta. ISBN: 978-9944-452-75-5.
Gürbüz, B., Kaya,M.D. ve Demirtola,A., 2003, Ayçiçeği Tarımı. Hasat Yayıncılık. No:247.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
. 14 3
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 10 5
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 6 8
Homework 1 20
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 1 10
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 3 4
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 24
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 30
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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