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Information
| Code | SD0031 |
| Name | Soilless Cultivation |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Term | Fall and Spring |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 3 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Label | NFE Non-Field Elective Courses (University) UCC University Common Course |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Öğr. Gör.Dr. UĞUR KEKEÇ |
| Course Instructor |
Öğr. Gör.Dr. UĞUR KEKEÇ
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
The aim is to let students to understand why soilless cultivation is used, to be aware of developments in this subject, to understand the trends for covering plant water and nutrient requirements in soilless cultivation, to plan and to manage soilless cultivation at commercial level, to solve problems facing in soilless plant production.
Course Content
Being able to explain the reasons of soilless culture Being able to planning and applying of soilless cultivation Plan and practice the techniques of soilless cultivation on different plant species Being able to solve the problems facing in soilless cultivation Being able to determine the environmeantal effect of soilless cultivation and to design production environmentally friendly Learn hydroponic growing systems
Course Precondition
Register by choosing the course.
Resources
Lecture notes created from scientific articles on soilless agriculture.
Notes
Agriculture, soilless agriculture course material Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education Ankara,2017
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Explains why soilless plant cultivation is needed. |
| LO02 | Defines the developments related to soilless farming techniques. |
| LO03 | Plans the cultivation of soilless plants in the commercial sense, defines the problems that may be encountered in the cultivation of soilless plants. |
| LO04 | Knows plant nutrients used in soilless agriculture. |
| LO05 | Helps the growers with their knowledge in the cultivation of soilless agriculture. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Definition and improvement of soilless culture | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 2 | Soilless culture transition reasons and usage purposes | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 3 | Methods of soilless culture (strawbale,ring culture) | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 4 | Solid substrat culture (org.,and inorg.) | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 5 | Bed-Bag-Pot culture | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 6 | Substrat culture and the problems by using of hyroponic methods | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 7 | Nutrient solutions and their properties | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Studying the topics covered until the exam week. | |
| 9 | Hydroponic-container technique | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 10 | Cultivation varieties in hydroponic culture | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 11 | Standing water culture | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 12 | Hyponica and aeroponics | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 13 | Nutrient film technique | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 14 | General repetition of topics | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 15 | Plant Nutrition in Soilless Cultivation ,Water and Substrate (Solid Medium Cultivation) Culture Comparison | Studying the relevant topic from the course material. | |
| 16 | Term Exams | ||
| 17 | Term Exams |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 75 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 3,00 | ||
| ECTS | 3 ECTS | ||