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| ORM4003 | Seed Technology and Nursery Techniques | 2+1+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Lab work , Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ali Ömer ÜÇLER | | Co-Lecturer | PROF. DR. İbrahim TURNA, | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | to grow seedlings, to teach techniques and methods to ascertain the succes of afforestation efforts. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | define principles of safety seed handling and storage | 4,5,6 | | | LO - 2 : | apply technical principles for seedling production in nursery techniques. | 4,5,6 | | | LO - 3 : | evaluate the rules necessary for qualified seedling production | 4,5,6 | | | LO - 4 : | apply vegetative seedling production methods. | 4,5,6 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction to Seed Technology and Nursery Techniques; cone and seed harvesting; permanent and temporary nurseries; criteria for the place of nurseries; seedling production, tending and harvest. Fertilising nurseries |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, Forest tree seeds | | | Week 2 | Provenance trials, Seed sources | | | Week 3 | Seed and cone harvesting, obtaining of seeds | | | Week 4 | Seed quality and seed testing | | | Week 5 | Viability determination of seed and germination tests | | | Week 6 | Seed harvesting in KTU campus and identifying of seeds in laboratory | | | Week 7 | Germination difficulties in seeds, reasons and seed treatments to improve germination | | | Week 8 | Nursery types and establishment principles | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Arrangement of nursery area, preparing of seed sowing and transplantation beds | | | Week 11 | Plant propagation from seeds, sowing and transplanting application | | | Week 12 | Principles of vegetative propagation | | | Week 13 | Principles of propagation by cuttings, techniques of propagation by cuttings | | | Week 14 | Principles of layering, grafting and budding | | | Week 15 | Principles of seedling production in greenhouse from seeds | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Üçler, A.Ö., Turna, İ. 2005; Tohum ve Fidanlık Tekniği, KTÜ OF Yayın No: 78, Trabzon. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 14/11/2016 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 09/01/2017 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 9 | 18 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 2 | 4 | 8 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 7 | 7 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 2 | 7 | 14 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 7 | 14 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 109 |
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