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Course Description Course Name : Plant Nutrition Course Code : BKP214 Course Type : Compulsory Level of Course : First Cycle Year of Study : 2 Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks) ECTS : 3 Name of Lecturer(s) : Assoc.Prof.Dr. EMİN BÜLENT ERENOĞLU Learning Outcomes of the Course : Recognize the mechanisms and control processes playing role in plant nutrients uptake and transport within plant Understand the behaviours of plant nutrients in soils with different characteristics in the scope of organic matter, microorganisms and plant nutrient cycles Have basic knowledge on interactions of different processes increasing yield and quality and plant nutrient metabolisms and functions in relation to nutrient disorders Have necessary information for effective management and improvement plant nutrients uptake using activities such as fertilization, irrigation, organisms, biotechnology, breeding etc Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : This lecture aims to give the students the basic knowledge sufficient for plant production on behaviors of plant nutrients in soils, uptake and transport of them in plants, metabolisms and functions of absorbed plant nutrients, and management and improvement of plant nutrients Course Contents : In this lecture, basic information on following topics is given: (i) pursuits, targets, history anda basic concepts of plant nutrition, (ii) roots, cell-wall, apoplast, (iii) uptake and radial movement of plant nutrients, (iv) xylem and phloem transports of plant nutrients, (v) photosynthesis and assimilate production, (vi) plant hormones, (vii) metabolisms and functions of plant nutrients, (viii) yield-laws and fertilizer requirement, and (ix) organic ve mineral fertilizers and application methods Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : Departmental Classrooms   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 Pursuits, targets, history and basic concepts of plant nutrition Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 2 Roots, cell-wall, apoplasm Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 3 Uptake and radial movement of plant nutrients Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 4 Xylem and phloem Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 5 Photosythesis and assimilate production Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 6 Plant hormones Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 7 Functions of plant nutrients in plant (N-S-P) Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 8 MID-TERM EXAM Lecture notes, source books Multiple choices 9 Functions of plant nutrients in plant (K-Mg-Ca and Micronutrients) Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 10 Functions of plant nutrients in plant (K-Mg-Ca and Micronutrients) Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 11 Yield laws and fertilizer requirements Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 12 Yield laws and fertilizer requirements Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 13 Organic fertilizers and application methods Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 14 Mineral fertilizers and application methods Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 15 Mineral fertilizers and application methods Lecture notes, source books Lecture, discussion 16/17 FINAL EXAM Lecture notes, source books Multiple choices   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  Burhan Kacar & A. Vahap Katkat (2010). Plant Nutrition (in Turkish), Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.  Petra Marschner (2012). Marschner’s Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants (Third Edition), Elsevier.  Konrad Mengel & Ernest A. Kirkby (2001). Principles of Plant Nutrition, Kluwer Academic Publishers. Required Course Material(s)   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 100     Homeworks/Projects/Others 0 0 Total 100 Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40   Final Assessments 100 Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60 Total 100   Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes # Key Learning Outcome Contribution* 1 Gain the sufficient equipment to determine the challenges about the diseases, pests and weeds in plant health and identify those agents. 0 2 Decide to the best and economic strategy by using knowledge to solve the challenges in plant protection and keep safe the protection of natural and sustainable sources. 0 3 Gain the ability to communicate with farmers and organizations dealing with agriculture and be able to teach his professionals to them 0 4 Provides to apply practical control strategies safely and interpret the results; prescribe the pesticides in case of using chemical control. 0 5 Obtain the skill to choose and use modern technical tools in plant protection. 0 6 Skills on using a laboratory, identifying of the diseases, pests or weeds in laboratory conditions, analyzing, determination and interpret of the results and prepare reports. 0 7 Acqure the competence to be respectful to the professional ethics, to understand the plant protection challenges within the legal legislations and improve strategies to cope with them 0 8 Easily reaches to information on plant protection by using qualified Technologies and combine them with its knowledge to prepare written or oral presentations. 0 9 Gain the skills to catch and analyze the basic methods of the scientific researches 0 10 Gain the ability to work lonely or with a team, responsibility in professional ethics and safety in applications. 0 11 Learn the basic plant protection topics such as biology, ecology, systematic, control strategies of agents causing economical losses in cultivation 0 12 Students have the sufficient knowledge about agricultural engineering in general and also, plant protection area in private 4 13 Professional development in accordance with their interests and abilities, as well as the scientific, cultural, artistic and social fields, constantly improves itself by identifying training needs 0 * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).   Student Workload - ECTS Works Number Time (Hour) Total 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 5 5     Final Exam 1 5 5 Total Workload: 66 Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.64 ECTS Credit: 3