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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Soil-Plant Management I |
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| Course Code |
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TBB-599 |
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| Course Type |
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Optional |
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| Level of Course |
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Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study |
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1 |
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| Course Semester |
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Fall (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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7 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Prof.Dr. İBRAHİM ORTAŞ
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Knows soil and crop management mechanisms and their importance for plant development.
Knows the effects of different management techniques on soil structure and nutrient uptake.
Knows the effects of excessive tillage and excessive irrigation on soil structure.
Knows the principles of ecological agriculture
Knows the importance of long term experiments for soil quality and can conduct these experiments.
Knows the basic principles and factors that affect the quality of soil
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| Mode of Delivery |
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Face-to-Face |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites |
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None |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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None |
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| Aim(s) of Course |
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The aim of this course is to give general information about soil and crop management on sustainable agriculture. |
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| Course Contents |
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Heavy chemical application, irrigation, soil plough and other inputs influences soil fertility. It is very important to know the relationship between agricultural input and soil fertility levels. It is a fact that chemical application has a negative effect on biological fertility of soil. To determine the factors related to the field will be one of the concerns. Consequently, effect of soil and crop management under long-term mono-cultural agricultural practices on soil quality parameters will be discussed. |
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| Language of Instruction |
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Turkish |
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| Work Place |
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Class and case studies |
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Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities |
| Week | Subject | Student's Preliminary Work | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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1 |
What is soil management? |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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2 |
What are plant management sytems? |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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3 |
What is the agricultural importance of soil-plant management? |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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4 |
The quality of soil |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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5 |
How to improve the quality of soil |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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6 |
How to improve the soil structure under different soil-plant management systems |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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7 |
The importance of Mulching for soil-crop mangement |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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8 |
Mid term exam |
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9 |
What are the effects of soil management on the development of mycorrhiza?
What is the impact of bed mangement on soil microorganisms and mycorrhizae? |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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10 |
The relationship between the quality of soil and tillage managements. How does it develop? |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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11 |
What is the relationship between the use of heavy fertilizers and soil biological fertility? |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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12 |
What is the impact of bed mangement on soil microorganisms and mycorrhizae? |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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13 |
The effects of crop rotation sysytems on soil organic carbon budget and soil quality |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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14 |
Indigenous mycorrhizal management effect on soil structure and nutrient uptake |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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15 |
Organic fertilization and its positive effects on soil management and the effect of mycorrhizal fungi |
None |
Powerpoint presentation, case study, field study |
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16/17 |
FINAL EXAM |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 S.L. Tisdale et al., 1998, Soil Fertility and Fertilizer;
D.L. Rowell, 1991.Soil Science, Methods and Application,
Peterson, R. L., Massicotte, H. B., Melville, L.H., 2004. Mycorrhizas: Anatomy and Cell Biology. CABI Publishing. Ottawa. 2004.
Kapulnik, Y., Douds, D.D. 2000. Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: Physiology and Function. Kluwer Academic Publishers. London.
Gianinazzi, S., Schüpp, H., Barea, J. M., Haselwandter, K., 2002. Mycorrhizal Technology in Agriculture.
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| Required Course Material(s) | |
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
Number |
Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
80 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
4 |
20 |
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Total |
100 |
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Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success |
40 |
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Final Assessments
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100 |
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Rate of Final Assessments to Success
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60 |
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Total |
100 |
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| Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes |
| # | Key Learning Outcome | Contribution* |
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1 |
Recognising the principles of ecological farming in terms of sustainable and ecological farming, contributes to the practical use. |
3 |
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2 |
Based on the BSc adequacy, improves in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition at specialist level |
4 |
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3 |
Understands the interactions between Soil Science and Plant Nutrition and other disciplines |
5 |
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4 |
Has abilities to develop and apply new ideas by identifying the taxonomic level of soils according to natural and technical classification systems and provides sustainable uses of soils using theoretical and applied knowledge in this branch and applies them to other engineering branches. |
3 |
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5 |
Gain perfection and prepare projects in every kinds of soil, plant, fertilizer and water analyses and their interpretations |
3 |
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6 |
Increases his/her qualification to develop new techniques and ideas for plant nutrients necessary for healthy, high quality and economical plant production and to apply these techniques and ideas in practice. |
5 |
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7 |
Applies his/her knowledge on conservation of soils, protection against each kind of misuse and pollution by recognising the relations between other disciplines. |
5 |
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8 |
To analyse soils, their components or actual processes, to plan them to accomplish the requirements of sustainable agriculture principles by adding information from other branches, plans/applies a new research project which might solve an existing project or makes judgements with existing information |
5 |
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9 |
Has skills to prepare and apply a project including other disciplines and can retrieve information to solve the problems in nutrition of plants grown in every kinds of soil or soilless growth medium |
3 |
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10 |
Creates new projects to use and to develop new technologies, methods and measuring systems in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition discipline, under the scope of scientific, economic and rational uses of agricultural areas |
3 |
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11 |
Conducts a project working effectively as an individual and as a team member to solve problems related to the discipline. |
5 |
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12 |
Identifies the possible and future problems in relation to his/her professional area and takes responsibility to solve them by developing new strategies |
4 |
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13 |
Is able to get access to knowledge searching literature, databases and using other sources effectively. |
5 |
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14 |
Makes a critical evaluation of information retaled to the field and conducts advanced studies independently. |
5 |
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15 |
Transfers the current developments and their own studies to people who may need them by using different tools. |
3 |
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16 |
Analyzes the social relations and the norms directing these relations in a critical way and takes resposibility to improve them. |
3 |
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17 |
Can communicate in English written and orally. |
2 |
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18 |
Develops strategies, policies and application plans in the field and assess the obtained results under the scope of quality processes. |
4 |
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19 |
Is sensitive about scientific and ethical values during the collection, interpretion and announcement of data related to their subject. Is also capable of teaching and checking them. |
3 |
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20 |
Is able to transfer the information and skills to solve a problem in the field to interdisciplinary studies. |
3 |
| * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum). |
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| Student Workload - ECTS |
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Related Works |
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Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) |
14 |
3 |
42 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
4 |
10 |
40 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
20 |
20 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
20 |
20 |
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Total Workload: | 164 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 6.56 |
| ECTS Credit: | 7 |
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