Information Package / Course Catalogue
Storage and Market Preparation of Greenhouse Products
Course Code: AST223
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: Students are required, as part of the course "İMEU201 – Workplace Vocational Training" (30 ECTS) offered in the fourth semester, to undertake and successfully complete workplace vocational training for a minimum of 70 working days at enterprises designated in accordance with the provisions of the Aydın Adnan Menderes University Directive on Workplace Vocational Training.
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

It is aimed to gain the necessary competencies to prepare and store greenhouse plants for the market.

Course Content

Information is given on the storage and preparation of greenhouse products for the market.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Knows the marketing techniques of greenhouse plants
2.Knows postharvest biochemical structure and change in greenhouse plants.
3.Knows the factors affecting the development of greenhouse plants in the pre-harvest period.
4.Knows the harvesting technique, the determination of the harvest time, the disadvantages of early and late harvest in greenhouse plants.
5.Knows the post-harvest losses in greenhouse products and the ways to prevent them
6.Knows storage systems
7.Gains the ability to be open to innovations in this field, to access information and to produce solutions
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Lecturer notes
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition of marketing, the effects of marketing on the country's economy, the effects on the producer, consumption and consumer
Week 2 - Theoretical
Greenhouse plants and their general characteristics, mechanical resistance, characteristics of marketing technique,
Week 3 - Theoretical
Development of structures and organs in greenhouse plants
Week 4 - Theoretical
Biochemical structure and change in plant
Week 5 - Theoretical
Physiological developments in plant
Week 6 - Theoretical
Factors affecting development in the pre-harvest rotation, harvest, determination of harvest time, disadvantages of early and late harvest, care in harvest, harvesting
Week 7 - Theoretical
Standardization in marketing
Week 8 - Theoretical
Packing house and packing house operations
Week 9 - Theoretical
Packing house and packing house operations
Week 10 - Theoretical
Packing house and packing house operations
Week 11 - Theoretical
Post-harvest losses in crops and ways to prevent them
Week 12 - Theoretical
Definition and purpose of storage, location, type, size of the warehouse, establishment location and warehouse expenses, environmental factors that are effective in the post-harvest period
Week 13 - Theoretical
Definition and purpose of storage, location, type, size of the warehouse, establishment location and warehouse expenses, environmental factors that are effective in the post-harvest period
Week 14 - Theoretical
Transportation to market
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%10
Quiz1%10
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)