Information Package / Course Catalogue
Plant Nutrition and Fertilization
Course Code: ZYD124
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to students, to understand the importance of teaching herbal plant nutrition and fertilization, plant nutrients, information related to the recognition of fertilizer and manure is to see in practice.

Course Content

Presentation of the required elements in plant nutrition, the importance of each plant nutrients, signs of deficiency and excess, chemical fertilizers, organic fertilizers, fertilizing methods

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Vegetative growth that may arise from the lack of nutrients, yield and quality problems are diagnosed visually
2.Recognizes organic and inorganic fertilizers and implements
3.Notice the fertilizer-soil interaction
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction of the course: Content, importance, rules and requirements.
Week 1 - Practice
Introduction of the course: Content, importance, rules and requirements.
Week 2 - Theoretical
needed elements in plant nutrition.
Week 2 - Practice
Fertilization planning application
Week 3 - Theoretical
Nitrogen: Importance, excess and deficiency symptoms, introduction and information regarding the use of nitrogenous fertilizers
Week 3 - Practice
preparation of applications in the field plots.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Phosphorus: Importance, excess and deficiency symptoms, information on the introduction and use of phosphorus fertilizer.
Week 4 - Practice
cultivation of ending the parcel, fertilizer application
Week 5 - Theoretical
Potassium: Importance, excess and deficiency symptoms, potassium information about the promotion and use of fertilizer
Week 5 - Practice
chemical fertilizers visually recognize
Week 6 - Theoretical
Calcium: Importance, excess and deficiency symptoms, introduction of calcium and information related to the use of fertilizers
Week 6 - Practice
Some green manure crops to observe the terrain.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Magnesium: Importance, excess and deficiency symptoms, magnesium information about the promotion and use of fertilizer
Week 7 - Practice
nodule formation observed in leguminous plants
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Sulfur: Importance, excess and deficiency symptoms, information on the introduction and use of sulfur fertilizer
Week 9 - Practice
Application maintenance and observation plots
Week 10 - Theoretical
Organic fertilizers: the introduction of animal manure, the importance of information on the use.
Week 10 - Practice
Application maintenance and observation plots
Week 11 - Theoretical
Organic fertilizers: the introduction of green manure, the importance of information on the use.
Week 11 - Practice
Application maintenance and observation plots
Week 12 - Theoretical
Fertilization methods.
Week 12 - Practice
Application parcels harvest.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Foliar fertilization.
Week 13 - Practice
Parcel preparing monitoring reports.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Micronutrients: Importance, excess and deficiency problems, fertilizers.
Week 14 - Practice
Micronutrients: Importance, excess and deficiency problems, fertilizers.
Week 15 - Theoretical
Fertilization - environment interactions in human health.
Week 15 - Practice
Fertilization - environment interactions in human health.
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141242
Land Work51320
Reading40312
Midterm Examination1314
Final Examination1516
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)126
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes