Information Package / Course Catalogue
Principles of Plant Production
Course Code: OT116
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

To teach the basic concepts and production techniques of plant production, to understand soil cultivation, sowing-planting, irrigation, nutrition, prunning, harvest.

Course Content

The importance of horticulture and field crops and classification them. The biological importance of plants . Reproduction methods in plants. Soil cultivation, sowing-planting, irrigation, nutrition, prunning, harvest in plant production.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Ayhan KARACA
Learning Outcomes
1.Explain the basic information about crop production.
2.Categorize horticultural and field crops.
3.To be able to comprehend the techniques of crop production for garden plants and field crops.
4.To be able to comprehend the principles of production.
5.To be informed about new tools and methods.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.General Garden Plants, Ağaoğlu, S., Çelik, H., Çelik, M., Fidan, Y., Gülşen, Y., Günay, A., Halloran, N., Köksal, İ., Yanmaz, R., 1995.
2.Field Cultivation, Ceylan, A., 1994.
3.Protected Cultivation of Vegetables, Sevgican, A., 2002.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The definition and classification of plants.
Week 1 - Practice
The introduction of the species in the garden
Week 2 - Theoretical
Cultural history of plants.
Week 2 - Practice
The introduction of instruments to be used in practice
Week 3 - Theoretical
Nutritional importance of plants.
Week 3 - Practice
Field practice
Week 4 - Theoretical
Place in the economy of plants.
Week 4 - Practice
Field practice
Week 5 - Theoretical
Biological properties of plants.
Week 5 - Practice
to show the structure of the flower in fruits and vegetables
Week 6 - Theoretical
Biological properties of plants.
Week 6 - Practice
Field practice
Week 7 - Theoretical
Ecological requirements of plants.
Week 7 - Practice
Field practice
Week 8 - Theoretical
Making the cultural process in the garden
Week 9 - Theoretical
Ecological requirements of plants.
Week 9 - Practice
Demonstration of methods of cultivation and sowing seeds
Week 10 - Theoretical
Reproduction of plants (Generative Replication).
Week 10 - Practice
Steel-making, steel type, steel planting
Week 11 - Theoretical
Reproduction of plants (Vegetative Replication).
Week 11 - Practice
manufactured using separation, dipping, specialized organs
Week 12 - Theoretical
Reproduction of plants (Vegetative Replication).
Week 12 - Practice
Demonstration of graft and graft methods
Week 13 - Theoretical
Facility of garden plants and vineyard
Week 13 - Practice
Garden plants
Week 14 - Theoretical
Facility of garden plants and vineyard
Week 14 - Practice
Making the cultural process in the garden
Week 15 - Theoretical
Cultural proceedings.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140114
Reading170117
Midterm Examination1718
Final Examination1718
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
3
4
4
3
5
5
3
4
5
3
2
4
3
OÇ-2
3
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3
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3
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3
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4
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3
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3
4
4
3
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5
3
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3
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3
3
OÇ-5
3
4
4
3
5
5
3
4
5
3
2
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026