Information Package / Course Catalogue
Soılless Agrıculture
Course Code: ORT226
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

Applied to soilless culture types and all cultural practices are taught theoretically and practically.

Course Content

Description of soilless culture. Reasons of passing to soilless culture. Reasons of soilless culture using in greenhouses. History of soilless culture. Advantages and disadvantages of soilless culture. Nutrient solutions, water, macro nutrient elements, and chemical resources in soilless culture. Symptoms of deficiency and excessive on macro nutrient elements. Micro nutrient elements. Chemical resources. Symptoms of deficiency and excessive on micro nutrient elements. Problems in preparing of nutrient solutions. Desirable characteristics of nutrient solutions (pH, total salt consantration, temperature, aeratin). Feeding types of nutrient solutions to plants (static, batch flow, continue flow, spraying, dripping). Nutrient solution tanks. Control of diseases and harmfulness. Midterm. Types of soilless culture. Passing cultures. What is solid medium? Desirable characteristics. Organic and inorganic media. Types of solid culture (bed culture, por culture). Types of solid culture (sausage culture), water culture (static culture, flowing water culture). Water cultures (hyponica, aeroponic).

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Nuri KİLİMCİ
Learning Outcomes
1.Knows the differences between soil and soilless cultivation
2.The development of soilless culture, soilless culture learn the advantages and disadvantages.
3.Knows the properties of growing environments used in soilless culture
4.Knows the plant nutrition elements and methods used in soilless cultivation
5.Builds the relationship between the breeding environment and nutrition and produces a quality, economic and environmentally friendly production
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Gül, A 2008. soilless agriculture, Hasat Publishing, İZMİR.
2.Sevgican, A. 2002. Greenhouse Vegetables (soilless agriculture), Ege University. Faculty of Agriculture Publications:528,İzmir
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Description of soilless culture. Reasons of passing to soilless culture. Reasons of soilless culture using in greenhouses.
Week 2 - Theoretical
History of soilless culture. Advantages and disadvantages of soilless culture.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Nutrient solutions, water, macro nutrient elements, and chemical resources in soilless culture.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Symptoms of deficiency and excessive on macro nutrient elements. Micro nutrient elements. Chemical resources.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Symptoms of deficiency and excessive on micro nutrient elements. Problems in preparing of nutrient solutions.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Desirable characteristics of nutrient solutions (pH, total salt consantration, temperature, aeratin).
Week 7 - Theoretical
Feeding types of nutrient solutions to plants (static, batch flow, continue flow, spraying, dripping).
Week 8 - Theoretical
Nutrient solution tanks. Control of diseases and harmfulness.(Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Types of soilless culture. Passing cultures.
Week 10 - Theoretical
What is solid medium? Desirable characteristics. Organic and inorganic media.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Types of solid culture (bed culture, por culture).
Week 12 - Theoretical
Types of solid culture (sausage culture), water culture (static culture, flowing water culture).
Week 13 - Theoretical
Water cultures (hyponica, aeroponic)
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Assessment
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)74
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
5
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
5
OÇ-3
4
4
4
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5
OÇ-4
4
4
4
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OÇ-5
4
4
4
4
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026