Information Package / Course Catalogue
Seed Technology
Course Code: ORT212
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: Students have made their compulsory internship at II and IV semester for 30 days
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this lesson is to teach the meaning and importance of seed, to understand the differences in vegetative and generative seed, to teach seed production rules at some important field crops, seed technology (Drying-Processing-Packaging)

Course Content

The meaning and importance of seed concepts, vegetative seed materials, agronomic processes in seed production, seed production rules in some field crops (industrial plant-cereals-legumes-forage plants), general procedures and principles of seed technology

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Feyza Döndü BİLGİN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to recognize the concept and importance of seed,
2.To be able to identify vegetative and generative plant production technics,
3.To be able tocomprehend the differences of seed production process in cultivated crops,
4.To be able to comprehend and use the technology to perform the processes of seed drying, processing and packaging,
5.To be able to identify the potential for seed production of field crops in the basis of regions.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Sagsoz, S., 1995. Seed Science. Ataturk Univ. Yay. No: 677. 299p.
2.Avcıoglu, R., Soya, H., 2005. Seed Production Techniques. Seed Science and Technology. I: 217-295. TOTEM. N:3, Bornova- İzmir
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Generative and vegetative reproduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Climate factors of seed production
Week 3 - Theoretical
Ecological principles of seed production (soil, altitude, gradient, vector, insects)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Agronomic processes (protection, isolation, seed bed preparation, seed and inoculation)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Sowing and weed control
Week 6 - Theoretical
Fertilization, irrigation, pollination
Week 7 - Theoretical
Disease and pest control, harvest and thrashing
Week 8 - Theoretical
Disease and pest control, harvest and thrashing (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Seed production principals of industrial crops (sunflower, peanut, cotton, sesame, hemp, sugar beet, tobacco, potatoes)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Seed production principals of warm and cool climate cereals.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Seed production principals of legumes
Week 12 - Theoretical
Storage of seeds
Week 13 - Theoretical
Processing techniques of seeds (drying, cleaning)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Coating, delintation, packaging
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
3
4
3
OÇ-2
3
4
3
OÇ-3
3
4
3
OÇ-4
3
4
3
OÇ-5
3
4
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026