Information Package / Course Catalogue
Irrigation and Water Quality in Greenhouse
Course Code: BKR224
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: 2
Objectives of the Course

Aimed to gain proficiency on choosing an appropriate method of irrigation in agricultural and determine the water needs of plants.

Course Content

Concepts related to irrigation; identifying of plants irrigation requests before irrigation system selection and implementation; to give information about the related irrigation calculations.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Şebnem Nalan AKAROĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1.Make the definition of irrigation
2.Irrigation methods and systems to know
3.Knowing the soil-water-plant relationships
4.Knowing take soil samples for measure of soil moisture
5.To calculate the plant's water consumption
6.Be able to scheduling of the irrigation
7.Choose the appropriate irrigation method
8.Knows the quality of water to be used in irrigation
9.Knows the need for washing the soil and washing in irrigation
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Lecturers Lesson Notes
2.Bahçe Bitkileri Sulama Tekniği, Osman Yıldırım, Ankara Üniv. Ziraat Fak. Yayınları no: 1438
3.Textbook, articles and so on. all such literatures related with lesson.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Irrigation definition, importance and benefits of irrigation, irrigation method and system
Week 2 - Theoretical
Soil-plant-water relationships, important soil moisture values for irrigation
Week 3 - Theoretical
Methods of measuring soil moisture and take soil samples
Week 4 - Theoretical
The importance of soil water intake rate
Week 5 - Theoretical
Water requirements of irrigation, evapotranspiration
Week 6 - Theoretical
The methods used to estimate the reference evapotranspiration
Week 7 - Theoretical
The methods used to estimate the reference evapotranspiration
Week 8 - Theoretical
Crop coefficient, effective precipitation, irrigation schedule
Week 9 - Theoretical
Selection of the appropriate irrigation method
Week 10 - Theoretical
Pressure irrigation methods in the greenhouse
Week 11 - Theoretical
Plant irrigation water calculation
Week 12 - Theoretical
Calculation of plant water requirement of some vegetables
Week 13 - Theoretical
Determination of irrigation water quality and soil salinity relations and irrigation salinity management in irrigation
Week 14 - Theoretical
Determination of irrigation water quality and soil salinity relations and irrigation salinity management in irrigation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Midterm Examination19110
Final Examination111112
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
OÇ-1
2
2
4
OÇ-2
2
2
2
4
OÇ-3
2
2
2
4
OÇ-4
2
2
2
4
OÇ-5
3
3
3
4
OÇ-6
3
3
3
4
OÇ-7
2
3
3
3
4
OÇ-8
2
3
3
3
4
OÇ-9
2
3
3
3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026