Information Package / Course Catalogue
Temperate Fruit Crops I
Course Code: BB411
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The purposes of this course are to provide the students carrying out the projects related with temperate climate fruit species by means of recognizing the production methods, biology of reproduction, ecological demands, morphologic and physiological characteristics of pome (apple,pear, quince, loquat, Trabzon date) and stone fruits (plum, apricot, peach, cherry, sour cherry) both of which are involved in temperate climate fruit species; to create the new species by breeding and researches; to provide to establish more productive facilities in which are used new techniques; to determine what kind of inputs could be related with these fruit species and also to apply the methodes of the benefitial production.

Course Content

Yumuşak çekirdekli ve sert çekirdekli meyve türlerinin morfolojik, biyolojik özellikleri ile yetiştirme tekniği incelenmektedir.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Halil Güner SEFEROĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to recognize the morphologic and physiological characteristics and ecological demands of pome and stone fruits.
2.To be able to recognize the biology of reproduction and also productivity features of these kinds of fruits ,
3.To be able to produce these kinds of fruits,
4.To be able to plan and apply the methods of obtaining new kinds through these fruit species,
5.To be able to design and carry out the gardens in which we could gain high yielded and qualified products,
6.To be able to conduct the gardens established
7.To be able to provide to serve the products harvested to the consumers healthly,
8.To be able to transfer these informations to both producers and consumers.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Temperate Climate Fruits Species Vol I (Pome Fruits)
2.Temperature Fruit Trees, Cilt 2, Stone Fruits Species Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayın No: 556, Bornova-İzmir, 2003
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction. The place of the apple in the plant systematics,history of culture, homeland and spreading to the world , production, economical importance, producing in Turkey, morphologic and biological characteristics.
Week 2 - Theoretical
The fertilization biology of apple, ecological demands, propagation, to establish the garden, annual care process, harvest.
Week 3 - Theoretical
The fertilization biology of pear, ecological demands, propagation, to establish the garden, annual care process, harvest.
Week 4 - Theoretical
The fertilization biology of pear, ecological demands, propagation, to establish the garden, annual care process, harvest.
Week 5 - Theoretical
The place of the quince in the plant systematics, history of culture, homeland and spreading to the world , production, economical importance, producing in Turkey, morphologic and biological characteristics, the fertilization biology, ecological demands, propagation, to establish the garden, annual care process,harvest.
Week 6 - Theoretical
The place of loquat and Trabzon date in the plant systematics, history of culture, homeland and spreading to the world , production, economical importance, producing in Turkey, morphologic and biological characteristics. the fertilization biology, ecological demands, propagation, to establish the garden, annual care process,harvest..
Week 7 - Theoretical
The place of the persimmon in the plant systematics, history of culture, homeland and spreading to the world , production, economical importance, producing in Turkey, morphologic and biological characteristics. The fertilization biology of persimmon, ecological demands, propagation, to establish the garden, annual care process,harvest
Week 8 - Theoretical
Midterm exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
The place of the plum in the plant systematics, history of culture, homeland and spreading to the world , production,
Week 10 - Theoretical
Economical importance, producing in Turkey, morphologic and biological characteristics.
Week 11 - Theoretical
The place of the peach in the plant systematics, history of culture, homeland and spreading to the world , production, economical importance, producing in Turkey, morphologic and biological characteristics.
Week 12 - Theoretical
The fertilization biology of peach, ecological demands, propagation, to establish the garden, annual care process,harvest..
Week 13 - Theoretical
The place of the apricot in the plant systematics, history of culture, homeland and spreading to the world , production, economical importance, producing in Turkey, morphologic and biological characteristics, the fertilization biology, ecological demands, propagation, to establish the garden, annual care process, harvest..
Week 14 - Theoretical
The place of the cherry and sour cherry in the plant systematics, history of culture, homeland and spreading to the world , production, economical importance, producing in Turkey, morphologic and biological characteristics.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140228
Midterm Examination120121
Final Examination125227
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)104
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
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
4
OÇ-4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
4
4
OÇ-6
4
4
OÇ-7
OÇ-8
3
4
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