Information Package / Course Catalogue
Postharvest and Marketing in Horticulture
Course Code: BB423
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 aim of this course is for students to learn the morphological and/or physiological events that occur in the development stages of horticultural products until harvest, at harvest and after harvest, and the effective factors on these events, and to gain the knowledge and skills that will enable the horticultural products to reach the qualitative and quantitative quality from harvest to the consumer. To gain the ability to reveal the quality changes that occur during the harvest period and storage by performing fruit and vegetable quality analyzes practically.

Course Content

Determination of harvest time of horticultural products, harvest technique, post-harvest practices, packing house operations, storage methods, storage systems, and important environmental factors in storage and transportation.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Burak Erdem ALGÜL
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to interpret some morhological and physiological events occuring pre and post harvest
2.To be able to determine appropriate harvest maturity, time and method
3.To be able to comprehend the effects of pre and post harvest factors in order to reduce the quality and physical losses
4.To be able to comprehend the information on proper storage and transportation conditions for horticultural crops
5.To be able to assess basic quality properties of horticultural crops
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Karaçalı, İ., 2006, Bahçe Ürünlerinin Muhafazası ve Pazarlanması, Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi, No: 494
2.Kader, A. A., 1995. Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops. Cooperative Extension Univ. Of California, Division of Agri. And Natural Resources. California, USA.
3.Wills R., Graham D., McGlasson B., Joyce D., 1998. Postharvest: An Introduction to the Physiology and Handling of Fruit, Vegetables and Ornamentals, CABI Publishing.
4.Karaçalı, İ.,2011. Tarımsal Ürünlerin Muhafazası, Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi, No: 555
5.Türk, R., Tuna-Güneş, N., Erkan, M., Koyuncu M. A. Bahçe Ürünlerinin Muhafazası ve Pazarlanması, Somtad Yayınları Ders Kitabı No:1
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to the course: Content, importance and rules
Week 1 - Practice
The structure of fruit and vegetables
Week 2 - Theoretical
Physiological events in Horticulture
Week 2 - Practice
Harvest indices - Fruit flesh firmness
Week 3 - Theoretical
Harvest indices - Solid soluble content (SSC)
Week 3 - Practice
Harvest indices - Solid soluble content (SSC)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Related parts of lecture notes
Week 4 - Practice
Harvest indices - Titratable acidity (TA)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Harvest, maturation, ripening, disadvantages of early and late harvest
Week 5 - Practice
Harvest indices – Color measurement
Week 6 - Theoretical
Determining harvest time, taking samples, determining basic values in harvest criteria, harvesting methods
Week 6 - Practice
Harvest indices – Starch index
Week 7 - Theoretical
Effect of environmental factors in storage rooms, ethylene biosynthesis, ethylene inhibitors (Mid-term exam)
Week 7 - Practice
Ethylene measurement on gas chromatography (GC)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Standardization in Marketing, Market standards
Week 9 - Theoretical
Packaging of horticultural products and packaging house operations
Week 9 - Practice
Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Definition, purpose and importance of storage, storage types, storage systems, storage facility location, organization
Week 10 - Practice
Harvest indices – Maturity index (SSC/TA)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Post-harvest losses in garden products and ways to reduce/prevent them
Week 11 - Practice
Non-destructive devices
Week 12 - Theoretical
Suitable storage conditions for horticultural products
Week 12 - Practice
Introduction of refrigeration equipment
Week 13 - Theoretical
Technical management of the supply chain, cold chain, transportation to market, transportation conditions and transportation systems
Week 13 - Practice
Introduction of refrigeration equipment
Week 14 - Theoretical
Causes of physiological disorders and ways to reduce them
Week 14 - Practice
Introducing physiological disorders
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141128
Midterm Examination19110
Final Examination119120
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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2026