Information Package / Course Catalogue
Nursery Plant Growing and Nursery Management
Course Code: BB418
Course Type: Area Elective
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 to give knowledge about current status of nursery sector, propagation methods of nursery trees, problems and solutions during nursery tree propagation, methods of healthy, good quality, and true-to-type nursery tree production, and methods in some nursery plant species in Turkey.

Course Content

Advantages of nursery plant production, description of nursery plant production methods, necessary applications in good quality and true-to-type nursery plant production

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To able to interpret reasons of nursery plant production
2.To able to apply methods used and management in nursery plant production
3.To able to compare methods used in nursery plant production
4.Understanding the sapling production situation and problems in our country
5.The importance of the legislation used in sapling production
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Genel Meyvecilik (Kitap). Prof. Dr. Sabahattin Özbek. 1988. Çukurova Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Kitabı No: 31, Adana.
2.Genel Meyvecilik (Kitap). Yrd. Doç. Dr. Resul Gerçekçioğlu. 1997. Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No: 17, Tokat.
3.Meyve Yetiştirme İlkeleri (Kitap). Prof. Dr. Arif Soylu. Uludağ Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi, Ders notları: 20, 2003, Bursa.
4.Bahçe Bitkileri Yetiştirme Tekniği. Prof. Dr. Nurettin Kaşka, Prof. Dr. Muhsin Yılmaz. Çukurova Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Kitabı No: 52, 1987, Adana.
5.Westwood, N.M., Temperate-Zone Pomology Physiology and Culture, Timber Pres, Portland, Oregon, 523p, 1991. Hartmann, T.H., Plant Propagation Principles and Practices Prentice Hall, New Jersey, USA, 770 p,1997.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Status of nursery plant production in Turkey, nursery sector and general organization
Week 1 - Practice
Orchard presentation
Week 2 - Theoretical
Foundation and buildings required in nurseries
Week 2 - Practice
displaying the seeds
Week 3 - Theoretical
Regulations in nursery plant production
Week 3 - Practice
displaying the rootstocks
Week 4 - Theoretical
Importance and establishment of cutting and scion stocks
Week 4 - Practice
Cutting preparing
Week 5 - Theoretical
Seedlings rootstocks and their propagation methods
Week 5 - Practice
Budding
Week 6 - Theoretical
Storage and stratification of seeds
Week 6 - Practice
Budding
Week 7 - Practice
Midterm examination
Week 7 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm examination
Week 8 - Theoretical
Principles of nursery plant production via vegetative means
Week 8 - Practice
Grafting
Week 9 - Theoretical
Methods in nursery plant production via cuttings
Week 9 - Practice
Grafting
Week 10 - Theoretical
Quiz
Week 10 - Practice
Quiz
Week 11 - Theoretical
Principles of layering
Week 11 - Practice
Layering
Week 12 - Theoretical
Principles of propagation with root branches and suckers
Week 12 - Practice
Cutting preparing
Week 13 - Theoretical
Principles of nursery plant propagation with tissue culture
Week 13 - Practice
Sapling planting
Week 14 - Theoretical
Practice examination
Week 14 - Practice
Practice Examination
Week 15 - Preparation Work
Week 16 - Preparation Work
Week 17 - Preparation Work
Week 18 - Preparation Work
Week 19 - Preparation Work
Week 20 - Preparation Work
Week 21 - Preparation Work
Week 22 - Preparation Work
Week 23 - Preparation Work
Week 24 - Preparation Work
Week 25 - Preparation Work
Week 26 - Preparation Work
Week 27 - Preparation Work
Week 28 - Preparation Work
Week 29 - Preparation Work
Week 30 - Preparation Work
Week 31 - Preparation Work
Week 32 - Preparation Work
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Quiz1%5
Practice Examination1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141128
Practice Examination1213
Quiz1213
Midterm Examination1314
Final Examination119120
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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
5
5
4
4
4
5
5
3
3
4
4
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
5
4
OÇ-3
5
4
4
4
5
5
3
3
3
5
4
OÇ-4
5
4
5
4
5
4
3
3
4
3
5
OÇ-5
4
4
5
3
4
4
5
3
5
5
5
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