Information Package / Course Catalogue
Winter Creals
Course Code: TB305
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 economic importance of cereals in a cool climate, adaptation, morphology, physiological processes, diseases and pests, and to get to know the consumption areas

Course Content

Theoretical: on the general part, the economical importance of cereals in the world and Turkey,adaptation, the seed, growing period, physiological events, germination, tillering, condition of shoot,leave, flower, nutrients, maturity, on the special part, the economical importance, growing areas, classifications, growing techniques, the important varieties grown in Turkey,pests and diseases and consumption areas of wheat,barley,oat, rye, triticale plants

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Osman EREKUL
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend the importance of the cerals on the agricultural production
2.To be able to compare the criteria distinction of the cereals of cold climate
3.To be able to produce new projects on some types of warm and cold climate cereals in terms of human and animal nutrition, grow and produce raw material for industry
4.To be able to get information about morphological characteristics about the cereals of cold climate and to synthesize the knowledge on the production process
5.To be able to improve projects about growing the cereals of cold climate on different ecological conditions with regard to adaptation characteristics
6.To be able to give information to the producers about proposing the types of cereals, providing the material, production process and about the problems and their solution which can be faced
Recommended or Required Reading
1.1. Kun, E., 1996, Tahıllar I-II. Ankara Üniversitesi Yayın No: 1451
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction,content,importance and reason of the course
Week 1 - Practice
literature review
Week 2 - Theoretical
Identification, history, importance and classification of cereals
Week 2 - Practice
literature review
Week 3 - Theoretical
Profile of the cereal seed
Week 3 - Practice
survey in the research and application farm
Week 4 - Theoretical
The morphological chracteristics and growth stages of cereals
Week 4 - Practice
survey in the research and application farm
Week 5 - Theoretical
Physiological growth on seed
Week 5 - Practice
Care and presentation of plants in field
Week 6 - Theoretical
Classification of Wheat
Week 6 - Practice
Care and presentation of plants in field
Week 7 - Theoretical
The agronomy of wheat
Week 7 - Practice
literatüre review
Week 8 - Theoretical
The agronomy of barley
Week 9 - Theoretical
The agronomy of barley
Week 9 - Practice
survey in the collection garden
Week 10 - Theoretical
The agronomy of barley
Week 10 - Practice
survey in the research and application farm
Week 11 - Theoretical
The agronomy of oat
Week 11 - Practice
survey in the collection garden
Week 12 - Theoretical
The agronomy of oat
Week 12 - Practice
presentation of instrument equipment
Week 13 - Theoretical
The agronomy of rye
Week 13 - Practice
presentation of instrument equipment
Week 14 - Theoretical
The agronomy of rye
Week 14 - Practice
soil preparation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141128
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination116218
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
4
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
OÇ-6
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026