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)
Lec. Gülsüm KARAKAYA
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 2 - Theoretical
Foundation and buildings required in nurseries
Week 3 - Theoretical
Regulations in nursery plant production
Week 4 - Theoretical
Importance and establishment of cutting and scion stocks
Week 5 - Theoretical
Seedlings rootstocks and their propagation methods
Week 6 - Theoretical
Storage and stratification of seeds
Week 7 - Theoretical
Seed sowing and methods (Midterm examination)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Principles of nursery plant production via vegetative means
Week 9 - Theoretical
Methods in nursery plant production via cuttings
Week 10 - Theoretical
Fidan üretiminde kullanılan aşı yöntemleri
Week 11 - Theoretical
Principles of layering
Week 12 - Theoretical
Principles of propagation with root branches and suckers
Week 13 - Theoretical
Principles of nursery plant propagation with tissue culture
Week 14 - Theoretical
Clonal rootstocks and establishment of stocks
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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3
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