Information Package / Course Catalogue
Soil-Water-Plant Nutrients Relaitons
Course Code: ZTO514
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Providing information about the water and soil properties as environmental factors to make able to interpret the mechanism of the water intake and transport in the soil plant atmosphere system.

Course Content

Environment and environmental factors, environmental factors as the soil, environmental factors as water, soil water, plant water, plants, water movement, water movement in soil-plant-atmosphere system, crop-environment relationships.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend the environment as a factor of the basic physical properties of soils.
2.To be able to comprehend the properties of the soil water.
3.To be able to comprehend the soil water retention situations, the energy and the soil moisture
4.To be able to comprehend the relationships between the basic properties of soil water and soil.
5.To be able to comprehend and evaluate the movement of water in plants
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Toprak Su İlişkileri (Prof. Dr. Nuri MUNSUZ), Toprak Bitki Su İlişkileri (Prof. Dr. M. Şefik YEŞİLSOY)
2.Soil Physics (Marshall-Holmes-Rose ).
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Environment and environmental factors
Week 1 - Practice
Literature review
Week 2 - Theoretical
Soil as an environmental factor
Week 2 - Practice
Literature review
Week 3 - Theoretical
Soil as an environmental factor
Week 3 - Practice
Determination of homework theme
Week 4 - Theoretical
Water as an environmental factor
Week 4 - Practice
Presentation and Discussion
Week 5 - Theoretical
Soil water
Week 5 - Practice
Presentation and Discussion
Week 6 - Theoretical
Saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity
Week 6 - Practice
Sampling
Week 7 - Theoretical
Saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity
Week 7 - Practice
Sampling
Week 8 - Theoretical
Plant-environment relations
Week 8 - Practice
Presentation and Discussion
Week 9 - Theoretical
Plant water
Week 9 - Practice
Presentation and Discussion
Week 10 - Theoretical
Plant water potentials
Week 10 - Practice
Presentation and Discussion
Week 11 - Theoretical
The movement of water in plants
Week 11 - Practice
Sampling
Week 12 - Theoretical
The movement of water in plants
Week 12 - Practice
Presentation and Discussion
Week 13 - Theoretical
The movement of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system
Week 13 - Practice
Presentation and Discussion
Week 14 - Theoretical
The movement of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system
Week 14 - Practice
Determination of homework theme
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Lecture - Practice142256
Assignment130030
Reading315045
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1617
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
1
4
5
OÇ-2
4
3
1
5
4
OÇ-3
2
1
3
3
4
OÇ-4
3
4
4
4
5
OÇ-5
4
5
3
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026