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Course unit title Level of course unit Course unit code Type of course unit Semester of course unit Local credit ECTS credit Syllabus
GRAMINOUS FORAGE PLANTS Second cycle TAB 301 5 5.00 5.00 Print
   
Description of course unit
Prerequisites and course requisities No
Language of instruction Turkish
Coordinator Mahmut Kaplan
Lecturer(s) Mahmut Kaplan
Teaching assitant(s) Teaching assitant Hamdi ÖZAKTAN
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course objective To gain skill and experience in basic level about identification, assessing and farming forage grass species
Course description The place of grass forges in Turkey and World, their importance in agricultural systems, animal feding, soil and water protection and soil reclamation. The utilization, botanical characteristics, soil and climate requirements, seeding, fertilization, irrigation, weed and pest control, seed production, harvest and storage subjects of forage grasses including wheatgrass, ryegrass, bromegrass, orchardgrass, fescuegrass, bluegrass and silage maize

Course contents
1 Introduction of Gramineae family and differences between grasses and legumes
2 General characteristics, and ecological and physiological prenciples of grasses
3 Wheatgrass species (Agropyron sp) and crested wheatgrass (A. cristatum)
4 Tall wheatgrass (A. elongatum)
5 Intermediate wheatgrass (A. intermedium)
6 Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon)
7 Avena, Hordeum, Koeleria and Agrostis species
8 Ryegrass species (Lolium perenne and L. multiflorum)
9 Orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata)
10 Smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis)
11 Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) and other fescues
12 Silage plants and silage maize (Zea mays)
13 Panicoideae subfamily
14 Sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) and sudangrass (S. sudanense)Red canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea)
15 Final Exam
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
1 Students can interpret the problems and solutions of forage grasses farming
2 They can identify major forage grass species, through morphological characteristics
3 They know the importance of forage grasses for livestock, soil conservation and agroecosystems
4 They know the nutritive values, palabilities, advantages and disadvantages of forage grasses
5 They know the agronomic techniques of forage grasses
6 They know the how to store of forage grasses
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load
  Quantity Time (hour) Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching) 14 4 56
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class) 4 4 16
Homework 1 10 10
Presentation / seminar 0 0 0
Quiz 1 3 3
Preparation for midterm exams 1 3 3
Midterm exams 1 10 10
Project (term paper) 0 0 0
Laboratuar 0 0 0
Field study 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final exam 1 2 2
Research 0 0 0
Total work load     115
ECTS     5.00

Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation during semester Quantity Percentage
Midterm exam 1 40
Quiz 0 0
Homework 0 0
Semester total   40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success   40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success   60
General total   100

Recommended and required reading
Textbook Serin, Y., M. Tan, 1998. Buğdaygil Yembitkileri. Atatürk Üniv. Yay. No: 859, Ziraat Fak. Yay. No: 334, Ders Kit. No: 81, Erzurum, 172 s.
Additional references Açıkgöz, E., 1991. Yembitkileri. Uludağ Üniversitesi Yay. No : 633.2, Bursa, 456 s. Ahlgren, G.H., 1956. Forage Crops. McGraw-Hill Book Company. Inc. USA, 536 p. Akyıldız, A.R., 1983. Yemler Bilgisi ve Teknolojisi. Ankara Üniv. Ziraat Fak. Yay. No: 868, Ders kitabı No : 234, Ankara, 411 s. Bean, E.W., 1978. Principles of Herbage Seed Production. Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Technical Bul. No : 1, Second Edition, 149 s. Gençkan, S., 1983. Yembitkileri Tarımı. Ege Üniv. Ziraat Fak. Yay. No : 467, İzmir, 519 s. Heath, M.E., D.S. Metcalfe and R.F. Barnes, 1975. Forages. The Iowa State Univ. Press. (Third Edition), Iowa, USA, 755 p. Manga, İ., Z. Acar ve İ. Ayan, 1995. Baklagil Yembitkileri. Ondokuz Mayıs Üniv. Ziraat Fak., Ders Notu No : 7, Samsun, 342 s. Miller, D.A., 1984. Forage Crops. McGraw-Hill Book Company, USA, 529 p. Tosun, F., 1974. Baklagil ve Buğdaygil Yembitkileri Kültürü. Atatürk Üniv. Yay. No : 242, Ziraat Fak. Yay. No : 123, Ders Kitapları Seri No : 8, Erzurum, 300 s. Uluocak, N., 1984. Toprak Koruması ve Yem Niteliği Bakımından Türkiye'nin Önemli Doğal Otlak Bitkileri. II. Baklagiller. İstanbul Üniv. Yay. No : 3198, Orman Fak. Yay. No : 358, İstanbul, 159 s. Barnes, R.F., C.J. Nelson, M. Collins, K.J. Moore, 2005. Forages. 6th Edition, Iowa State Univ. Press, USA.

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