COURSE SYLLABUS

PRUNING TECHNIQUES

1	Course Title:	PRUNING TECHNIQUES
2	Course Code:	BAH3109PDS
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	1
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	----
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. ÜMRAN ERTÜRK
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof.Dr.Cevriye Mert
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-posta: umrane@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: 0 224 2941471 Adres: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Bahçe Bitkileri Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü, 16059 Nilüfer, Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To gain experiences and get information about pruning fruit trees and training systems.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To gain theoretical and practical knowledge about classical and modern finishing systems applied to fruit trees and pruning of trees.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Get to know pruning, aims and can comprehend the effects.;
2	To be able to learn pruning times.;
3	To put into practice the training forms that applied to fruit trees.;
4	To be able to learn technical operations that applied in pruning.;
5	To know pruning and training forms that applied to different fruit species.;
6	To learn pruning methods that applied in different age periods of trees.;
7	To get information about pruning tools and machinery.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Get to know pruning The aims of pruning	Promoting the pruning tools and equipments that used in pruning.
2	Negative effects that occured with pruning in fruit trees, Environmental and Cultural Causes which required to pruning	Promoting the general anatomic structure of fruit trees.
3	Nature growing habit and flower bud formation in different species and cultivars	Pruning applications in vegetable growing.
4	Pruning Effects	Showing the summer pruning applications (bark ringing, pinch pruning, nicking,)
5	Pruning Times	Showing tie- angle of branch - decreasing the angle of branch processes
6	Pruning Types	Showing pruning in planting time
7	Pruning Types	Goble and Modified leader systems
8	Pruning and Training systems that applied to fruit trees	palmette and pramide systems
9	Pruning and Training systems that applied to fruit trees	Pruning Applications in Vineyards
10	Pruning and Training systems that applied to fruit trees	Pruning applications in ornamental plants
11	Pruning and Training systems that applied to fruit trees different fruit species.	yield pruning in the mature trees (pome fruits)
12	Pruning and Training systems that applied to fruit treesdifferent fruit species.	yield pruning in the mature trees (nut fruits)
13	In mature of trees pruning	yield pruning in the mature trees (nut fruits)
14	In mature of trees pruning	Practice Examination

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Training and Pruning Apple and Pear Trees (C.G Forshey, D.C Elfving,R. L. Stebbins). Pruning Fruit and Nut Trees (Leaflet 21171,University of California). Pruning &Training. A Fully Illustrated Plant by Plant Manual (C. Brickell, D. Joyce)
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	35
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	5
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Practice exam Mid-term exam Final exam
Information	In order for students to enter the final exam, they must be successful in the practice exam.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High