COURSE SYLLABUS

NUTRITION OF CROPS GROWN IN SOILLESS CULTURE

1	Course Title:	NUTRITION OF CROPS GROWN IN SOILLESS CULTURE
2	Course Code:	TOP6967
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	No
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. HALUK BAŞAR
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E posta: bhaluk@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: 0 224 294 15 33 Adres: Uludağ Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Toprak Bilimi ve Bitki Besleme Bölümü 16059 Görükle/Nilüfer/BURSA
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To have information and experience how to manage and grow plants in soilless culture and hydroponics
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Contribution to nutrition of crops grown in hydroponics.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To learn advantages and disadvantages of most common soilless culture methods used in all over the World.;
2	To have general information about usually used methods such as NFT (Nutrient Film Technique) and rockwool.;
3	To have information on nutrition of crops in soilless culture, preparation of nutrient solution and control of pH and EC.;
4	To prepare nutrient solutions containing certain amounts of nutrient elements;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Comparison of soil and soilless growing, physical properties in preparation of growing media
2	Some basic concepts related to physical characterization of growing medias, certain properties of growing medias in physical characterization, indirect and direct physical properties affecting plant growth
3	Significance of air capacity in growing media, importance of oxygen in growing media, oxygen and propagation in plants
4	Meaning of salt content and pH value in growing media
5	Properties of organic substrates used as growing medias
6	Properties of organic substrates used as growing medias
7	Properties of organic substrates used as growing medias
8	Properties of inorganic substrates used as growing medias
9	Properties of inorganic substrates used as growing medias
10	General evaluation. Midterm Exam
11	Hydroponic methods; fluid (non aggregate) hydroponic methods such as nutrient film technique (NFT), modified NFT, aeroponics
12	Aggregate hydroponic methods, open systems, bag culture, bed culture, rock wool, sand culture, perlite, bottom reservoir method, perlite bag culture
13	Closed systems, gravel, NFT or rock wool, nutrient solutions in open and closed systems
14	Nutrient solution injectors, nutrient elements disorders, comparison of various hydroponic methods, general evaluation

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Textbook Topraksız Yetiştiricilik ve Hidroponik. H.Başar. Ders Notları (Basılmamış).2007. References Hydroponics. J.B. Jones Jr. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida, 1986. Hydroponic Food Production. H.M. Resh. Fourth edition. Worldbridge Press Publishing Co., California, 1989. Media and Mixes for Container Grown Plants. A.C. Bunt. Unwin Hyman Ltd., London, UK., 1988. A Practical Guide to NFT. C.J. Molyneux. Nutriculture Ltd. Preston, UK. 1988. Rockwool in Horticulture. D.L. Smith. Grower Books. Blackpool, UK. 1987.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Measurementand evaluation techniques used in the course is final exam.
Information	One final exam will be conducted.

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