COURSE SYLLABUS

PLANT GROWING MEDIA

1	Course Title:	PLANT GROWING MEDIA
2	Course Code:	PSBS226
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
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:	Doç. Dr. AYŞEGÜL AKPINAR
16	Course Lecturers:	Meslek Yüksekokulları Yönetim Kurullarının görevlendirdiği öğretim elemanları.
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. Ayşegül AKPINAR aysegulakpinar@uludag.edu.tr Teknik Bilimler MYO, Park ve Bahçe Bitkileri Bölümü, Peyzaj ve Süs Bitkileri Yetiştiriciliği Programı
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Plant materials used as culture media, and basic physical and chemical properties of these materials should have, the growth media used in evaluating the quality criteria and methods applied in determining the criteria to gain the knowledge and experience.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To recognize the features and qualities of plant growing media.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To express the basic concepts and definitions of soil science.;
2	To understand the necessity of rearing environments grounded and the landless, to compare.;
3	To understand the expected characteristics of substrates for ornamental plant production.;
4	Soil types, properties, recognize and understand the advantages and disadvantages of the soil.;
5	Soil profiles and horizons of sand and gravel to be able to comprehend the statements to explain the effectiveness of the training environment.;
6	Agriculture, perlite, peat, humus and leaf çürüntülerinin grasp the usage of the growing medium.;
7	Pumice stone, rock wool, vermiculite, and grasp the usage of zeolite as a growing medium.;
8	Coco, used mushroom composts, straw-straw, sawdust, and comprehend the use of tree bark as a growing medium.;
9	Stubs of corn, rice and peanut shells grasp the usage of the growing medium.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Plant growth media lesson introduction, the historical development of plant breeding environments.
2	Some basic concepts related to plant growth media.
3	Choice of materials used in plant growing environments. Grounded and floating plants comparison of the growth media.
4	Soil
5	Perlite
6	Peat, humus
7	Sand and Gravel
8	Lesson repetition
9	Coco Vermiculite
10	Pumice stone
11	Stalks, straw, sawdust and bark, leaf çürüntüsü
12	Stalks, straw, sawdust and bark, leaf çürüntüsü
13	Used mushroom composts, stubs of corn, rice husks, groundnut shells
14	Rock wool (rock wool), Zeolite

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	• Öğr. Gör. Dr. Arzu Mor Bitki Yetiştirme Ortamları Ders Notları (Basılmamış) • ÖZGÜMÜŞ, A. (1985): Toprak Bilgisi, U.Ü. Ziraat Fak. Ders Notları No: 10 Bursa • ÖZGÜMÜŞ, A. (1985): Bitki Yetiştirme Ortamı Olarak Turbanın Önemi ve Özellikleri, U.Ü. Ziraat Fak. Dergisi Cilt:4 17-24, Bursa • ÖZGÜMÜŞ, A. ve KAPLAN, M. (1992): Bitki Yetiştirme Ortamı Olarak Perlitin Önemi ve topraksız kültürde perlitten yararlanma olanakları, türkiyr 1. Tarımda perlit sempozyumu 1992, İzmir.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	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	Measurement and evaluation is carried out according to the priciples of Bursa Uludağ University Associate and Undergraduate Education Regulation.
Information	Results are determined with the letter grade determined by the student automation system.

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