1	Course Title:	SOILLESS AGRICULTURAL
2	Course Code:	SBYS416
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	4
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
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. Birol Taş
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Haluk BAŞAR
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	melik@uludag.edu.tr, 02242942352, U.Ü.Teknik Bilimler Meslek Yüksekokulu B Blok-Görükle Kampüsü/Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To have information and experience about how to manage and grow plants in soilless culture and hydroponics
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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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	Introduction to soilless culture laboratory.
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	Moisture determination in growing medias
3	Significance of air capacity in growing media, importance of oxygen in growing media, oxygen and propagation in plants	Ash and organic matter determination in growing medias
4	Meaning of salt content and pH value in growing media	Chemical extraction of growing medias, methods 1 and 2
5	Properties of organic substrates used as growing medias	Chemical extraction of growing medias, methods 3 and 4
6	Properties of organic substrates used as growing medias	Chemical extraction of growing medias and evaluation of the methods
7	Properties of organic substrates used as growing medias	Chemical extraction of growing medias and evaluation of the methods
8	Midterm exam and repeating courses	repeating courses
9	Properties of inorganic substrates used as growing medias	Chemical extraction of growing medias, evaluation of the methods
10	Properties of inorganic substrates used as growing medias	Sieve analysis and evaluation of the results
11	Hydroponic methods; fluid (non aggregate) hydroponic methods such as nutrient film technique (NFT), modified NFT, aeroponics	Physical analysis of growing medias ( density, volum weight, total pore volume, water and air distribution, amount of water retention at different suction values)
12	Midterm exam and repeating courses	Physical analysis of growing medias ( density, volum weight, total pore volume, water and air distribution, amount of water retention at different suction values)
13	Aggregate hydroponic methods, open systems, bag culture, bed culture, rock wool, sand culture, perlite, bottom reservoir method, perlite bag culture	Physical analysis of growing medias ( density, volum weight, total pore volume, water and air distribution, amount of water retention at different suction values)
14	Closed systems, gravel, NFT or rock wool, nutrient solutions in open and closed systems	Final exam

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	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. 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	2	35
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	15
Final Exam	1	50
Total	4	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	1	14
Practicals/Labs	14	2	28
Self Study and Preparation	14	1	14
Homeworks, Performances	1	0	0
Projects	4	2	8
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	2	10	20
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	5	5
Total WorkLoad			89
Total workload/ 30 hr			2,97
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 PQ13 PQ14 PQ15 PQ16 LO1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 LO2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 LO3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 LO4 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High