Plant Breeding Techniques

Course Code:

LAUD 311

Course Type:

Area Elective

Theory:

3

Practice:

0

Lab:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

5

Course Language:

İngilizce

Courses given by:

Course Objectives:

The main aim of this course is to enable students with propagation and maintenance of ornamental plants.

Course Content:

The main aim of this course is to enable students with propagation and maintenance of ornamental plants.

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COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Introduction, Explanation of scope and aim of course
2	Nursery and Greenhouse, Site Selection Principles
3	Nursery and Greenhouse Planning Principles, Rotation Plan
4	Nursery and Greenhouse Facilities
5	Soil Preparation at Nursery, Soil Engraving Equipments.
6	Sapling Breeding with Seeds
7	Transplantation at Tube & Pot, Sterilization Studies
8	Midterm
9	Generative (Seed) Breeding Techniques
10	Vegetative Breeding Techniques
11	Breeding by Plump or Bump Roots
12	Mini and Macro Breeding Techniques
13	Ornamental Plants Breeding Applications
14	Cutting and Marketing Techniques
15	Nursery application

RECOMMENDED SOURCES

Textbook

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Additional Resources

Saatçioğlu, F., 1976. Fidanlık Tekniği. İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Silvikültür Kürsüsü Yayınları, İstanbul.

Ürgenç, S., 1998. Ağaçlandırma Tekniği Yenilenmiş ve Genişletilmiş İkinci Baskı. İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Yayınları, İstanbul.

Alptekin, C, Ü., 2006. Fidanlık Tekniği Ders Notları, İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi, istanbul.

Davidson, H., Mecklenburg, R. & Peterson, C., 1998. Nursery Management Administration and Culture, Second Edition.

Landis, T.D., 2008. Nursery Practices, The Woody Seed Plant Manual, USA Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook 727.

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	1	50
Assignment	2	50
Total		100
Contribution Of Final Examination To Overall Grade		50
Contribution Of In-Term Studies To Overall Grade		50
Total		100

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