General Fruit Growing

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

Fruit Growing definition, the importance of Turkey's fruit production and fruit growing country in terms of economy, according to the classification of fruit types of fruit characteristics and climatic requirements, the general biological properties of fruits, fruit species and the ecological requirements of the general problems, significant physiological events of fruit growing, fruit trees, flower bud formation and locations, factors affecting the formation of flower buds, fruit dumps and periodicity, and measures of the relationship between ecological conditions and cultural processes, harvesting and harvesting criteria, fruit handling, classification and storage.

Weekly Schedule

1) Importance of fruit growing and classification of fruit types
2) Ecological requirement of fruits (climatical elements).
3) Ecological request, soil factors.
4) Regions of Turkey for fruit growing
5) Morphological characters of the fruit types
6) Flower bud formation in fruit trees and generative production physiology
7) Important physiological events in fruit growing
8) Midterm exam
9) Fertilization biology of fruit types and pollinizer selection.
10) Fruit drops and periodicity, their relationship to ecological conditions and cultural processes
11) Plant growth regulators and their uses
12) Cultural treatments (irrigation and fertilization)
13) (plant protection, Cultural treatments
14) Harvest and harvest criteria
15) General characteristics of fruit types
16) Final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade	20%
Number Percentage Semester Studies Midterm Examination 1 20% Practices 2 80%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	80%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required