The Cultivation Technique of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - I
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs)
Vocational School of Izmit
Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
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| The Cultivation Technique of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - I | TBP103 | Compulsory | Associate degree | 1 | Fall | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Funda DÖKMEN
Associate Prof. Dr. Halil SAMET
Lecturer Dr. Hilal YILMAZ
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Explain the importance of MAPs for our country and defines "Medicinal plants" and “Aromatic plants" concepts.
2) Clarify the biodiversity of our country and its endemic plant species.
3) Compare ecological factors affecting crop production.
4) Explain some concepts such as tillage, sowing-planting growing media.
5) Define some concepts such as crop rotation, mix-growing of MAPs, drainage.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||||
| 1 | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 2 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 3 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 4 | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 5 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Plant Ecology
Course Contents
Herbal-geographical regions of our country; endemic species richness and endemism of our country; environmental factors affecting crop production; soil tillage and the concepts of sowing and planting and production environments; crop rotation; mixed cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants; drainage.
Weekly Schedule
1) Definition and importance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants2) Place and importance of MAPs for our national economy
3) Plant geographical regions of Anatolia and its crop pattern
4) The richness of plant species in Turkey
5) Gene centre, endemic plants and status of our country
6) Environmental factors effecting the MAPs cultivation
7) The effects of climatic and topographic factors
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Crop production techniques and tillage
10) Some concept such as sapling-seedling, sowing-planting, moving the plants to field (transporting)
11) Seedling production media and its properties
12) Practical activities
13) Soil disinfection and its importance for plant growing
14) Crop rotation and mix production of MAPs
15) Definition of drainage and its importance for agriculture
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Tıbbi ve Aromatik Bitkiler Bilimi ve Teknolojisi/ Prof. Dr. Hasan Baydar
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Group Study
5) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
40% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
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Total | 100% | |||||||||||
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required