General Information
Field Crops Department is located in Ali Numan Kıraç campus of Eskisehir Osmangazi University. Field Crops Department in Agricultural Faculty of Eskisehir Osmangazi University which was founded in 1995, started the educiation in 2002. Field Crops Department represents the large parts of plant production in Turkey. Researches related with breeding, agronomy, tissue culture and biotechnology of cereals and food legumes, industrial crops, meadow-pasture and forage crops, plant ecology, sustainable agriculture, organic farming, seed, biodiversity, conservation of plant genetic resources and other issues along with agronomy and crop sciences have been conducted. To conduct research in line with of universal values using science and technology; raise individuals equipped with creative, enterprising, open to cooperation and tolerantly productive and to present all these individuals to the service of the community. In department, undergraduate and postgraduate educations at field crops have been given. At the end of post-graduate education, Master of Science degree will be obtained.
Mission
To conduct researches in line with of universal values using science and technology; raise individuals equipped with creative, enterprising, open to cooperation and tolerantly productive and to present all these individuals to the service of the community.
Vision
To be one of the respected and preferred departments at national and international levels by sharing scientific researches, education and generated information with both scientists and producers as form a wholeness with the community.
Our Laboratory
Our Field
Employment Possibilities of The Graduates
Agricultural Engineers who graduated from our department could found a vacancy in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Husbandry of Turkish Republic, the Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs, public and private banks, The Central Union of Turkish Agricultural Credit Cooperatives, sugar factories, municipalities, private seed companies, factories producing flour, semolina, oil etc., pesticide companies, dealer of seed, fertilizer and pesticide, seller of medicinal herbs. In addition, they can establish their own businesses and production facilities.
Department Facilities
5 professors, 3 associate professors, 3 assistant professors and 4 research assistants in the Field Crops Department. Field Crops Department possesses 120 da of Experimental and Practice field at ESOGU Agricultural Faculty of Ali Numan Kıraç Campus. In addition, Oil Analysis, Quality, Seed Science and Technology, Cytology laboratory existed. Applied-training should be supplied by using these facilities.
Goal of the Program
Training undergraduate and postgraduate level to meet the qualified technical staffs of both private and public institutions, by taking into consideration the needs of farmers and agricultural industry, to conduct researches on solving the problems encountered both variety and agronomy in local-regional-and country wide and creating solutions, to develop advanced information and technology in the field crops.
Program Outcomes
- To gain the ability to express yourself, ability to communicate effectively with colleagues from national and international
- The ability of solving problems related to the field crops by using theoretical and practical knowledge gained in Basic Sciences
- Professional and ethical responsibility
- Life-long learning skills
- To use initiative, individual and team-work skills, comparative thinking skills in solving problems
- To have the necessary knowledge about field crops and environment and the ability to follow current information
- To analyze the problems and components limiting yield and quality of plant and animal production, design skills by producing a solution
- To recognize field crops species and varieties, and to knowledge about the physiological events plants, seed and quality
- To select and use modern techniques and tools related to the field and ability to benefit information technologies
- The ability to use proper statistical methods in evaluation of research results on Field Crops cultivation and breeding
- The ability to use modern and conventional breeding methods by learning the basics of plant genetic and cytogenetic
- The ability to use theoretical and applied knowledge modern cultivation techniques related to cereals, edible legumes, industrial crops, meadow, pasture and forage crops
- To knowledge about quality, standardization, storage and marketing of field crops
Our Plant
Academic Staff
Cereals and Food Legumes
Prof. Dr. Murat OLGUN
Assoc. Prof. Nihal KAYAN
Assist. Prof. Zekiye BUDAK BAŞÇİFTÇİ
Res. Assist. Dr. Nazife Gözde AYTER
Res. Assist. Engin TAKIL
Industrial Crops
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Demir KAYA
Assoc. Prof. Duran KATAR
Assist. Prof. Zehra AYTAÇ
Res. Assist. Dr. Engin Gökhan KULAN
Pasture, Meadow and Forage Crops
Prof. Dr. Ali KOÇ
Prof. Dr. Halil İbrahim ERKOVAN
Assoc. Prof. Süleyman AVCI
Assist. Prof. Şule ERKOVAN
Res. Assist. Onur İLERİ
Address ve Contact Info
(Head of Department, Deputies and Erasmus Coordinator)
Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Agricultural Faculty, Department of Field Crops
Ali Numan KIRAÇ Campus 26160 Eskişehir
Tel +90 222 239 37 50
Fax +90 222 324 29 90
Prof. Dr. Murat OLGUN (Head of Department) Ext: 4862
Assoc. Proffesor Duran KATAR (Vice Chairman) Ext: 4833
Assist. Prof. Zekiye BUDAK BAŞÇİFTÇİ (Vice Chairman) Ext: 4436
Assoc. Proffesor Nihal KAYAN (Erasmus Coordinator) Ext: 4816