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Department of Field Crops

College of Agriculture Engineering Sciences
University of Salahaddin- Erbil
Subject: Cereal Crops - practice
Course Book: Year 3
Lecturer's name: Sumaya Ahmed Abdullah
Academic Year: 2021/2022

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Course Book
1. Course name Cereal Crops – practice

2. Lecturer in charge Sumaya Ahmed Abdullah

3. Department/ College Field Crops/ Agriculture

4. Contact e-mail: sumaya.abdullah@su.edu.com

Tel: (optional): 07504904124

5. Time (in hours) per week Practical: 8

6. Office hours 8

7. Course code

8. Teacher's academic profile Date of Birth: 1 June 1985

 Place of Birth: Erbil
 Nationality: Iraqi
 Marital status: Single
 Sex: Female

Education:
 B.Sc: Plant Production / College of Agriculture ( 2007-2008)
/ University of Salahaddin / Kurdistan Region/ Iraq.

 M.Sc: Field Crops/ Seed Technology/ College of Agriculture

(2014)/ University of Salahaddin/ Kurdistan Region/ Iraq.

Work History:
(A) College of Agriculture, Field Crops department/ University
of Salahaddin /Iraq
July 2014 until date ( Assistant Lecturer)
As an assistant lecturer, I have teaching:
1. I was assisting assistant lecturer in teaching Cereal Crops
for Third year student, from 2014-2015.
2. I was assisting assistant lecturer in teaching Rang
Management for Fourth year student, from 2014-2015.
3. I was member in examination committee 2nd trial 2014-
2015.

9. Keywords Cereals, Classification, Morphological, Growth Stages,

Differentiate between Cereals.

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10. Course overview:

1. The grasses, or Gramineae, are ecologically and agriculturally the most important family of
plants in the world. Cereal grasses and herbage grasses are the main sources of food for human
beings and domesticated animals. The cereals are annual grasses whose relatively large grains
allowed the development of technologies as diverse as milling, baking, malting and brewing.

All cereals belong to the family of plants known as the Gramineae, the grasses. Cereals are
grown in virtually all regions of the world where plants grow and 70% of the world's cultivated
acreage is devoted to cereal production. The component of the cereal plant of economic interest
is the grain, which is a fruit in the strict botanical sense.

2. Since refined cereal products have had the bran removed, you need to eat whole- grain products if
you want to reap the health benefits of bran. Grains can also provide protein; they provide
almost half (47%) of the dietary protein needs of the world population.

3. Although no individual grain provides the full complement of essential amino acids (protein
building-blocks), the combination of grain foods with a reasonable variety of other foods such as
beans can be a complete protein source. This is true even for people who don't eat meat or dairy
foods.

11. Course objective:

The cereals are annual common grass members of the grass family (a monocot family Poaceae,
also known as Gramineae), which usually have long, thin stalks, such as wheat, rice, maize,
sorghum, millet, barley and rye, whose starchy grains are used as food.

The term cereal is not limited to these grains, but, also refers to food stuff prepared from the
starchy grains of cereal like flours, breads and pasta. Cereal science is a study concerned with all
technical aspects of cereal. It is to study the nature of the cereals and the changes that occur
naturally, and as a result of handling and processing. Amazingly, the foods human beings eat most
are grasses all around the world.

12. Student's obligation

This manual is meant to aid in the identification of cereal crops, as well as characterize specific
growth stages using the Zadoks Scale or other features.

13. Forms of teaching

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Teaching Methods
Lecture .1
Self‐study .2

Teaching Media
PowerPoint presentations .1
Texts and teaching materials .2

14. Assessment scheme

We will start most class periods with a short quiz. The quizzes could cover any information
presented before that date, but will usually cover information presented in the most recent lectures.
The quizzes will be given during the first 5 to 7 minutes of the class period.
Exams will consist of a variety of questions, including multiple choices, true/false, matching, and
reasons for, occasionally short answer.

Note: Number of exams and lectures for each exam did not specify. Each student attends a
report within the lecture program at the end of the lecture.‌

15. Student learning outcome:

Develop an appreciation for general knowledge about cereal and be able to describe and
differentiation between cereals. Examine environmental and other factors that needed during
sowing to performance. Be exposed to cereal issues concerning bio fuel crops. Become acquainted
with the crop industry. Be able to solve problems in the context of crop and agriculture application.

The component of the cereal plant of economic interest is the grain, which is a fruit in the strict
botanical sense. Grains can also provide protein; they provide almost half (47%) of the dietary
protein needs of the world population.

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16. Course Reading List and References‌:

1- Department of Primary Industries, 2006. Identification of Cereal Seedlings. Australian

Department of Agriculture.

2- Kling, Jennifer G. and Gregory Edmeades. 1997. Morphology and growth of maize.
IITA/CIMMYT Research Guide 9. Int’l Institute of Tropical Agriculture.

3- Larsen, J.; Smith, P.; Cowbrough, M.; Falk, D.; Quesnel, G.; Baute, T.; Tenuta, A.; Johnson,
P. 2012. A Field Guide to Cereal Staging. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Good and Rural
Affairs, University of Guelph and Bayer Crop Science.

4- Pool, N.; Hacking, C.; Bolton, D.; Arnott, W.; Dean G.; van Rees, H; Bell, C.; Thompson, B.;
Wright, J.; Hamblin, P. GRDC Cereal Growth Stages Guide. Australian Governmen: Grains
Research and Development Corporation.

5- Simmons, S. R.; Oelke, E. A.; Anderson, P. M. 1995.Growth and Development Guide for
Spring Wheat. University of Minnesota: Extension.

6- Strand, L. L. et al. 1990. Integrated Pest Management for Small Grains. Oakland: Univ. Calif.
Agric. Nat. Res. Publ. 3333.

7- Science Photo. 2012. a. Available at http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/103347/view. [URL

accessed January 2012].

8- University of Idaho Extension. 2012. Spring Barley and Spring Wheat Weekly Growth Stages.
University of Idaho South Central and South Eastern Extension Cereals Program.

17. The Topics: Lecturer's name

In this section The lecturer shall write titles of all practical topics Lecturer's name
he/she is going to give during the term. This also includes a brief ex: (3 hrs)
description of the objectives of each topic, date and time of the
lecture

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18. Practical Topics (If there is any)

: (3 hrs.)

1st week: Brief history of Cereal Crops, Important Features of

Cereals, Botanical Classification of Grain Crop

2nd week: Morphological Characteristic, Growth Stages of Cereal

Crops

3rd week: Zodoks Scale, Differentiating between Cereals

4th week: Wheat, Botanical characteristics, Genetics of wheat

species, Wheat species, Wheat types, Wheat Requirement

5th week: Barley, Botanical characteristics, Classification of barley

species, Types of barley, Climatic requirement

6th week: Oat, Botanical characteristics, Oat species, Oat

Requirement

7th week: Corn, Botanical characteristics, Classification of corn

type, Types of corn, Climatic requirement

8th week: Sorghum, Botanical characteristics, Types of sorghum,

Climatic requirement

9th week: Rice, Botanical characteristics, Types of Rice, Climatic

requirement

10th week: Rye, Botanical characteristics, Climatic requirement

11th week: Millet, Botanical characteristics, Climatic requirement

19. Examinations:

1. Compositional:

Write scientific name of Tribe Hordeae.

2. Define the following:

Spike 2. Caryopsis 3. Shattering 4. Winter Barley 5. Lodging

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2- Differentiate between:
a – Seminal root & Adventitious root in oat.

b – Bread wheat & Durum wheat.

3. Numerate the growth stage for cereal crops and write about two of them?

20. Extra notes:

Some of the lectures will be presented in Power Point lecture will be provided in class. Two
textbooks (optional) are recommended for the Cereal Crops of the course. Also, the best wishes to
the development of Lab. in the department.

21. Peer review ‫پێداچوونه‌وه‌ی هاوه‌ڵ‬

This course book has to be reviewed and signed by a peer. The peer approves the contents of
your course book by writing few sentences in this section.

(A peer is person who has enough knowledge about the subject you are teaching, he/she has to be a
professor, assistant professor, a lecturer or an expert in the field of your subject).

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