BYL612 - PLANT BREEDING TECHNIQUES and APPLICATIONS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLANT BREEDING TECHNIQUES and APPLICATIONS | BYL612 | 1st Semester | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Observation Team/Group Work Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Demonstration Experiment Problem Solving | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Yasemin Ekmekçi | |||||
| Course objective | Within the scope of this course; theorical and pratical plant breeding techniques are taught to the student | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Introduction History of Plant Growth Techniques Essential Theories and Rules for Fertility in Plant Breeding Application Areas of Sand, Water, Soil, Vermiculite and Perlite Cultures Preparation and Calculation of Different Nutrient Solutions for Sand, Water, Vermiculite and Perlite Cultures Preparation of Plant Material Determination and Arrangement of Plant Breeding Conditions Experimental Design, Data Collection and Statistical Evaluation | |||||
| References | Alpaslan, M., Güneş, A., İnal, A., Deneme Tekniği, Ankara Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları, Yayın no: 1543, ders Kitabı: 496, 437, 2005. Sokal, R.R., Rohlf, F.J., 1997, Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research, 3rd edn. W.H. Freeman and Company Publisher, New York, pp 415?417. Hendry, G.A.F. and Grime, J.P., 1993, Methods in Comparative Plant Ecology ?Laboratory Manual, Chapman&Hall London, 252p. Mumsuz, N., Ataman, Y. ve Ünver, İ., 1982, Tarımda Yetiştirme Ortamları ve Perlit , Etibank Matbaası, Yayın No:102, 87 s. Özbek. N., 1969, Deneme Tekniği, Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No:406, 346 s. Hewitt, E.J., 1966, Sand and Water Culture Methods Used in the Study of Plant Nutrition, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, Bucks, England, 574p. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction History of Plant Growth Techniques (T) Visiting The Ministry of Agriculture Lab. (P) |
| Week 2 | Essential Theories and Rules For Fertility in Plant Breeding (T) Different Soil Types, and Some Chemical and Physical Analyses of Soil (P) |
| Week 3 | Theoretical Information and Application Areas of Soil Culture (T) Investigation of Sand and Vermiculute Cultures (P) |
| Week 4 | Preperation and Calculation of Different Nutrition Solutions (Hoagland and Hewitt Etc) for Sand, Water, Perlite and Vermiculute Cultures(T) Preperation of Stock Nutrient Solutions Using Perlite and Sand Cultures (P) |
| Week 5 | Theoretical Information and Application Areas of Sand Culture (T) Preperation of Dilute Nutrient Solutions Using Perlite and Sand Cultures (P) Kum |
| Week 6 | Theoretical Information about Vermiculite and Perlite Cultures Media (T) Preperation of plant material (selection of seeds, surface sterilization of seed etc.) |
| Week 7 | Application Areas of Vermiculite and Perlite Cultures (T) Preperations of Pods, Arrangement of Pots in the Controlled Growth Room According to Experimental Design and Adjustment of Plant Breeding Condition in The Growth Room (Light, Temperature, Hu |
| Week 8 | Theoretical Information and Application Areas of Water Culture Media (T) To Set up Research Experiment in the Perlite Culture by Students (P) |
| Week 9 | Midterm exam I |
| Week 10 | Theoretical Information of Experimantal Design and Data Collection (T) Continue to Experiment (P) |
| Week 11 | Application of Statistical Packet Programme (SPSS) (T) Continue to Experiment (P) |
| Week 12 | Statistical Analyses of Data (T) Continue to Experiment (P) |
| Week 13 | Data Collection and Statistical Evaluation, Preparing Report |
| Week 14 | Presenting Report |
| Week 15 | Studying for final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 1 | 30 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 3 | 60 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Laboratory | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 10 | 140 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 45 | 70 | 265 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Improves knowledge in proficiency level based on the undergraduate level in biology or different disciplines by using scientific methods to analyse and interpret it. | X | ||||
| 2. Uses theoretical and practical knowledge obtained from his/her field in proficiency level | X | ||||
| 3. Interprets the knowledge obtained from his/her field with integrating the acquired knowledge from the other disciplines and synthesize new knowledge. | X | ||||
| 4. Gain ability to solve problems in his/her using research methods. | X | ||||
| 5. Gain ability to conduct study independently required in his/her field of specialization. | X | ||||
| 6. Improves new strategies to solve complex problems in the field of specialization. | X | ||||
| 7. Uses acquired proficiency level knowledge and skills in processes of learning in his/her field. | X | ||||
| 8. Uses computer software with computer technologies that is required in his/her field. | X | ||||
| 9. Has the ability of minding social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the levels of collecting, interpreting and applying the data in his/her field. | X | ||||
| 10. Evaluates the important events and cases by minding the results which take part in the development of his/her field. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest