Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
FBİ604PLANT HORMONESCompulsory126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Describe hormones and growth substances which regulate plant growth and development, provide to comprehension skill for mode of action in plant physiology, regulative role of hormones and growth substances on development, provide evaluation skill in the meaning of academic and crop production.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Öznur ERGEN AKÇİN
Learning Outcomes
1Learn plant hormone and growth subtance
2Evaluate the function and role of plant growth and development
3Comprehend qualitative and quantitative changes in plant growth and development, conclude reasons and solutions
4
5
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
1- Growth, differentiation and development concepts in plant. 2- plant hormone and growth substance. 3-, short history, chemistry, natural structure, biosynthesis, metabolism, transport and physiological role. of auxin, gibberellins, cytokines, abscisic acid and ethylene 4-. physiological effects of new plant hormones (salicylic acid, jasmonate, brassinosteroids and polyamines).
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Growth, development, differentiation and morphogenesis
2Cell growth and differentiation
3Operating principles of hormones
4Auxin spread and transport mechanism in plants
5Gibberellins spread and transport mechanism in plants
6Cytokines spread and transport mechanism in plants
7Absisic Acid and etilen
8Mid-term exam
9Molecular mechanism of action and signal transduction of gibberellins
10Molecular mechanism of action and signal transduction of cytokines
11Molecular mechanism of action and signal transduction of etilen
12Molecular mechanism of action and signal transduction of abcicic acid
13Effects of biotic stresses on plant growth
14Effects of abiotic stresses on plant growth
15Seminar
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Taiz, L and Zeiger, E. 2007; Bitki Fizyolojisi (Çeviri editörü: İsmail TÜRKAN), Palme yayıncılık, Ankara. Özen, Ç., Onay, A. 2007. Bitki Fizyolojisi, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures16348
Discussion16116
Question-Answer16116
Team/Group Work5315
Report Preparation8216
Report Presentation818
Project Preparation326
Project Presentation326
Self Study16232
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Individual Study for Final Examination21530
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)207
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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1
PO
2
PO
3
PO
4
PO
5
PO
6
PO
7
PO
8
LO13    3 3
LO2 433    
LO33 2 3 3 
LO4        
LO5        
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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