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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
PLANT TISSUE CULTURE APPLICATIONS STG508 - 3 + 0 10

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITMaster's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Plant Tissue Culture Basic Laboratory Techniques
2) Media and Cultural Conditions in Plant Tissue Culture
3) Protoplast culture,Haploid plant production, Meristem culture,Embryo culture, Mikropropagation
4) Seconder Metabolites, Germplast conservation
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTnone
COURSE DEFINITIONThroughout this course, basic knowledge and techniques about plant cell, tissue and organ culture, plant breeding, applications of plant tissue culture in biotechnology and plant development will be discussed and concepts such as nutritional media, sterilization techniques, explants, micropropagation, callus culture, organogenesis, embryogenesis, somatic variation, haploids, hybrids, protoplast fusion will be covered.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week 1 Introduction to Plant Tissue Culture
2nd Week 2 Tissue Culture Basic Laboratory Techniques I
3rd Week 3 Tissue Culture Basic Laboratory Techniques II
4th Week 4 Media and Cultural Conditions in Plant Tissue Culture
5th Week 5 Applications of Plant Tissue Culture
6th Week 6 Organogenesis
7th Week 7 Somatic Embryogenesis
8th Week 8 Midterm
9th Week 9 Diffrences Between Organogenesis and Somatik Embryogenesis
10th Week 10 Micropropagation I
11th Week 11 Micropropagation II
12th Week 12 Protoplast Culture, Haploid Plant Production, Meristem Culture
13th Week 13 Embryo Culture, Seconder Metabolites,Germplasm Conservation I
14th Week 14 Embryo Culture, Seconder Metabolites,Germplasm Conservation II
15th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGPlant Cell Culture: a Practical Approach, 2nd edn. Dixon, R.A. and Gonzalez, R.A. (Eds) (1995). IRL Press at Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Plant Cell Culture. Collin, H.A.,Edwards, S. (1998). BIOS Scientific Publishers, Oxford, UK.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSyüz yüze
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term140
Total(%)40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)60
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam122
Preparation for Quiz11010
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam18585
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam16666
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam133
Homework24692
Total Workload300
Total Workload / 3010
ECTS Credits of the Course10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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