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| Code | SRP140 |
| Name | Plant Physiology |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 2. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Ön Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Öğr. Gör.Dr. HAKAN KAVUR |
| Course Instructor |
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Course Goal / Objective
The aim of this course is; to describe the physiological events in plants
Course Content
Cell-tissue-organ definition. Water and mineral uptake and transport of substances. Transpiration, respiration, photosynthesis, transport of organic matter. Growth and development physiology (fitokrom system, plant growth regulators, flowering, stress physiology).
Course Precondition
There are no prerequisites.
Resources
Lecture notes of the lecturer
Notes
There are no reference.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Being able to comprehend mainly physiological events important in especially production of horticultural plants and understand their importance in growing of horticultural plants |
| LO02 | Being able to comprehend plant structure; cell and organelles with specialized functions |
| LO03 | Being able to comprehend the structure and properties of water, its importance and place in horticultural plant growing |
| LO04 | Being able to comprehend how acquisition and using of mineral nutrients by plants |
| LO05 | Being able to comprehend the reactions carried out in transpiration and photosynthesis and comment their physiological and ecological importance in horticultural plant growing |
| LO06 | Being able to examine translocation pathways, patterns, rates, mechanism of the plant of organic compounds resulted from photosynthesis and theirs distribution among different organs of the plant |
| LO07 | Being able to comprehend how the respiration is metabolically occurred in plants, its certain specific characteristics of the plant, establish relationship between the recent developments in biochemistry and molecular biology and respiration, comprehend the lipid metabolism and its importance in seed germination. |
| LO08 | Being able to examine the physiological events occurred in growth and development of plants (from embryogenesis to senescence and cell died). |
| LO09 | Being able to comprehend the phytochrome system, its mechanism on the plant at the cellular and molecular level and comment light importance on plant development. |
| LO10 | Being able to comprehend description and classificaton of plant growth regulators, biosynthesis, metabolism and transportation of auxin, cyctokinin, gibberellin, abscisic acid and ethylene and examine their physiological effects on the plants. |
| LO11 | Being able to comprehend the physiological events in plants caused to flower development (circadian rhytims, photoperiodism, vernelization), examine the flower development and its control. |
| LO12 | Being able to comprehend germination physiology, internal and external factors affected the germination, dormancy. |
| LO13 | Being able to comprehend stress physiology (water, heat, salinity, air pollution) and comment its importance in horticultural plants. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the cover materials and construction techniques used in greenhouse cultivation. | |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the importance of global warming for Türkiye and the world, the impact of climate change on agriculture. | 4 |
| PLO03 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Grows vegetables and ornamental plants in greenhouses and outdoors, uses appropriate methods and techniques in the care, production, reproduction and harvesting of plants. | |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the importance of agricultural mechanization in plant cultivation and the characteristics of the tools used. | |
| PLO05 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Has knowledge about the information technologies required for the field of agriculture and can use appropriate computer programs. | |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Recognizes diseases, pests and weeds in vegetables and ornamental plants, and uses appropriate methods and techniques to control them. | |
| PLO07 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines basic ecological concepts and ecological factors, explains the effects of agricultural activities on ecology and the environment. | |
| PLO08 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Lists professional activities related to his/her field that he/she can participate in, can produce solutions when faced with unforeseen situations, and has the ability to work in a team and independently. | |
| PLO09 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains metabolic activities in plants, plant physiology and plant systematics. | 5 |
| PLO10 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains soil properties, soil formation and soil analysis methods. | |
| PLO11 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines basic concepts and principles on economics, explains the place and importance of the agricultural sector in the Turkish economy. | |
| PLO12 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Uses the micro and macro nutrients necessary for the growth of plants, and acquires the ability to produce with correct, balanced nutrition and fertilization. | |
| PLO13 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Grows plants with soilless farming methods using soilless culture media. | |
| PLO14 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Learns the importance of storage, the necessary conditions for storing harvested products and their effects on the quality of supply. | |
| PLO15 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines the concepts of certified seed and hybrid seed and indicates the issues to be considered in seed growing. | |
| PLO16 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Explains the basic concepts, characteristics and organic vegetable growing methods of organic agriculture and uses appropriate methods and techniques. | |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Knows occupational safety rules in agricultural activities, basic OHS risks and hazard prevention methods, and has environmental awareness. | |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Evaluates the information she learned about Ataturk's principles and the history of the revolution | |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Evaluates languages in terms of language and its importance, the birth of languages, their spread and structure. | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Has knowledge about tense sentences, auxiliary verbs, prepositions and knows the English equivalents of professional terms. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A general overview of plant structure, plant cells and organelles, transportation, structures and functions of ground and support tisues, structure and functions of root, stem and leaf. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 2 | The importance of water in the life of plant, water absorption and transportation, deficiencies of mineral nutrients and their symptoms in plants, absorption and transportation of minerals. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 3 | The description and regulation of transpiration, the factors affected on transpiration. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Photosynthesis reactions, the light reactions of photosynthesis and their regulation. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | The carbon reactions of photosynthesis, physiological and ecological considerations of photosynthesis. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 6 | The pathways, patterns and velocities of organic solutes translocation, the mechanism of pressure flow and pressure gradient from source to sink hypothesis. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 7 | The respiration metabolism, glycolysis and citric acid cycles, lipid metabolism. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Preparing for the exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Embriogenesis, cell and organelle differentiation, senescence and cell died. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Phytochrome system and its importance in plant development, the photocemical and biochemical properties of phytochrome, phytochrome localization in tissues and cells, plant responses to phytochrome system. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 11 | Description, classification of plant growth regulators, transportation and physiological effects of auxins, the effects on plant growth and development and physiological mechanism of gibberellins. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 12 | Transportation and biological roles of cyctokinins, the effects on plant development and physiology of ethylene, abscisic acid transportation and their effects in plant development. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 13 | The control of flowering, the development of flower organs, photoperiodism, vernalization. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 14 | Germination physiology, water absorption by seed, germination, dormancy, the factors affected germination. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 15 | Stress physiology, water stress and drought resistance, heat stress, salinity stress, oxygen stress. | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Preparing for the exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Preparing for the exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 109 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,36 | ||
| ECTS | 4 ECTS | ||