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Information
| Code | TAB236 |
| Name | Agricultural Biotechnology |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 4. 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
To explain the importance of biotechnology in agricultural applications
Course Content
Course Introduction; Overview of Agricultural Biotechnology, New Strategies to Replace Antibiotics in Animal Feed, Flowering Genes and Possible Uses in Agriculture, Design, Manufacture, and Bioactivity of Engineered Fusion Proteins, Assessing Environmental Risks of Genetically Engineered Plants, Biotechnology in Potato Production, Applications of Cloned Animals in Biomedical Research, Transgenic Alfalfa to Produce Enzymes for Environmentally Beneficial Processes, Biotech and Food: Personal Choices and Public Policy, Mining the Arabidopsis Genome to Understand Plant Biology, Prion Diseases of Deer (CWD) and Cattle (BSE), Biocontrol of Pests and Pathogens in Agriculture and Forestry, Intellectual property, Economics and politics
Course Precondition
There are no prerequisites.
Resources
Lecture notes of the lecturer
Notes
There are no references.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Be skilled in explaining concepts and basic definition of biotechnology |
| LO02 | Be able to understand and improve the applications in the area of agricultural of biotechnology |
| LO03 | Be able to learn and use of the role in the plant breeding of biotechnology |
| LO04 | Be able to understand the relationships between biotechnology and plant breeding |
| LO05 | Be able to learn basic knowledge for studies in the area biotechnology and self improvement through following up innovations in science and technology |
| LO06 | Gains knowledge about GMO plants. |
| LO07 | Gains knowledge about the applications of biotechnology in the world and in our country. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines the medicinal and aromatic plants grown intensively in the world and in Turkey, explains their general characteristics, climate and soil requirements and areas of use. | 3 |
| PLO02 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Has knowledge about the information technologies required for the field of agriculture and can use appropriate computer programs. | 4 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines the general characteristics of medicinal plants, aromatic plants, spice plants, pleasure plants, dye plants and explains their areas of use. | 2 |
| PLO04 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Performs the necessary physical, chemical and sensory analyzes on plants. | |
| PLO05 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Collects medicinal and aromatic plants from nature, produces, grows, care for them, propagates with different methods and harvests them. | |
| PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the uses of medicinal and aromatic plants in phytotherapy, aromatherapy and medicine. | 3 |
| PLO07 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the importance of agricultural mechanization in plant cultivation and the characteristics of the tools used. | 3 |
| PLO08 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the biology, systematics and physiology of medicinal and aromatic plants. | 3 |
| PLO09 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines basic ecological concepts and ecological factors, explains the effects of agricultural activities on ecology and the environment. | 3 |
| PLO10 | 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. | |
| PLO11 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Uses appropriate methods and techniques in extracting oils from plants and making perfumes from oils. | |
| PLO12 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Uses appropriate methods and techniques to preserve and store medicinal aromatic plants with their bioactive substances and to preserve their chemical quality. | |
| PLO13 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Prepares chemical solutions, interprets chemistry instrumental analyses. | |
| PLO14 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Explains plant nutrition methods and irrigation methods related to medicinal and aromatic plants, identifies pests, diseases and weeds and uses appropriate methods and techniques to control them. | |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Knows occupational safety rules in agricultural activities, basic OHS risks and hazard prevention methods, and has environmental awareness. | |
| PLO16 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines basic concepts and principles on economics, explains the place and importance of the agricultural sector in the Turkish economy. | |
| PLO17 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains soil properties, soil formation and soil analysis methods. | |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Has knowledge about tense sentences, auxiliary verbs, prepositions and knows the English equivalents of professional terms. | |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Have general information about Atatürk's principles and the history of the revolution. | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Evaluates languages in terms of language and its importance, the birth of languages, their spread and structure. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction of Biotechnology | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 2 | Importance of tissue culture applications in plant breeding | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 3 | Protoplast fusion | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Meristem culture | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | Embryo culture | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 6 | Haploid techniques | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 7 | Somaclonal variation | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Preparing for the exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Genetic markers | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Marker assisted selection | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 11 | Quantitative trait locus analysis | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 12 | Gene transformation methods | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 13 | Transgenic plants | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 14 | Laws of biotechnology | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 15 | Concern and risks on Genetic Modified Plants | 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 | ||