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| BIYO308 | Plant Physiology Laboratory | 0+0+2 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Lab work , Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of laboratory per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. F. AHMET AYAZ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To comprehend the basic concepts and principles of plant growth and development. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Understand and describe water relations and mineral transport in plants
| 1,11,14 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | Understand plant biochemistry and metabolism, including energy and carbon assimilation and nitrogen assimilation. | 1,8,11,14,15 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | Understand and describe plant growth and development, including embryogenesis and early development, flowering, and the role of plant hormones | 1,8,10,11 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | Develop and analyze laboratory skills that allow a student to perform experiments and analyze data based on the concepts listed above. | 1,8,9,10,11,15 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction To Plant Physiology, Water Metabolism in Plants, Uptake of Water in Plants, Factors Affecting The Uptake of Water, Uptake and Transport of Mineral Substances in Plant, Factors Affecting The Uptake of Mineral Substances, Water Loss Events in Plants, Synthesis Events in Plants (Photosynthesis, Chemosynthesis, Heterosynthesis) , Respiration and The Same Events To Respiration in Plants (Fermentation, Photorespiration, Pentose, Phosfate Pathway) , Nitrogen Metabolism, Transport of Organic Substances in Plants, Factors Affecting Growth and Development in Plants, Plants Hormones and Their Effect Mechanism, Growth and Development of Plants |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Laboratory general rules and preparation of chemical solution
| | | Week 2 | qualitative and quantitative determinations of some substances in plant tissues | | | Week 3 | Measuring of osmotic potentialin plant tissues | | | Week 4 | Effect of osmotic potential on seed germination
| | | Week 5 | Experiments for membrane permeability | | | Week 6 | Observation of transport of water and water soluble substances and transpiration
| | | Week 7 | Extraction of photosynthetic pigments and determination of chlorophyll (Chl a, b)
| | | Week 8 | Separation of photosynthetic pigments by chromatography and analysis of starch in plant tissues. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Observation of respiration and fermentation in plants
| | | Week 11 | Determination of ascorbic acid content
Experiments about effects of plant growt regulators on plant growth | | | Week 12 | Second written midterm exam
| | | Week 13 | Investigations on effect of selective herbicide (2,4-D)in plants
| | | Week 14 | Observation of epinasty in tomato leaves | | | Week 15 | Viability test by tetrazolium
| | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Kadıoğlu, A., Sağlam, A., Avcı, U. 2003; Bitki Fizyolojisi Laboratuar Kılavuzu, Eser Ofset, Trabzon. | | | 2 | Kadioglu, A, 2007; Bitki Fizyolojisi, Esen Ofset,Trabzon. | | | |
| 1 | Taiz, L and Zeiger, E. 2007;Bitki Fizyolojisi (Çeviri editörü: İsmail TÜRKAN), Palme yayıncılık, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 05/04/2016 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 12/04/2016 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 24/05/2016 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Laboratuar çalışması | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Total work load | | | 42 |
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