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BIY5130Stress Physiology in Plants3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseSecond Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Asim KADIOĞLU
Co-LecturerNone
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
Description of stress mechanism and stress types.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : Asses the impact of changes in the environment on plant functioning.1,2,31,5,
PO - 2 : Use the concept of biological stress to understand mechanism involved in plant adaptation to adverse soil and climatic conditions.1,2,31,5
PO - 3 : Evaluate the relationships existing among plant hormones, abiotic and biotic stresses.1,2,31,5
PO - 4 : Understand the importance of the plant stress for all living organism such like animal stress1,2,31,5
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), PO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Introduction to plant stress, stress terminology. Stress responses and tolerance in plnats. Drought stress. Temperature stress. Salt stress. Flooding stress. Nutrient stress. Irradiation stress. Allelochemical stress. Effects of stress on membranes. Stress and phytohormones. Biotechnology and stress.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Introduction to plant stress and stress terminology
 Week 2Stress response and stress tolerance in plants
 Week 3Drought stress
 Week 4Salinity stress
 Week 5Nutrition and flooding (anabiosis) stress
 Week 6Irradiaton stress
 Week 7Low and high temperature stress
 Week 8Osmotic and oxidatif stress
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10Stress Effects on membranes in plants
 Week 11Stress and phytohormones
 Week 12Biotechnology and stress
 Week 13Student's presentations
 Week 14Moleculer mechanism of plant stress
 Week 15Allelochemical stress
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Hale, M. G., Orcut, D. M., 1978. The Physiology of Plants under Stress. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Canada.
2Salisburg, F. B. and Ross, C. W., 1985; Plant Physiology,Wadsworth Publishing Company, California.
3Taiz, L and Zeiger, E. 2007;Bitki Fizyolojisi (Çeviri editörü: İsmail TÜRKAN), Palme yayıncılık, Ankara.
 
Recommended Reading
1Kadioglu, A, 2007; Bitki Fizyolojisi, Esen Ofset,Trabzon.
2Malcolm B. Wilkins, ELBS, 1984; Advanced Plant Physiology, Longman Scientific & Tevhnical Group, UK.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 19/11/2022 1 30
Presentation 13 19/12/2022 3 20
End-of-term exam 16 08/01/2023 2 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 3 14 42
Laboratuar çalışması 0 0 0
Arasınav için hazırlık 3 10 30
Arasınav 2 3 6
Uygulama 0 0 0
Klinik Uygulama 0 0 0
Ödev 3 14 42
Proje 0 0 0
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 4 14 56
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 7 7
Total work load225