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| BIYL7400 | Heavy Metal Stress in Plants | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Nesrin ÇOLAK | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Faik Ahmet AYAZ | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To determine the differences of heavy metals from metals, To determine the factors causing metal pollution, To determine the heavy metal damage in plants, To determine the defense elements against stress factors in plants with heavy metal damage, To determine the metal binding components in plants |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Definition of Heavy Metals, Understanding their Differences | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 2 : | Determination of Causes Heavy Metal Pollution | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 3 : | Definition of Plant Defense Elements Against Heavy Metal Stress | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 4 : | Determination of Anatomical and Physiological Changes in Plants Under Heavy Metal Stress | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | 1,3,5 | | 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 | | |
| Metal speciation, Differences of heavy metal from metals, Essential heavy metals in plant nutrition, Metal pollution, Natural and artificial factors in heavy metal pollution, metal availability, transport and accumulation by plant, Metal sequestration in plants, Heavy metal induced oxidative stress, The effects of heavy metals on photosynthesis, mitochondrial respiration and membrane lipids, Anatomical and physiological changes in plants under heavy metal stress, Heavy metal tolerance in plants, Metallothioneins, phytochelatins and metal-binding complexes.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Metal Availability, Uptake, Transport and Accumulation in Plants | | | Week 2 | Metal Speciation, Chelation and Complexing Ligands in Plants | | | Week 3 | Metallothioneins, Metal Binding Coplexes | | | Week 4 | Heavy Metal Induced Oxidative Damage in Terrestrial Plants | | | Week 5 | Membrane Lipid Alterations in Heavy Metal Exposed Plants | | | Week 6 | Photosynthesis in Heavy Metal Stressed Plants | | | Week 7 | Presentation | | | Week 8 | Ecophysiology of Plant Growth Under Heavy Metal Stress | | | Week 9 | Exam | | | Week 10 | Plant Mitochonrial Raspiration under the Influence of Heavy Metals | | | Week 11 | Exam | | | Week 12 | Structural and Ultrastructural Changes in Heavy Metal Exposed Plants | | | Week 13 | Water Relation in Heavy Metal Stressed Plants | | | Week 14 | Heavy Metals as Essential Nutrient | | | Week 15 | Phytoremediation | | | Week 16 | Exam | | | |
| 1 | Prasad M. N. V., 2004. Heavy Metal Stress in Plants from Biomolecules to Ecosystems, Second Ed., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 10 | 10/04/2019 | 2 | 20 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 24/04/2019 | 2 | 10 | | Presentation | 8 | 27/03/2019 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 17 | 29/05/2019 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 6 | 12 | 72 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 4 | 16 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 4 | 16 | | Arasınav | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Ödev | 4 | 3 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 6 | 18 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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