Plant Growth Regulators and Use In Horticulture
Horticultural Sciences
Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences
Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant Growth Regulators and Use In Horticulture | BBY514 | Elective | Master's degree | 1 | Spring | 8 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Aysun ÇAVUŞOĞLU
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Identification, classification of plant growth regulators and learning its history
2) Synthesize, transportation and degradation way of endogenous hormones inside the plants
3) Know about usage of plant growth regulators at horticultural crop production step, and can applicate them.
4) Know about usage of plant growth regulators at horticultural crop post-harvest step, and can applicate them.
5) Know the end point of the plant growth regulators
6) Know about the future of the plant growth regulators
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| 1 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 2 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 3 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 4 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 5 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 6 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Plant Physiology
Course Contents
Plant growth regulator substances, history, classification, synthesizing inside plant, transportation, degredation, exogen plant growth regulator substances in plant production and post harvest stages, future of the plant growth regulator substances
Weekly Schedule
1) Identification of plant growth regulators and its history2) Classification of plant growth regulators
3) Sythesize and utilization of auxins
4) Biosynthesize and utilization of gibberellins
5) Biosyntesize and utilization of cytokinins
6) Biosyntesize and utilization of absisic acid
7) Biosyntesize and utilization of ethylene
8) Homework and presentation about the lessons
9) Biosyntesize and utilization of brassinosteroids
10) Biosyntesize and utilization of jasmonates
11) Biosyntesize and utilization of salisilic acid
12) Biosyntesize and utilization of poliamines
13) Plant growth regulators in tissue culture and different aplication
14) Plant growth regulators in post-harvest and different aplication
15) The newest studies about plant growth regulators in horticultural crops
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Drill and Practice
4) Demonstration
5) Case Study
6) Lab / Workshop
7) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Number |
Percentage |
|
|---|---|---|
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
2 |
30% |
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
1 |
70% |
Total |
100% |
|
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required