| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant Tissue Culture | BBY507 | Elective | Master's degree | 1 | Fall | 8 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Aysun ÇAVUŞOĞLU
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Grasping of importance of plant tissue culture
2) Having a commond of plant tissue culture history
3) Laboratory condition in plant tissue culture, sterilization types and mothods, sterilisers
4) Meadium types and preperation of the contents
5) Preperation of plant material, set the culture and subculture
6) Observation and evaluation of embryogenesis, organogenesis and rhizogenesis etc. step by step
7) Acclimatization steps
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 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 | |
| 7 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Botanics
Course Contents
Importance of plant tissue culture, history, laboratory equipment, importance of sterilization, steriliser and sterilization methods, techniques and types, culture steps in plant tissue culture, preperation of nutrient media and contents, culture condition, culture initiation and subculture, observation and evaluation of embryogenesis, organogenesis and rhizogenesis etc. steps, acclimatization
Weekly Schedule
1) Importance of plant tissue culture, historical progress, application area, end point in the science2) Tissue culture lab. condition, tools and equipment, sterilization of medium, plant material, and usable chemicals at this steps
3) Tissue culture medium and their contents, similarities and differences of the medium and preperation
4) Embryogenesis types, explant types, medium content and environmental condition
5) Differences in zygotic and somatic embryogenesis
6) Choosing explant types, culture condition, culture types
7) Direct and indirect organogenesis and differences
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) microprppagation and its steps
10) seconder metabolites production and steps
11) protoplast culture and steps
12) Pathogen-free plant growing and steps
13) Somaclonal variation-causes and effects
14) Tissue culture steps in horticultural plants-1
15) Tissue culture steps in horticultural plants-2
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Lab / Workshop
6) Self Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
70% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
30% |
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Total | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required