PLANT TISSUE CULTURE APPLICATIONS

STG508

Course Code: STG508
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Füsun Eyidoğan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

have knowledge about plant tissue culture basic laboratory techniques
learn media and cultural conditions in plant tissue culture
gain knowledge about protoplast culture,haploid plant production, meristem culture,embryo culture, micropropagation
have knowledge about seconder metabolites and germplast conservation

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

none

Course Description

Throughout this course, basic knowledge and techniques about plant cell, tissue and organ culture, plant breeding, applications of plant tissue culture in biotechnology and plant development will be discussed and concepts such as nutritional media, sterilization techniques, explants, micropropagation, callus culture, organogenesis, embryogenesis, somatic variation, haploids, hybrids, protoplast fusion will be covered.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	1 Introduction to Plant Tissue Culture
2^nd Week	2 Tissue Culture Basic Laboratory Techniques I
3^rd Week	3 Tissue Culture Basic Laboratory Techniques II
4^th Week	4 Media and Cultural Conditions in Plant Tissue Culture
5^th Week	5 Applications of Plant Tissue Culture
6^th Week	6 Organogenesis
7^th Week	7 Somatic Embryogenesis
8^th Week	8 Midterm
9^th Week	9 Diffrences Between Organogenesis and Somatik Embryogenesis
10^th Week	10 Micropropagation I
11^th Week	11 Micropropagation II
12^th Week	12 Protoplast Culture, Haploid Plant Production, Meristem Culture
13^th Week	13 Embryo Culture, Seconder Metabolites,Germplasm Conservation I
14^th Week	14 Embryo Culture, Seconder Metabolites,Germplasm Conservation II
15^th Week

Recommended or Required Reading

Plant Cell Culture: a Practical Approach, 2nd edn. Dixon, R.A. and Gonzalez, R.A. (Eds) (1995). IRL Press at Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Plant Cell Culture. Collin, H.A.,Edwards, S. (1998). BIOS Scientific Publishers, Oxford, UK.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

yüz yüze

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz	1	10	10
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam	1	85	85
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	66	66
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework	2	46	92
Total Work Load			300
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X			X
K2		X	X
K3	X	X	X	X
K4				X
K5		X	X
K6			X
K7			X	X