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Information
| Code | TAB236 |
| Name | Agricultural Biotechnology |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 4. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Ön Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Öğr. Gör.Dr. HAKAN KAVUR |
| Course Instructor |
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Course Goal / Objective
To explain the importance of biotechnology in agricultural applications
Course Content
Course Introduction; Overview of Agricultural Biotechnology, New Strategies to Replace Antibiotics in Animal Feed, Flowering Genes and Possible Uses in Agriculture, Design, Manufacture, and Bioactivity of Engineered Fusion Proteins, Assessing Environmental Risks of Genetically Engineered Plants, Biotechnology in Potato Production, Applications of Cloned Animals in Biomedical Research, Transgenic Alfalfa to Produce Enzymes for Environmentally Beneficial Processes, Biotech and Food: Personal Choices and Public Policy, Mining the Arabidopsis Genome to Understand Plant Biology, Prion Diseases of Deer (CWD) and Cattle (BSE), Biocontrol of Pests and Pathogens in Agriculture and Forestry, Intellectual property, Economics and politics
Course Precondition
There are no prerequisites.
Resources
Lecture notes of the lecturer
Notes
There are no references.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Be skilled in explaining concepts and basic definition of biotechnology |
| LO02 | Be able to understand and improve the applications in the area of agricultural of biotechnology |
| LO03 | Be able to learn and use of the role in the plant breeding of biotechnology |
| LO04 | Be able to understand the relationships between biotechnology and plant breeding |
| LO05 | Be able to learn basic knowledge for studies in the area biotechnology and self improvement through following up innovations in science and technology |
| LO06 | Gains knowledge about GMO plants. |
| LO07 | Gains knowledge about the applications of biotechnology in the world and in our country. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines the medicinal and aromatic plants grown intensively in the world and in Turkey, explains their general characteristics, climate and soil requirements and areas of use. | 3 |
| PLO02 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Scans web resources about plants, enters the data into the computer, reports and presents it. | 4 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines the general characteristics of medicinal plants, aromatic plants, spice plants, pleasure plants, dye plants and explains their areas of use. | 2 |
| PLO04 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Performs the necessary physical, chemical and sensory analyzes on plants. | |
| PLO05 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Collects medicinal and aromatic plants from nature, produces, grows, care for them, propagates with different methods and harvests them. | |
| PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the uses of medicinal and aromatic plants in phytotherapy, aromatherapy and medicine. | 3 |
| PLO07 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the importance of agricultural mechanization in plant cultivation and the characteristics of the tools used. | 3 |
| PLO08 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the biology, systematics and physiology of medicinal and aromatic plants. | 3 |
| PLO09 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines basic ecological concepts and ecological factors, explains the effects of agricultural activities on ecology and the environment. | 3 |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Lists the activities she can attend on the university campus related to her field, evaluates the institutions where she will do her internship and the applications she will make to these institutions. | |
| PLO11 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Extracts oils from plants and performs scent tests, evaluates scents and notes, and mixes oils according to notes in making perfumes. | |
| PLO12 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Uses appropriate methods and techniques to preserve and store medicinal aromatic plants with their bioactive substances and to preserve their chemical quality. | |
| PLO13 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Prepares chemical solutions, interprets chemistry instrumental analyses. | |
| PLO14 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Explains plant nutrition methods and irrigation methods related to medicinal and aromatic plants, identifies pests, diseases and weeds and uses appropriate methods and techniques to control them. | |
| PLO15 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the importance of occupational safety in agricultural activities, basic OHS risks and methods of preventing hazards. | |
| PLO16 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the definition and scope of agricultural economics and the place and importance of the agricultural sector in the Turkish economy. | |
| PLO17 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains soil properties (Adsorption of cations - Adsorption of anions - Soil acidity, soil organic matter, soil structure, soil water, soil color) and soil Formation (Weathering and fragmentation - Body (Texture) - Clay minerals) and soil analysis methods. | |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Explains English tense sentences, auxiliary verbs, prepositions. Explains professional terms. | |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Have general information about Atatürk's principles and the history of the revolution. | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Explains languages in terms of language and its importance, the birth, spread and structure of languages. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction of Biotechnology | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 2 | Importance of tissue culture applications in plant breeding | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 3 | Protoplast fusion | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Meristem culture | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | Embryo culture | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 6 | Haploid techniques | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 7 | Somaclonal variation | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Preparing for the exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Genetic markers | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Marker assisted selection | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 11 | Quantitative trait locus analysis | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 12 | Gene transformation methods | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 13 | Transgenic plants | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 14 | Laws of biotechnology | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 15 | Concern and risks on Genetic Modified Plants | Preliminary research on the subject | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Preparing for the exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Preparing for the exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 109 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,36 | ||
| ECTS | 4 ECTS | ||