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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | BAB-23-103 | FertIlIzatIon bIology of hortIcultural crops | Elective | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | Second Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | The aim of this course is taught in the fruit and vegetables, garden plants flower structure, pollination and fertilization status and practice by introducing the solution of problems related to transfer of fruit to provide context. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Doç.Dr.Ersin GÜLSOY | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | Be able to evaluate basic terms about fertilization biology of horticulture | | 2 | Be able to determine the most suitable combinations of main and pollinizer cultivars | | 3 | Be able to recognition flower abnormalities. | | 4 | Be able to solve basic problems about fertilization biology of plants | | 5 | Be able to use plant growth regulators and synthetic hormones in fruit, vegetable, grape and ornamental plant production | | 6 | Be able to establish pollen quality of a new fruit or vegetable genotype or cultivar |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Daytime Class | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | - | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | - | | Course Contents | | General introduction and terminology of the fertilization biology of horticulture, the flower structure of flowering horticultural plants, pollination and fertilization, main stages of before and after fertilization for the yield and fruit quality, seeded and seedless fruit production, self-compatibility/incompatibility and sterility, the most suitable combinations of main and pollinizer cultivars, problems caused by defect of fertilization biology, preparation techniques and laboratory equipments used in the fertilization biology experiments to be considered in the selection of students to be aware of. | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | In the horticultural plants, sporophyte (2n) and gametophyte (n) stages, flower structure and sexual segregation within inflorescences of species. | | | | 2 | Mechanism of the flower bud formation. Floral induction, floral initiation and floral bud development stages. | | | | 3 | Self-pollination and cross-pollination, development of the female and male gametes, artificial pollination. | | | | 4 | Fertilization, double fertilization, endosperm development, effective pollination period and its significance for fruit set. | | | | 5 | Flowering times, the factors affecting these period, dichogamy and its mechanism. | | | | 6 | Choosing of the pollinizer cultivars, xenia and metaxeni, fertilization biology of important horticultural species and its pollinizer. Difference between insect and wind pollination. | | | | 7 | Sexual incompatibility of horticulture, incompatibility families and species, its physiology, sporophytic and gametophytic incompatibility. | | | | 8 | Parthenocarpy, apomixis, polyembryony and nucellar embryony. | | | | 9 | Midterm exam | | | | 10 | The stages from pollination to fertilization and fruit set. Embryo development stages and embryo abortions. | | | | 11 | Abnormal flowers and sterility. | | | | 12 | Determination of the pollen quality, in-vitro germination and viability tests. | | | | 13 | Preparation techniques and laboratory equipments used in the fertilization biology experiments. | | | | 14 | Final exam | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | 1. Franklin Tong, V. E., 2008. Self-Incompatibility in Flowering Plants (Evolution, Diversity, and Mechanisms), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 308 p.
2. Gerçekcioğlu, R., Bilgener, Ş., Soylu, A., 2012. Genel Meyvecilik (Meyve Yetiştiriciliğinin Esasları), 3. basım, Nobel Yayın, 486 s.
3. Özbek, S., 1978. Özel Meyvecilik (Kışın Yaprağını Döken Meyve Türleri). Çukurova Üniv. Zir. Fak. Yay. No:128, Ders kitabı 11, Adana.
4. Şalk, A., Arın, L., Deveci, M., Polat, S., 2008. Özel Sebzecilik. Namık Kemal Üniv. Ziraat Fakültesi Bahçe Bitkileri Bölümü.488s.
5. Genç, M. (Ed.:), 2012. Süs Bitkisi Yetiştiriciliği, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Yayın No: 55, Isparta.
6. Çelik, H., Y.S. Ağaoğlu, Y. Fidan, B. Marasalı, G. Söylemezoğlu, 1998. Genel Bağcılık. Sunfidan A.Ş. Mesleki Kitaplar Serisi: 1, 253 s, Ankara.
7. Ders notları ve PPT sunumlar | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 50 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 50 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | | Work Placement(s) | | - |
| | Workload Calculation | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Final Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Quiz | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Attending Lectures | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Practice | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Discussion | 4 | 4 | 16 | | Question-Answer | 4 | 4 | 16 | | Field Work | 3 | 3 | 9 | | Project Preparation | 2 | 4 | 8 | | Project Presentation | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Self Study | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Reading | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Homework | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | | LO2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | LO3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | LO4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | LO5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | LO6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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