Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TAB-23-174OIL PLANTS AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF VEGETABLE OILElective116
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The course aims to give knowledge about techniques and principles of seed production, field and laboratory standards for industrial plants, which is a group of field plants.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Tamer ERYİĞİT
Learning Outcomes
1Yağ bitkilerinde biyoteknolojik ve genetik mühendisliği uygulamalarını öğrenir
2Yağ biyokimyasını ve bitkilerde yağ ve yağ asitleri sentezini öğrenir
3Bitkisel yağların genetik olarak nasıl modifiye edilebileceğini öğrenir
4Bitkisel yağlardan biyodizel üretimini uygulamalı olarak öğrenir
5Yağ bitkilerinde ileri yetiştirme tekniklerini öğrenir
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Its goal is teaching the techniques of seed production to explain field and laboratory standards in Industrial plants.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1A general introduction of oil crops, fat and fatty acid biosynthesis of oil crops,Acquaintance
2Genetic and environmental factors that affect the synthesis of fatty acidsLiterature search
3Oil and fatty acid analysis and quality assessmentPreparation of the report based on literatureIntroduction of the oil and fatty acid analysis
4The sensual, physical and chemical quality characteristics of vegetable oils, Group work
5Relationships between saturated - unsaturated fatty acids and human health, Preparation of the report based on literature
6Methods of oil extraction and pressing extraction methods Oil extraction method by the Soxhelet, cold pressing method
7Biodiesel production from vegetable oils and biodiesel production facilitiesTerm Project
8Oil crops genetic basis of plant breedingLiterature search
9Fat and fatty acids inheritance and genetic modificationPreparation of the report based on literature
10Agricultural practices to increase yield and quality of oil crops Group work
11Development projects for the cultivation of oil plants in TurkeyPreparation of the report based on literature
12The results of the research projects of oil cropsPreparation of the report based on literature
13Biotechnological applications of oil cropsPresentation of Term Projects
14Oil plants which obtained by genetic engineeringPresentation of Term Projects
Recommended or Required Reading
- Tarla Bitkileri, Elçi, Ş., Ö. Kolsarıcı, H.H. Geçit, Ank. Üniv. Yay No:1385 ders kitabı NO:399, 1994. Ankara - Yağ Bitkileri, Arıoğlu, H., (2000) Çukurova Üniv. Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Kitabı, No: A-70 - Nişasta ve Şeker Bitkileri, Arıoğlu, H., (1997) Çukurova Üniv. Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Kitabı, No: A-57 - Tohumluk Bilimi ve Teknolojisi Ege Üniv. TOTEM 2005, İzmir - Lif Bitkileri, Prof. Dr. Mehmet MERT. Nobel Yayınevi, ISBN: 978-605-395-243-5, 2009
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Assessment Methods and Criteria
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Work Placement(s)
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Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination11010
Final Examination11515
Attending Lectures14228
Practice12224
Laboratory224
Team/Group Work166
Project Preparation21530
Project Presentation122
Self Study4832
Reading5315
Homework11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)176
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