Information Package / Course Catalogue
Plant Physiology Laboratory
Course Code: BYL353
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 0
Prt.: 2
Credit: 1
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

Experimental demonstration of metabolic processes in plants

Course Content

General information on preparation of solutions used in experiments, water uptake experiments, determination of osmotic potential of plant tissues, determaination of selective permeability of cell membranes, water loss experiments, photosynthesis, respiration and fermentation experiments

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Obtains information about chemical units and solution preparation.
2.Obtain information about diffusion and factors affecting diffusion
3.Obtains experimental and observational information about osmosis
4.Obtain experimental and observational information about water potential in plant tissues.
5.Obtains experimental information about the swelling phenomenon within the scope of the plant-water relationship.
6.Obtains information based on experiment and observation about water loss events within the scope of plant-water relationship.
7.Obtains detailed experimental and observational information about photosynthesis.
8.Obtains detailed experimental and observation-based information about the fermentasyon and respiratory phenomenon.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Bitki Fizyolojisi Laboratuvar kitabı. Hayrettin Ocakverdi, Baştürk Kaya. 2001. Palme Yayıncılık
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Laboratory
Information about general content and laboratory rules and operating principles of instruments
Week 2 - Laboratory
Chemical units and solution preparation
Week 3 - Laboratory
Experiments on diffusion
Week 4 - Laboratory
Experiments on factors affecting diffusion
Week 5 - Laboratory
Experimental demonstration of osmosis I
Week 6 - Laboratory
Experimental demonstration of osmosis II
Week 7 - Laboratory
Measuring water potential in plant tissues
Week 8 - Laboratory
Demonstration of swelling in plant tissues (midterm eam)
Week 9 - Laboratory
Determination of selective permeability of cell membranes and factors effecting the permeability
Week 10 - Laboratory
Experiments on Water Uptake, Transport and Loss Phenomena in Plants
Week 11 - Laboratory
Experiments on photosynthesis I
Week 12 - Laboratory
Experiments on photosynthesis II
Week 13 - Laboratory
Determination of nutrients stored in plant structures
Week 14 - Laboratory
Experiments on aerobic respiration and fermentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Laboratory140228
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)48
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
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4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026