Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

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Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Aydın ÜNAY

Prof. Mustafa Ali KAYNAK

Prof. Olcay ARABACI

Prof. Osman EREKUL

Prof. Öner CANAVAR

Assoc. Prof. Feride ÖNCAN SÜMER

Assoc. Prof. Uğur TAN

Assoc. Prof. Yakup Onur KOCA

Lec. Ali YİĞİT

Lec. Emre KARA

Plant Genetic Resources

Course Code	: TB414
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 1
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 4

Objectives of the Course

The objective of this course is make the student learn the importance of the conservation of genetic material, preliminary the ones with Anatolian origin, to teach the important techniques and organizations in recognition and conservation of biological diversity and to give the basic information on the threads of genetic resources

Course Content

The importance of gene source in terms of plant breeding, to give basic information about gen sources of Turkey, the collection and conservation of plant materials. Acknowledgment of students for not only technical but also theoretical basic.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1.	The importance of genetic resources for Turkey
2.	Gain the skills of public awareness about of environment and biological diversity.
3.	Students have knowledge about importance endemic plant species and genetic resources collection, conservation and it's storage
4.	Becomes conscious for disadvantages of destroying plant genetic resources
5.	Learn the principles of plant collection
6.	Becomes conscious of the factors that reduce plant diversity
7.	Apply knowledge and problem-solving skills at interdisciplinary studies.
8.	Acquire the ability to use resource survey and other sources of information.
9.	Establish effective written and oral communication

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Bitkisel Gen Kaynakları, S. Şehirali ve M. Özgen, Ankara Üniv. Zir.Fak. Yayınları: 1020 Ders Kitabı: 294, 1987.
2.	International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IBPGR)'ın düzenli olarak çıkan yayınları3.Ulusal ve uluslararası hakemli bilimsel

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

The importance of plant genetic resources, plant breeding, plant genes and spreading centers, erosion of genetic resources

Week 2 - Theoretical

Principles of plant genetic resources, studies, coordination, training, finding-collection

Week 3 - Theoretical

Field studies, collecting the importance and purpose of collection of plant priorities, collecting regional priorities

Week 4 - Theoretical

The factors affecting optimum plant collection and optimum plant collecting

Week 5 - Theoretical

The importance of plant collection stops, exemplary number of stops, the factors that determine the number of stops in the region, the distribution of bus stops, bus stops will be the number of plants

Week 6 - Theoretical

Plant gathering techniques, collection of herbarium specimens, samples collection and production, keeping records of collection.

Week 7 - Theoretical

Gene bank to be carried out upon arrival, vitality tests

Week 8 - Theoretical

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Storage - Artificial conservation (ex - situ) Natural protection (in-situ)

Week 9 - Theoretical

Vitality tests, seed germination-seed storage principles collections - Seed packaging

Week 10 - Theoretical

Seed Viability Determination at Storage, determination of the duration of seed viability, the factors affecting the viability of the seed

Week 11 - Theoretical

Vegetative material storage - Gene source of vegetative material - Vegetative material storage challenges - Vegetative material properties

Week 12 - Theoretical

Storage systems, the principles of seed storage, seed storage factors affecting of the viability

Week 13 - Theoretical