Information Package / Course Catalogue
Biotechnology and Plant Breeding
Course Code: ZBY511
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

To improve students' knowledge about plant breeding, to teach breeding methods to them and to give them the ability to do breeding projects using modern techniques.

Course Content

Advantages of plant breeding, contribution of biotechnology to plant breeding, multiplication in plants, variation, mutation, cell and tissue culture, genetic resources, breeding methods of self and foreign fertilized plants

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Describes the techniques used in plant breeding
2.Apply plant breeding methods
3.Have knowledge about plant breeding using biotechnological methods
4.Have knowledge about breeding breeding
5.Prepare plant breeding project
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Kurt, O. 2008. Bitki Islahı. OMU, Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları. Ders Kitabı
2.Acquaah G. , Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding, Blackwell Publishing.
3.Bitki Biyoteknolojisi 1. M. Babaoğlu, E. Gürel, S. Özcan. Selçuk Üniversitesi Vakfı Yayınları.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Advantages of plant breeding and contribution of biotechnology to plant breeding
Week 2 - Theoretical
Plant remediation in plant production
Week 3 - Theoretical
Genetic basis of reproduction in plants
Week 4 - Theoretical
Variations in plant breeding and creating variation with classical and biotechnological methods
Week 5 - Theoretical
Cell and tissue culture methods used in plant breeding
Week 6 - Theoretical
Determination of population variance
Week 7 - Theoretical
Improve a variety and principles of registration
Week 8 - Theoretical
Methods applied in the cultivation of foreign fertilized plants
Week 9 - Theoretical
Natural gene sources and possibilities of use in plant breeding
Week 10 - Theoretical
Examination of use possibilities in mutation and plant breeding
Week 11 - Theoretical
Examination of the place and the importance of the changes in chromosome number in plant breeding
Week 12 - Theoretical
Methods applied to breeding self-fertilized plants
Week 13 - Theoretical
Classical plant breeding techniques and biotechnological techniques
Week 14 - Theoretical
The future of plant breeding
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory145298
Lecture - Practice103140
Midterm Examination1415
Final Examination1617
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
5
5
4
5
5
OÇ-2
3
5
5
4
4
OÇ-3
4
5
4
4
5
OÇ-4
3
3
4
4
4
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026