Information Package / Course Catalogue
Physiology of Horticulture
Course Code: ZBB501
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: 8
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to educate the students who know horticulture physiology informations and can be used them for increasing productivity and quality in Horticulture plant growing.

Course Content

In terms of development physiology horticulure plant behaviours, growth, development, the relationship between the flower and fruit formation, ripenin g physiology and aging

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Gonca GÜNVER DALKILIÇ
Learning Outcomes
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Recommended or Required Reading
1.Taiz, L. and Zeiger, E., 2008. Bitki Fizyolojisi. Üçüncü baskıdan çeviri, Çev. Ed. Prof. Dr. İsmail Türkan, Palme yayıncılık, Ankara, 690s.
2. Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture and Horticulture: Their Role and Commercial Uses (Editor: Amarjit S. BASRA)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General glance on plant physiology
Week 2 - Theoretical
The importance of plant physiology in horticulture growth.
Week 3 - Theoretical
The behaviour of horticulture plants in terms of developmental phsiology
Week 4 - Theoretical
External and internal factors affected developmental physiology
Week 5 - Theoretical
The relationships between productivity and external and internal factors affected developmental physiology
Week 6 - Theoretical
Phytohormones and growth and development evets in Horticulture plants
Week 7 - Theoretical
The flower and fruit formations in Horticulture plants (Midterm exam)
Week 8 - Theoretical
The relationship growth and developments in Horticulture Plants
Week 9 - Theoretical
The productivity and growth control in Horticulture Plants
Week 10 - Theoretical
The resistance phsiology in Horticulture Plants
Week 11 - Theoretical
The resistance of drought in Horticulture Plants
Week 12 - Theoretical
Cold Resistancy in Horticulture Plants
Week 13 - Theoretical
Resistancy of diseases and pests in Horticulture Department
Week 14 - Theoretical
The necessary measures for highest photosynthesis production in Horticulture Plants
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Assignment58460
Individual Work49244
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination112214
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
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3
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026