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Vegetable Breeding

Course Code	: ZBB607
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 2
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 8

Objectives of the Course

the aim of this course is to teach breeding methods applied in self and cross fertilized plants interpreting of genetic principles.

Course Content

Basic principles of vegetable breeding

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

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Recommended or Required Reading

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice

ıntroduction of breeding of vegetables, nececssary informations for breeders

Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice

Breeding tendencies in past and future, significant caharters in vegetables

Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice

Plant architecture and its design

Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice

flower type, sexual propagation, and plants propagated by sexual methods

Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice

self pollination and foreign pollination

Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice

variability and variation sources

Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice

variability introduction collection studies, seed nbanks (midterm exam)

Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice

variability formation mutagen breeding

Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice

cross breeding

Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice

examining of gen sources for specific characters

Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice

selection breeding

Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice

cross breeding

Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice

combination breeding

Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice

heterosis and pedigree and bulk methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%30
Final Examination	1	%70

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	2	2	56
Lecture - Practice	14	2	2	56
Assignment	14	2	2	56
Midterm Examination	1	14	2	16
Final Examination	1	20	2	22
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				206

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6
OÇ-1	4	4	4	4	4	5
OÇ-2	4	4	4	4	4	5
OÇ-3	4	4	4	4	4	5
OÇ-4	4	4	4	4	4	5
OÇ-5	4	4	4	4	4	5

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