Information Package / Course Catalogue
Plant Growth Regulators in Fruits and Vineyard
Course Code: ZBB604
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 hormon structure, biosynthesis, translocation, action mechanism, using areas in fruit growing

Course Content

auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, abscisic acid, ethylene, jasmomic acid, calyclick acid and polyamins, action mechanisms and using areas in fruit and vine growing

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Learning about the structure of auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, abscisic acid, ethylene, and certain other hormones,
2.Learning About the Biosynthesis of Hormones
3.Learning about how hormones are transported within plants and how they exert their effects,
4.Learning about the interactions between hormones
5.Learning about the uses of hormones in fruit growing
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.Avcıoğlu, R. ve Gürel, A., 2000. Bitki Fizyolojisi. E. Ü. Zir. Fak. Yay. Ders Notları, No: 64/1, 368s. 3.
3.Plant Propagation by Tissue Culture Vol. 1 (Chapter 5, Chapter 6 and Chapter 7, Editors: Edwin F. George, Michael A. Hall and Geert-Jan De Klerk
4.Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture and Horticulture: Their Role and Commercial Uses (Editor: Amarjit S. BASRA)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Auxin structure, biosynthesis, carrying, physiological characters, action mechanism Hormone solution preparation
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Cytokinin structure, biosyntesis, carrying, action mechanism in plant body Hormone solution preparation
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Gibberellin structure, biosynthesis, carrying and action synthesis
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Absizic acid structure, biosynthesis
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Ethylen structure, biosynthesis, action mechanism in plant body
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Hormone applicatons in different fruit treesjasnonic acid structure , effects on plants
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Hormone applicatons in different fruit trees. Brassinoids structures and efects on plants (mid-term exam)
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Hormone applicatons in different fruit trees
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Salicilic acid structure and effects on plants. Hormone applicatons in different fruit trees
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Hormone applicatons in different fruit trees. Polyamin structures and effects on plants (Quiz)
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Promoting fruit set, increasing fruit quality, fruit thinning, hormones for preventing of preharvest fruit drop
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Hormones on cuttings rootings and using times, using shapes and dosages
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
hormone applications in invitro studiesusing hormones and using methods and dosages in invitro studies
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Hormone applications in invitro studiesusing hormones and using methods and dosages in invitro studies (Practice exam)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Quiz1%5
Practice Examination1%5
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Lecture - Practice142256
Assignment36121
Presentation 36121
Practice Examination1628
Quiz19110
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination114216
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
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
5
4
4
5
OÇ-3
4
4
4
4
4
5
OÇ-4
4
4
4
4
4
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
4
5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026