COURSE SYLLABUS

PLANT BREEDING

1	Course Title:	PLANT BREEDING
2	Course Code:	TAR3325-Z
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. KÖKSAL YAĞDI
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. Esra AYDOĞAN ÇİFCİ
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	kyagdi@uludag.edu.tr, 294 15 17 , Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, 16059, Görükle /Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To educate engineers who knows world specific standards and manufacturing techniques for species in seed activities and be capable of take-more advanced techniques
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Learns the techniques of breeding plant species.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To explain the concept of plant breeding;
2	To explain the biology of fertilization in plants and to apply the opportunities for manipulation;
3	To take advantage of incompatibility system;
4	To apply the use of male sterility techniques in plant breeding;
5	To use appropriate methods to develop new plant varieties in self-pollinated crops;
6	To use appropriate methods to develop new plant varieties in cross-pollinated crops;
7	Conduct studies of mutation;
8	To explain the improvement of the new varieties by using gene technology ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Definition, importance and history of plant breeding
2	Pollination and fertilization biology of plants
3	Allogame and autogame plants
4	Incompatability and benefits of plant breeding
5	Types and genetic causes of male sterility
6	Selection breeeding
7	Combination breeding (Methods of pedigree, bulk and bulked progeny)
8	Combination breeding (methods of single seed descent, back cross and convergence)
9	Course review-Midterm Exam
10	Introduction to hybrid breeding and the genetic basis
11	Application of hybrid breeding
12	Introduction to mutation breeding
13	Mutation types and their use in plant breeding
14	Usage possibilities of genetic engineering in plant breeding studies

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	-Bitki Islahı. Prof. Dr. H.R. EKİNGEN. Uludağ Üniversitesi Ders Notları.1988. -Breeding Field Crops. J.M. POEHLMAN.The Avı Publıshıng Company. Inc. Westport, Connecticut. A.B.d. 1985. -Plant Breeding System. A.V. RICHARDS. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science. University of Newcastle upon TYNE, UK. 1997.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Bursa Uludağ University is evaluated according to the principles of the Associate and Undergraduate Education Regulation
Information	Results are determined by the letter grade determined by the student automation system

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High