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Course Title: |
CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEM INTERACTIONS |
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Course Code: |
TOP5978 |
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Type of Course: |
Optional |
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Level of Course: |
Second Cycle |
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Year of Study: |
1 |
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Semester: |
2 |
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ECTS Credits Allocated: |
6 |
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Theoretical (hour/week): |
2 |
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Practice (hour/week) : |
2 |
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Laboratory (hour/week) : |
0 |
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Prerequisites: |
None |
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Recommended optional programme components: |
None |
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Language: |
Turkish |
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Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face |
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Course Coordinator: |
Dr. Ögr. Üyesi Rifat AKIŞ |
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Course Lecturers: |
Yok |
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Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator: |
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi,
Toprak Bilimi ve Bitki Besleme Bölümü
16059 Görükle Kampüsü, Nilüfer/Bursa
Tel: 0-224-2941531
E-posta: rifatakis@uludag.edu.tr
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Website: |
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Objective of the Course: |
To build essential capabilities in students and practitioners to conceptualize and understand the techniques of measuring the processes of water absorbtion, entry, movement, retention, and transpiration through root-soil-plant-water-climate system,
To underline the significance of water and it availability to plants,
To characterize the boundaries of atmospheric water and soil water for the transport of water through plants for high quality and quantity yield production
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development |
The student:
Gains knowledge describe root- soil- water- plant- climate interactions,
Knows the applications of measurement techniques and equipment in individual plant, water body, soil and hydroclimatology research,
Obtains skills to relate ecological importance of water and soil and its thermal properties to plant,
Learns skills to measure and interpret the results of evapotranspration and reduction of ET
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Theoretical |
Practical |
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Introduction |
Introduction to laboratory safety protocoles |
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Functions of water in soil, plant and atmosphere,
Properties of water,
Properties of solid liquid and aqueous solutions and phases
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Direct measurement of Evapotranspration and their technology in practice |
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Fundamental concepts of soil-water system
Soil properties,
Soil-water interactions,
Soil-water potentials,
Soil-water retention,
Soil-water transmission,
Water movement and hydraulic head distribution in soil |
Lysimeters |
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Energy Status of Plant Water Content
Relative water content,
Water potential of plant,
Cell structure and osmotic pressure.
Total water potential in soil and plant,
Water potential in cell, root, Stem, and leaves of plant,
Water relations of cell in plant tissues.
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pan evaporation |
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Absorption of Water and Root and Stem Pressures
Absorption phenomenon,
Characteristics of root pressure exhudations,
Stem and sap water pressures, Latex and Oleoresins,
Absorbtion of dew and fog,
Factors affecting water absorbtion through leaves
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Tensiometry and Psycromety applications in soil and plant water potentials |
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Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum
Flow of water and water potential distributions in the soil-plant-atmosphere system,
water balance and dynamics in plant,
daily measurements of plant water components,
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Psycrometer and osmotic potential |
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Transpiration process,
Measurement and modeling of transpiration and evaporation
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Rhizotron and other growth chembers |
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Movement of soil-water to roots and extraction by roots
Macroscopic root system models,
Single-root models,
Drought-stressed plants,
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Automated meteorological weather station description and evaluation |
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Effects of drought stress on plant productivity
Definition of water use efficiency and productivity,
Crop yield and transpiration,
Plant available water capacity of soil.
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Automated meterological weather station with probes for water and heat content in soil |
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Plant root characteristics
Root traits,
Root angle,
Root diameter,
Root length,
Roth density,
Root depth
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Automated meterological weather station with probes for water and heat content in soil |
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Impact of pruning and salinity on the root traits |
osmotic pressure measurements and osmomoter |
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Hydraulic properties of root rhizons and rhizosphere,
Root response to soil water status,
Effects of mechanical impedance on root system and its growth,
Root elongation and morphology,
Root system architecture,
Mechanical stress in the cell wall and cel growth.
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Rhizon for collecting water samples from the root zone of plants in field and laboratory experiments |
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X-Ray computed tomography in determining root-soil-plant-water interactions |
Evaluation of X-Ray CT and power point presentation |
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Light transmission technique to observe the system of root-soil-plant-water |
Evaluation of TEM- CT (transmission electron microscopy computed tomography)and power point presentation |
