1	Course Title:	ADVANCED PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
2	Course Code:	TOP6952
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
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. A.VAHAP KATKAT
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç.Dr. Hakan ÇELİK
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	vahap@uludag.edu.tr, 0 224 2941530, Uludağ Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Toprak Bilimi ve Bitki Besleme Bölümü
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To explain the mechanisms of organic matters synthesized in plants and physicochemical, biochemical and physiological mechanisms which are nedded for plant growth.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Can explain the events during the lifes of plants and changes in the active substances that effects these events.; 2 Can explain the problems of germination, growth and development in a plant. a result of changes in substances.; 3 Can recognise the cell organells and their structure. ; 4 Can explain the interest of problems encountered between plant breeding and plant physiology.; 5 Can evaluate the effectiveness of various agricultural practices by physiological ways.; 6 Can explain the uptake and trasportation of the water in plants.; 7 Can explain the ways of losing water in plants.; 8 Can explain the uptake methods of plant nutrients.; 9 Can explain the mechanisms of transportation of plant nutritients in the plant.; 10 Can explain the kinds of photosynthesis metabolisms.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	General information about plant cells and the cell structures, structures of cell organels and their functions in cell.
2	Natural properties of enzymes, classification, structure, distribution in cell, catalatic effects, factors that affect to their activities.
3	Structure and quantities of water, events that took place in the transport of water.Water potential, factors of forming the water potential of the cell, water potential difference and water input and output in cell, relation between turgor pressure and volume changes in cell.
4	Transpiration mechanisms transpiration unit, speed and rate, stomatal structure, their size and distributions in plant, opening and closing mechanisms and factors that influence it, Detection methods of transpiration, transpiration reduction methods, loss of water in liquid form (Gutasyon-exudation).
5	Soil and plant relations, ion absorbsion and changes in soil, soil pH , rooth growth and nutrient availability, nutient absorbsion sites of rooth and transportation of the nutrients to the rooth domain. Taking nutrients by plant roots, basic principles of nutrient absorption.
6	Assimilation of nutrients in plants,Definition of Photosynthesis, importance and history, Pigments which are working in the formation of photosynthesis properties of light energy in photosynthesis.
7	Principal reactions that occur in photosynthesis,light reactions, the dark reactions,Cyclic and acyclic phosphorilation.
8	Carbon dioxide assimilation in C3, C4 and CAM plants, The synthesis of starch and saccarose, factors that effect photosynthesis.
9	Transportation photosynthesis products, phloem transport mechanisms, The distribution of products of photosynthesis in plants.
10	Aerobic and anaerobic respiration in plants, comparison of respiration and photosynthesis, effective respiration.
11	Plant hormones and their functions. Physiological functions of plant hormones.
12	Distributions of plant hormones in plants, plant growth regulators, natural hormones which are effective of plant growth and development
13	Effects of stress conditions on plant growth. Stress varieties in plants.
14	Interactions between product efficiency and physiologic and other metabolic events.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Kacar, B., Katkat, A.V. ve Öztürk, Ş. 2010. BitkiFizyolojisi. Nobel Yayın No: 848, 4. Baskı, s.556, Ankara. Salisbury, F.B. and C.W. Ross (1992). Plant Physiology. 4th ed. pp. 1-682. Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, California, U.S.A. Taiz, L. and E. Zeiger (1998). Plant Physiology. 2nd ed. pp. 1-792. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, Sunderland, Massachusetts, U.S.A Eastin, J.D. 1969. Physiological Aspects of Crop Yield. American Society of Agronomy Crop Science Society of America. Madison, Wisconsin. USA.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	7	30
Final Exam	1	70
Total	8	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		30
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		70
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	2	28
Homeworks, Performances	7	8	56
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	24	24
Total WorkLoad			150
Total workload/ 30 hr			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 PQ13 LO1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 2 LO2 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 5 0 0 2 LO3 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 5 0 0 2 LO4 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 5 0 0 2 LO5 5 0 2 3 0 0 2 2 2 5 0 0 2 LO6 5 0 3 3 0 0 2 2 2 5 0 0 0 LO7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 2 LO8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 2 LO9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 2 LO10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 2

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High