1. FIRST CYCLE - BACHELOR'S DEGREE
  2. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
  3. GARDEN PLANTS DEPARTMENT
  4. 523 HORTICULTURAL CROPS
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COURSE INFORMATION
Course CodeCourse TitleL+P HourSemesterECTS
BBT 215HORTICULTURAL PLANT BREEDING3 + 03rd Semester3

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Course Objective To be able to comprehend the conscious and unconscious breeding methods in the historical development of agriculture. To understand the use of basic breeding principles in different plants. To understand the basic differences between self-fertilized and foreign fertilized species. To understand the inheritance of agronomic values. To understand the principles of variety purification and development of new varieties.
Course Content Definition and purpose of plant breeding. Issues to be considered in the preparation of plant breeding program. Important technical terms used in breeding and their analysis. Gene centers and homelands of horticultural plant species. Breeding methods applied in self-fertilized plant species (induction, selection, hybridization breeding, interspecific hybridization). Breeding methods applied in foreign fertilized plants (Induction, selection, hybridization breeding, obtaining synthetic and hybrid varieties, convergence breeding). The importance of haploidy and polyploidy in plant breeding and methods of obtaining them. Male sterility and incompatibility in horticultural crops and utilization of incompatibility in breeding. Breeding of vegetatively produced plants.
Prerequisites No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1To be able to use the source of genetic information;
2To be able to use the knowledge of reproduction of living things;
3To be able to use inheritance knowledge;
4To be able to use breeding knowledge of agronomic characters;
5To be able to use the knowledge of single and collective inheritance of characters;
6To be able to comprehend the knowledge of introdution;
7To be able to comprehend the effect of mother and father on heredity;
8To be able to comprehend the knowledge of variety development;
9To be able to comprehend variety adaptation knowledge;

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ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
ActivitiesQuantityDuration (Hour)Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)14342
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)10330
Mid-terms133
Final examination133
Total Work Load

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LO: Course Learning Outcomes