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| ORM7303 | Vegetative Propagation for Tree Breeding | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. İbrahim TURNA | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Deniz GÜNEY | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To emphasize the importance of tree breeding not only in wood production but also in forestry practices, to provide information about breeding methods, and to give general information about the role and importance of vegetative propagation among these methods. In this way, to gain knowledge about tree breeding. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | summarise the definition, benefits of vegetative propagation for tree breeding, describe the vegetative propagation for tree breeding applications | 3 - 6 - 7 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | apply various techniques of vegetative propagation for tree breeding | 3 - 6 - 7 | 2 | | PO - 3 : | present before an audience the results and outcome of any exercise | 3 - 6 - 7 | 5 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The concept and importance of tree breeding, breeding methods and the place and importance of vegetative propagation among these methods, advantages and disadvantages of vegetative propagation, propagation by grafting (scion and rootstock in grafting, grafting methods, factors affecting success in grafting), propagation by cuttings (methods of propagation by cuttings, factors affecting rooting in cuttings), other vegetative propagation methods, developments related to the use of vegetative propagation in plant breeding, especially in forest trees. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction and basic definition | | | Week 2 | General aspect of tree breeding | | | Week 3 | Methods of breeding, selection, hybridization, mutation and resistant breeding | | | Week 4 | Grafting propagation and tree breeding | | | Week 5 | Grafting propagation, grafting shoot, ortet, grafting methods | | | Week 6 | Applications in greenhouse | | | Week 7 | Grafting methods | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Applications in greenhouse | | | Week 10 | Cutting propagation and tree breeding, the methods of cutting propagation | | | Week 11 | The factor of effective cutting propagation, age of ortet, cutting types, pyhyological aspect of cutting | | | Week 12 | Season of cutting time, rooting medias and features, Applications in greenhouse | | | Week 13 | project presentations | | | Week 14 | Student presentations | | | Week 15 | Homework | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Ürgenç, S., 1982. Orman Ağaçları Islahı, İ.Ü. Yayın No:2836, Orman Fakültesi Yayın No:293, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Hartmann, H. T., Kester, D. E., Davies, F. T. ve Geneve, R. L., 2002. Plant Propagation, Principles and Practises, New Jersey, ABD.
| | | 3 | Şimşek, Y., 1993. Orman Ağaçları Islahına Giriş, Ormancılık Araştırma Enstitüsü Yayınları, Muhtelif Yayınlar Serisi No: 65, Ankara, 312 s. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 13/04/22 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 07/06/2022 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 7 | 2 | 14 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 2 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Total work load | | | 139 |
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