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| ORM7263 | Germination and Dormancy in Forest Trees | 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 | Face to face, Lab work | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ali Ömer ÜÇLER | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge of germination in different forest tree species, enable them to understand the methods in order to stimulate the germination. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | define the factors that effect germination positive or negative. | 3,5,6 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | evaluate the factors minimizing the germination capacity and their prevention methods. | 3,5,7 | 6 | | PO - 3 : | evaluate storage-germination relations of seeds. | 1,5,6 | 1 | | PO - 4 : | evaluate germination tests and rules | 3,5 | 3 | | 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 | | |
| Seed formation and frame, plant hormones and seed development, seed germination, germination types, formation reasons of low germination capacity, germination conditions, prevention of low germination capacity, cold stratification, hot stratification, chemical treatments, mechanical treatments, germination tests |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, Basic principles | | | Week 2 | Seed maturation and seed structure, stages of seed development | | | Week 3 | Harvesting and processing seeds | | | Week 4 | Seed testing, rules of International Seed Testing Association (ISTA), | | | Week 5 | Standart germination tests: excised-embryo test, terazolium test, X-ray analysis | | | Week 6 | Germination tests and rules, purity determination, seed vigor tests | | | Week 7 | Using of terazolium test in Laboratory, germination experiments in laboratory | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Seed treatments to improve germination | | | Week 10 | Seed dormancy and types; Physical and physiological dormancy | | | Week 11 | Overcome physical dormancy, hard seed coats; mechanical stratification, hot water soak, acid stratification, warm moist stratification | | | Week 12 | Fizyolojik dormansinin giderilmesi, cold moist stratification, warm moist stratification, early local collection of seed, chemical soak, combined process | | | Week 13 | Hormonal control of dormancy and germination | | | Week 14 | Seed storage, storage factors affecting seed germination, moisture content, temperature, cryopreservation | | | Week 15 | Types of seed storage, storage in containers with temperature control, conditioned storage with humidity and temperature control | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Macdonald, B.1999; Practical Woody Plant Propagation for Nursery Growers, Volume I, Tımber Press, 669 p., Oregon. | | | |
| 1 | Hartmann, H.T., Kester, D.E. Davies, F.T., Geneve, R.L. 2002; Plant Propagation Principles and Practices, Prentice Hall, 880 p., New Jersey, | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 15/11/2016 | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 12 | 07/12/2016 | 1 | 10 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 13 | | 1 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 04/01/2017 | 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 | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 7 | 14 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 3 | 12 | 36 | | Proje | 3 | 10 | 30 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 9 | 18 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 229 |
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