Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
SEED PHYSIOLOGY 800200715400 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Lecturing, report preparation, essay presentation
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals To inform the students on seed viability and physiological changes
Course Content Seed formation, chemical constituents, desiccation tolerance, storage factors, seed vigour tests, dormancy, and breaking treatments, seed developement and importance for cultivation ( ATP, GA3, osmotic structures etc.) hardseededness, imbibition injury, germination and its requirements
Learning Outcomes 1) Dormancy, germination, and baasic seed physiological aspectss to teach
2) Information gain about the physiology and seed vigor germination
3) Seeds and seedlings relations and the effect determination of seed quality to seedling growth

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Seed formation and seed parts Question Answer; Discussion
Speech Loop
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
2. Week Seed nutritional value Problem Solving
Colloquium
Project Based Learning 		Homework
3. Week Seed germination and its features Problem Solving
Speech Loop
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
4. Week Required conditions for germination Problem Solving
Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
5. Week Germination differences among the species Problem Solving
Speech Loop
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
6. Week Seed dormancy and ıts features Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Project Based Learning 		Homework
7. Week Seed dormancy breaking treatments Problem Solving
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
8. Week Mechanical and physiological dormancy breaking treatments Discussion
Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
9. Week Tetrazolium tets and conditions Problem Solving
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
10. Week Seed hardseededness and its removel Problem Solving
Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
11. Week New developments in seed physiology Problem Solving
Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
12. Week Dormancy and field emergence Discussion
Speech Loop
Project Based Learning 		Homework
13. Week Field conditions and dormmancy Discussion
Speech Loop
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
14. Week Dormancy and germination advancement treatments Discussion
Speech Loop
Problem Based Learning 		Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Ellis, R.H. and Barret, S. (1994).Alternating temperatures and rate of seed germination in lentil. Annals of Botany, 74, 519-524.Mavi, K., Mavi, F., Demir, I. and Matthews, S. (2014). Electrical conductivity of seed soak water predicts seedling emergence and seed storage potential in commercial seed lots of radish. Seed Science and Technology, 42, 76-86. Chang, Y. K., K. J. Hwa, Y.Y. Rog, and L. S. Ho,. 1996. Effects of fruit maturity and afterripening period on the germination of gourd seeds. Journal Korean Society Horticulture Science. 37: 197-200.
Passam,H.C., Theodoropoulou, S., Kranissa, T. and Karapanos, I.C. (2010). Influence of harvest time and after-ripening on the seed quality of eggplant. Scientia Horticulturae 125, 518-520.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15000
PY25000
PY35000
PY45400
PY55040

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 2 8
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 2 16
Seminar 2 5
Quiz 2 10
Time to prepare for Quiz 1 9
Final Exam 2 18
1 15
2 16
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload