COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PLANT STRESS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYT 6015 PLANT STRESS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR LEMAN TARHAN

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biotechnology
BIOTECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

In recent years, there have been considerable interests about the potential impact of biotechnology on various biotic and abiotic stress conditions is plants. Plant stresses contribute the most limiting factors for crop productivity worldwide. Collection of in depth reviews contributed by experts in the field of plant stress and molecular physiology, this course focuses on the possible roles of biotechnology in tackling plant stresses as affected by such factors associated with accelerated ageing, drought, extreme high-temperatures, heavy metals, high irradiance, salinity, water deficit and infections by bacteria, virus and other pathogens, water deficit and infections by bacteria, virus and other pathogen. It also covers various aspects, as that of aquaporins, LEA proteins, homeodomain-lesion zipper proteins, Myb transcription factors, polyamines, lesion mimic mutants and their possible roles in plant stress response through biotechnological and other genetic engineering approaches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students will be able to comprehend metabolism of polyamines and prospects for Producing Stress-tolerant plants.
2   The students will be able to realize the Myb Transcription Factor Gene Expression in plant defense and stress responses.
3   The students will be able to understand response of plants to salt and water stress and the roles of aquaporins.
4   The students will be able to have knowledge of biotechnology in plant tolerance.
5   The students will be able to comprehend approaches to the control of plant viruses.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ecological function of secondary metabolites
2 Presence and defence of signal compounds at the right time and place
3 Molecular Modes of Action of Defensive Secondary Metabolites
4 Molecular modes of action of Secondary Metabolites
5 Biotechnology and utilization of Secondary Metabolites
6 Molecular modes of action an overview
7 Changes in Seed Vigor and Reactive Oxygen Species during Accelerated Ageing of Guar Seeds
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Enhanced Stress Tolerance in Plants through Genetic Engineering of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase
10 Genetic Transformation and Abiotic Stress Improvement in Transgenic Tomatoes Expressing Master Switch Arabidopsis CBFI Gene
11 Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) Protein Gene Expression and Regulation in Plant Stress Tolerance
12 Triazole Induced Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms in Beta vulgaris L.
13 Genetic Diversity and Development of Aluminium Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses in Crop Plants of Portuguese Archipelago of Madeira Production of recombinant proteins by plants and plant cell cultures
14 Homework and Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Devarajan Thangadurai, Wei Tang, Song-Quan Song, Plant Stress and Biotechnology, 267, 10-B-Scheme, Opp. Narayan Niwas, Gopalpura By Pass Road,jaipur-302018, ISBN: 978-81-89473-10-5, Oxford
Supplementary Book(s): Edited by K. V. Madhava, A. S. Raghavendra and K. Janardhan Reddy, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Stress Tolerance in Plants 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Question-answer technique
3. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term and final exams, homework and presentations.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
nilgun.yucel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30 - 15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 35 35
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing Homework and Presentations 1 35 35
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 192

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1545454
LO.2545453
LO.3545454
LO.4545444
LO.5545445

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