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  Course Description
Course Name : Plant Bacterial Diseases

Course Code : BKP306

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 3

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 3

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. YEŞİM AYSAN

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Students learn plant diseases caused by procaryots (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) on many economic crops
Students learn protaryotic disease management methods

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : BKP307 Plant Bacteriology

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : The aim of the course is to give some knowledge about the procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma, spiroplasma) plant diseases on many crops, their aetiology, epidemyology and control methods

Course Contents : Procaryotic diseases of some fruits (stone fruits, apple, pear, grape, citrus and strawberry) trees, vegetables (tomato, pepper, bean, onion, crucifers, cucurbits, potato), wheat, corn, cotton and ornamental plants, and their control

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Economic importance of procaryotic plant diseases, history, general aspect, classification, and symptoms Discuss on homework lecture with power point presentatoins
2 Procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) diseases on citrus and grape and their control study on related books and power point presentatoins before lecture lecture with power point presentatoins
3 Procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) diseases on apple and pear and their control study on related books and power point presentatoins before lecture lecture with power point presentatoins
4 Procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) diseases on stone fruits and their control study on related books and power point presentatoins before lecture lecture with power point presentatoins
5 Procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) diseases on industrial crops and olive and their control study on related books and power point presentatoins before lecture lecture with power point presentatoins
6 Procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) diseases on wheat crops and olive and their control study on related books and power point presentatoins before lecture lecture with power point presentatoins
7 Procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) diseases on potato and their control study on related books and power point presentatoins before lecture lecture with power point presentatoins
8 Exam study exam
9 Procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) diseases on vegetables and their control study on related books and power point presentatoins before lecture lecture with power point presentatoins
10 Procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) diseases on vegetables and their control study on related books and power point presentatoins before lecture lecture with power point presentatoins
11 Procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) diseases on vegetables and their control study on related books and power point presentatoins before lesson lecture with power point presentatoins
12 Procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) diseases on vegetables and their control study on related books and power point presentatoins before lesson lecture with power point presentatoins
13 Procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) diseases on strawberry, nut, walnut and their control study on related books and power point presentatoins before lecture lecture with power point presentatoins
14 Procaryotic (bacteria, phytoplasma and spiroplasma) diseases on ornamental plants and their control study on related books and power point presentatoins before lecture lecture with power point presentatoins
15 Homework presentations prepare a homework from related books homework presentation lecture with power point presentatoins
16/17 Final exam study final exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Lecture notes "Bitki Bakteri Hastalıkları", Edited by Saygılı, Şahin ve Aysan (2013)
 APS Diseases Compendiums
 power point presentations, prepared by lecturer
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 95
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 5
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Gain the sufficient equipment to determine the challenges about the diseases, pests and weeds in plant health and identify those agents. 5
2 Decide to the best and economic strategy by using knowledge to solve the challenges in plant protection and keep safe the protection of natural and sustainable sources. 5
3 Gain the ability to communicate with farmers and organizations dealing with agriculture and be able to teach his professionals to them 4
4 Provides to apply practical control strategies safely and interpret the results; prescribe the pesticides in case of using chemical control. 5
5 Obtain the skill to choose and use modern technical tools in plant protection. 4
6 Skills on using a laboratory, identifying of the diseases, pests or weeds in laboratory conditions, analyzing, determination and interpret of the results and prepare reports. 4
7 Acqure the competence to be respectful to the professional ethics, to understand the plant protection challenges within the legal legislations and improve strategies to cope with them 4
8 Easily reaches to information on plant protection by using qualified Technologies and combine them with its knowledge to prepare written or oral presentations. 3
9 Gain the skills to catch and analyze the basic methods of the scientific researches 4
10 Gain the ability to work lonely or with a team, responsibility in professional ethics and safety in applications. 3
11 Learn the basic plant protection topics such as biology, ecology, systematic, control strategies of agents causing economical losses in cultivation 5
12 Students have the sufficient knowledge about agricultural engineering in general and also, plant protection area in private 3
13 Professional development in accordance with their interests and abilities, as well as the scientific, cultural, artistic and social fields, constantly improves itself by identifying training needs 0
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 15 2 30
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 16 2 32
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 2 2
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 4 4
    Final Exam 1 4 4
Total Workload: 72
Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.88
ECTS Credit: 3