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Course Description Course Name : Pest of stored products Course Code : BKP405 Course Type : Compulsory Level of Course : First Cycle Year of Study : 4 Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks) ECTS : 2 Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. EKREM ATAKAN Learning Outcomes of the Course : To teach importance of stored products and foods materials Students gains knowledge about general characteristics of stored pests. student knows pest insects acari, and rodents species and to give information about systematics, biology and ecology and control tactics of species. student is gained to take different documents related the lesson contents, and acquired solution skillful, analyzing the pest problems Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : BKP202 General Entomology Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : To introduce pest insects, mites and rodents in warehouse, houses, silos, and teach biology, ecology and damage of each pest species and its control tactics ,and also to introduce general perspective of pest management of stored pest. Course Contents : To teach characteristic of ware houses and silos, properties of stored foods or materials, and general reason of stored material losses. To give information about systematics, biology ecology, pest status and control tactics of pest insects, acaries and rodents feeding upon stored products Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : classroom and laboratory   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 Economic importance of stored pests prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 2 General charactersitics of stored pests prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 3 General charactersitics of stored pests prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 4 Pests of stored products- order Coleoptera prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 5 Pests of stored products- order Coleoptera prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 6 Pests of stored products- order Coleoptera prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 7 Pests of stored products- order Coleoptera prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 8 Exam prepartory to term exam, with all lesson notes and auxiliary documents associated with lesson, and with offprint of presentation 10 Pests of stored products- order Coleoptera prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 11 Pests of stored products- order Lepidoptera prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 12 Pests of stored products- order Lepidoptera prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 13 Pests of stored products- order Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 14 General principles of management of stored pests prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 15 General principles of management of stored pests prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents power point presentation and labaoratory metarials for practice 16/17 Final exam prepartory to final exam, with all lesson notes and auxiliary documents associated with lesson, and with offprint of presentation   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  Hill, D. S. (2002). Pest of Stored Foodstuffs and Their Control. Kluwer Academic Publishing.  Rees, D. P. (2004). Insects of Stored Products. CSIRO Publishing  Özgür, A. F. (1996). Lesson notes on the stored pests. Çukurova Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Ofset Atölyesi NO: 23, 86 s. Required Course Material(s)   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 70     Homeworks/Projects/Others 2 30 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 5 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. 5 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. 5 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 5 8 Easily reaches to information on plant protection by using qualified Technologies and combine them with its knowledge to prepare written or oral presentations. 5 9 Gain the skills to catch and analyze the basic methods of the scientific researches 5 10 Gain the ability to work lonely or with a team, responsibility in professional ethics and safety in applications. 5 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 0 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) 14 2 28     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 1 14 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 2 2 4     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 3 3     Final Exam 1 6 6 Total Workload: 55 Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.2 ECTS Credit: 2