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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Research and Experimental Methods in Plant Protection |
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| Course Code |
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BKP453 |
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| Course Type |
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Optional |
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| Level of Course |
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First Cycle |
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| Year of Study |
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4 |
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| Course Semester |
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Fall (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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5 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Prof.Dr. CENGİZ KAZAK
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Knows basic concept and terminology regarding Research and Experimental Methods
Knows experimental methods used in Plant Protection regularly
Knows how to establish laboratory and field experiments in Plant Protection
Knows how to evaluate data obtained from the experiments
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| Mode of Delivery |
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Face-to-Face |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites |
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None |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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None |
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| Aim(s) of Course |
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Establishment of Plant Protection experiments, evaluation of data obtained through laboratory and field experiments and providing needed knowledge for the experiments designed for specifically Plant Protection (Economic threshold, resistance level, pesticides efficacy trials etc.) |
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| Course Contents |
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This lecture covers establishment of experiments in Plant Protection, analyses of data obtained from experiments, the experiments designed for specifically Plant Protection (Economic threshold, resistance level, pesticides efficacy trials etc.) and the needed knowledge and concept to interpret the data obtained from experiments. |
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| Language of Instruction |
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Turkish |
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| Work Place |
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Classroom, laboratory and field |
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Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities |
| Week | Subject | Student's Preliminary Work | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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1 |
To determine the population dynamics of plant protection agents |
Recommended course note and related books |
Visual teaching |
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2 |
Implementation of the results in IPM that obtained from population determination |
Recommended course note and related books |
Visual teaching |
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3 |
Experimental design in Phytopathology |
Recommended course note and related books |
Visual teaching |
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4 |
Bio-test applicaton methods |
Recommended course note and related books |
Visual teaching |
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5 |
Sorvey methods in Phytopathology |
Recommended course note and related books |
Visual teaching |
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6 |
Determination of the damage levels and the "economic injury threshold" applications |
Recommended course note and related books |
Visual teaching |
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7 |
Establishment of bio-efficiency experiments
Home work presentation -1 |
Recommended course note and related books |
Visual teaching |
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8 |
Midterm |
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9 |
Experimental planning in Entomology, types of experiments, basic information about the laboratory and field experiments |
Karman 1971; 32-42 s. |
Visual teaching |
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10 |
Implementation of experiments and important features related to the implementation of the experiments |
Karman 1971; 74-85 s. |
Visual teaching |
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11 |
Evaluation of the experiments, sampling, data acquisition, calculation of % values, Abbott, Henderson Tilton, Sun Shepard vb. |
- Karman 1971; 99-120 s. |
Visual teaching |
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12 |
Evaluation of the single factor experiment |
- Karman 1971; 123-130 s |
Visual teaching |
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13 |
Comparing more than two characters; Analyses of variance, transformation |
- Karman 1971; 149-173 s |
Visual teaching |
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14 |
Relationship between two characters; Correlation, regression |
- Karman 1971; 130-145 s |
Visual teaching |
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15 |
Homework presentation-2 |
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16/17 |
Final exam |
Preparation for exam from lecture notes and presentations |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 Yurtsever, N. 1982. Tarla Deneme Tekniği. Toprak ve Gübre Araştırma Enstitüsü, Genel Yayın No 91, 207 s.
Anonim, 1992. Manual for Field Trials in Plant Protection. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, 271 pp.
Uygur, F.N. 1991. Herbolojide Araştırma Yöntemleri, Yardımcı Ders Notu, Adana, 69 s
arman, M. 1971. Bitki Koruma Araştırmalarında Genel Bilgiler (Denemelerin Kuruluşu ve Değerlendirme Esasları).Tarım Bak. Zira. Müc. Zir Kar. Gen. Müd. Yay., 279 s.
Steel, D.G ve J. H. Torrie. 1960. Principles and Procedures of Statistics. Mc Graw Hill.. Com. NY. 481 pp.
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| Required Course Material(s) | |
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
Number |
Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
70 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
2 |
30 |
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Total |
100 |
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Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success |
40 |
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Final Assessments
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100 |
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Rate of Final Assessments to Success
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60 |
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Total |
100 |
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| Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes |
| # | Key Learning Outcome | Contribution* |
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1 |
Gain the sufficient equipment to determine the challenges about the diseases, pests and weeds in plant health and identify those agents. |
0 |
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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. |
2 |
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3 |
Gain the ability to communicate with farmers and organizations dealing with agriculture and be able to teach his professionals to them |
0 |
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4 |
Provides to apply practical control strategies safely and interpret the results; prescribe the pesticides in case of using chemical control. |
3 |
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5 |
Obtain the skill to choose and use modern technical tools in plant protection. |
0 |
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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 |
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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 |
0 |
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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 |
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9 |
Gain the skills to catch and analyze the basic methods of the scientific researches |
5 |
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10 |
Gain the ability to work lonely or with a team, responsibility in professional ethics and safety in applications. |
0 |
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11 |
Learn the basic plant protection topics such as biology, ecology, systematic, control strategies of agents causing economical losses in cultivation |
0 |
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12 |
Students have the sufficient knowledge about agricultural engineering in general and also, plant protection area in private |
0 |
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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). |
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| Student Workload - ECTS |
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Related Works |
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Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) |
14 |
3 |
42 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
14 |
2 |
28 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
2 |
12 |
24 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
10 |
10 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
14 |
14 |
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Total Workload: | 118 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 4.72 |
| ECTS Credit: | 5 |
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