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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Plant Protection |
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| Course Code |
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TYP204 |
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| Course Type |
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Compulsory |
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| Level of Course |
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First Cycle |
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| Year of Study |
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2 |
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| Course Semester |
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Spring (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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2 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Prof.Dr. YEŞİM AYSAN
Prof.Dr. CENGİZ KAZAK
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Knows basic knowledge and consept about Entomology
Knows insect morphology, reproduction, development and metamorphosis
Gains knowledge about controlling methods used against insects
Knows some of the basic knowledge and concepts of plant diseases
General information on symptoms of plant diseases, life cycles, and control strategies.
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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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The aim of the course is to teach plant disease-causing abiotic and biotic factors (fungi, bacteria, phytoplasma, spiroplazma, viruses and viroid), their symptoms on many crops, general information on plant parasitic weeds and their management methods.
The aim of this course is to teach definition of insect pests, separating them from other Arthropods, general morphology of insect and their metamorphosis
To give information about economically important insect orders and some important families
To give detailed information about insect pest control methods |
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| Course Contents |
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Importance of the insect in agriculture, insect morphology, insect metamorphosis, important insect orders in agricultural production, insect pest control methods
Plant diseases cause by microorganisms, their symptoms of the diseases, disease management methods |
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| Language of Instruction |
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Turkish |
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| Work Place |
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Sınıf |
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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 |
What is Plant Protection? Contents, definition of pest, importance of pest management and history, agents that cause damage on plants
Giving homework |
Lecture Note 1: 1-8 pp.
(Entomology) |
Visual teaching |
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2 |
Reproduction in insects, development and metamorphosis in insects, types of larva and pupa |
Lecture Note 1: 8-12 pp.
(Entomology) |
Visual teaching |
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3 |
Recognition of important insect orders for plant protection and important insect pest species on agricultural plants |
Lecture Note 1: 13-19 pp.
(Entomology) |
Visual teaching |
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4 |
Acarina, nematodes, snails and other pests |
Lecture Note 1: 20-27 pp.
(Entomology) |
Visual teaching |
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5 |
Control methods against plant-feeding pests, legal, cultural, physical, biotechnical methods |
Lecture Note 1: 30-34 pp.
(Entomology) |
Visual teaching |
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6 |
Chemical, biological controls and Integrated Pest Management |
Lecture Note 1: 45-51 pp.
(Entomology) |
Visual teaching |
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7 |
Midterm exam |
Study on the course topics and presentations prepared for the mid-term exam |
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8 |
Phytopathology, history and work areas |
Lecture notes |
Visual teaching |
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9 |
Biotic and abiotic factors that cause plant disease (etiology) |
Lecture notes |
Visual teaching |
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10 |
Parasitic disease cycles and periods |
Lecture notes |
Visual teaching |
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11 |
General characteristics of viruses and viroids that cause plant diseases, their symptoms and control strategies. |
Lecture notes |
Visual teaching |
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12 |
General characteristics of procaryotes (bacteria, phytoplasma, spiroplasma) cause plant diseases, their symptoms and control strategies. |
Lecture notes |
Visual teaching |
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13 |
General characteristics of fungi which causes plant diseases, their symptoms and control strategies. |
Lecture notes |
Visual teaching |
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14 |
General characteristics of plant parasitic weeds and their control strategies. |
Lecture notes |
Visual teaching |
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15 |
Discuss on homeworks
Homework presentations |
Lecture notes |
Visual teaching |
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16/17 |
Final exam |
Study on all the course topics and presentations prepared for final exam. |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 Lecture note prepared by using different source related to above given subjects (50 pp.)
Çınar, A., Uygun, N. 1989. Plant Protection, Çukurova Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi Lecture Note, 285 pp.
Agrios, G. N. Fourth Edition , 1997. Plant pathology p.635.
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| Required Course Material(s) | |
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
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Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
60 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
2 |
40 |
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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 |
Accesses to the resources in the field, uses of these resources and continuous self-improvement |
0 |
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2 |
Plans activities related to operation, maintenance and repairs irrigation network,developes project formulations in monitoring and evaluations, operates the irrigation networks. |
0 |
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3 |
Developes and implements irrigation programmes using the soil-plant-water relations and soil engineering properties |
0 |
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4 |
Developes and implements strategies for wastewater, drainage water, runoff water such as treated waste water re-use of non-conventional water without adversely affecting the environment, makes laboratory analysis about saline alkali soils and water suitability to irrigation and reports. |
0 |
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5 |
Prepares project about soil and water structures, animal houses, storage structures and crop production structures. Analyzes in terms of static and strength. Determines the properties of materials used in construction and makes the relevant tests.
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0 |
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6 |
Designs crop production systems, controls environmental domestic conditions and operates, makes the selection of materials to be used, tests and prepares a report. |
0 |
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7 |
Etudes drainage of agricultural lands, plans drainage systems,prepares projects and makes aplications, selects materials to be used, tests and prepares a report
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0 |
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8 |
Exposes the problems about soil and water conservation (erosion) and water harvesting, prepares and implements the project.
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0 |
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9 |
Designs and projects small dams, ponds. Prepares and implements flood action plans within the scope of integrated watershed management. |
0 |
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10 |
Works independently and takes responsibility |
0 |
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11 |
Developes and implement s strategies of sustainable water management for the purposes of protecting water resources and agricultural production. |
0 |
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12 |
Makes aplication of engineering design of irrigation systems and conducts tests about the materıals used ın these systems and preapares reports |
0 |
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13 |
Prepares land consolidation projects and applies. Provides farm developing systems. Prepares and implements rural development projects. |
0 |
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14 |
Creates effective solutions for sustainable agricultural production |
5 |
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15 |
Developes projects to protect natural resources like water,and offers the benefit to society, using the information of basic engineering, basic agricultural engineering and agricultural structures and irrigation engineering .
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5 |
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16 |
Has the ability to analyze problems ,make decisions and solve about professional subjects |
4 |
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17 |
Has the ability to design and apply analytical, modelling and experimental researches,and acquires the skill of analyzing and interpreting the complex issiues occured during this process . |
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 |
2 |
28 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
14 |
1 |
14 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
2 |
3 |
6 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
5 |
5 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
8 |
8 |
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Total Workload: | 61 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 2.44 |
| ECTS Credit: | 2 |
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