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Course Description Course Name : Pests of Temperate Climate Fruit Course Code : BK-589 Course Type : Optional Level of Course : Second Cycle Year of Study : 1 Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks) ECTS : 6 Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. SERDAR SATAR Learning Outcomes of the Course : 1) Has information about recognition and biology of Pests of Temperate Climate Fruit 2) Has information about control of Pests of Temperate Climate Fruit 3)Has information about biotechnic control of Pests of Temperate Climate Fruit and learn the latest developments in this field 4) Has information about biological control of Pests of Temperate Climate Fruit and learns the latest developments in this field Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : Recognition of pests that damage the fruits of temperate climate, their biology, and inform the agricultural engineers about the struggle by using current techniques. Course Contents : Pome and Stone fruit pest, their recogniton, biology and control, discussing current papers about the fruits of temperate climate pests, field and lab applications. Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : Plant protection class and labs, Çukurova University Department of plant Protection experimental and application fileds   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 Pome fruit pests; recognition, biology Read related lecture notes lecture with power point presentations 2 Pome fruit pests; chemical control I, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and article lecture with power point presentations and discussion the article 3 Pome fruit pests; cultural control II, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and article lecture with power point presentations, discussion the article and field application 4 Pome fruit pests; biological control III, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and article ecture with power point presentations, discussion the article 5 Pome fruit pests; biothecnical control IV, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and article ecture with power point presentations, discussion the article and lab application 6 Pome fruit pests; biothecnical control V, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and article ecture with power point presentations, discussion the article 7 the latest developments about control of Pome fruit pests, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and article ecture with power point presentations, discussion the article and field application 8 Stone fruit pests; recognition, biology, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and article ecture with power point presentations, discussion the article 9 Stone fruit pests; chemical control I, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and article ecture with power point presentations, discussion the article t and lab application 10 Stone fruit pests; cultural control II, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and article ecture with power point presentations, discussion the article 11 Quiz exam learn the all lecture notes and presentations until quiz exam Written and oral exam 12 Stone fruit pests; biological control III, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and article ecture with power point presentations, discussion the article and field application 13 Stone fruit pests; biothecnical control IV, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and article ecture with power point presentations, discussion the article 14 Stone fruit pests; biothecnical control IV, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and article ecture with power point presentations, discussion the article and lab application 15 The latest developments about control of Stone fruit pests, homework-read the related article Read related lecture notes and prepare the homework as powerpoint presentations lecture with power point presentation, students presentation 10 min each and discussion 16/17 Final exam learn the all lecture notes and presentations until final exam written and oral exam   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  Notes prepared by using different sources and transferred to electronic media presentation is enriched with pictures  Uygun, N., M.R. Ulusoy, İ. Karaca ve S. Satar, 2010. Fruit and Vineyard pests. Nobel matbaacılık, 347 p. Required Course Material(s)  ALFORD, D.V., 1999. A Textbook of Agricultural Entomology. Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford, 314p.  KOUL, O., Dhaliwal S.G., and Cuperus G.W., 2004. Integrated Pest Management, Potential, Constraints and Challenges. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, 329p.  Google academic http://scholar.google.com  WEP of Knowledge (SCI general search) Http://apps.webofknowledge.com   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 50     Homeworks/Projects/Others 5 50 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 Has knowledge on basic topics about general science, general agricultural engineering and plant production 4 2 Knows the biology, ecology, systematics and control strategies of diseases, pests and weeds causing yield losses in plants 5 3 Knows the identification and the biology of the diseases and how to control diseases,pests and weeds causing yield losses in plants in practice 4 4 Comprehends the plant protection problems, gains the ability to solve the problems via scientific methods 4 5 Decides to the most useful control strategy to cope with the plant protection problems and gets them to be used correctly 5 6 Obtains the skill to use a laboratory, analyzes and evaluates the results and prepares reports 5 7 Has necessary knowledge to use the essential technologies, synthesizes them to prepare oral presentations 5 * 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 3 42     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 1 14 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 5 12 60     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 10 10     Final Exam 1 16 16 Total Workload: 142 Total Workload / 25 (h): 5.68 ECTS Credit: 6