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  Course Description
Course Name : Vegetable Crop and Ornamental Plants Pests

Course Code : BKP403

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 4

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 3

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. KAMİL KARUT
Prof.Dr. MEHMET RİFAT ULUSOY

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Recognize Vegetable and ornamental pests
Biology knows vegetable and ornamental pests
Cultural measures may be applied against vegetable and ornamental pests
Chemical control may be applied against vegetable and ornamental pests
Biological control method may be applied vegetable and ornamental pests

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : BKP202 General Entomology

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : One of the important problems in the cultivation of vegetable sources of pests problems. Product to be able to wage a successful struggle against the factors leading to the loss of their recognition, distribution, ecological requirements, biology, behavior, and how to organ damage, which created the plant, with the loss for the prevention of damage to the economic importance of the degree of emphasis on basic combat methods. Are a must for the recognition of natural enemies of pests. This course is arranged in an order according to plant pests.

Course Contents : In terms of the environment and human health in today´s conditions in the forefront of organic and integrated farming vegetables (tomato, pepper, eggplant, zucchini, Melon, Watermelon, Cucumber, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, such as cultivated plants), loss of animal origin, and other forms of insects pests and their struggles this course describes the principles of IPM

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 General pests of vegetables and ornamental plants Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
2 General pests of vegetables and ornamental plants Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
3 General pests of vegetables and ornamental plants Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
4 General pests of vegetables and ornamental plants Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
5 General pests of vegetables and ornamental plants Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
6 The pests of the root and tuber eaten vegetables Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
7 The pests of fruit eaten vegetables Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
8 The pests of fruit eaten vegetables Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
9 Midterm exam The mid-term exam lecture notes and presentations, working in the treated subjects prepare for the exam Written examination
10 The pests of flowers, seeds, and other organs eaten vegetables Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
11 The pests of aromatic and salad vegetables Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
12 Mushrooms pests Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
13 Cut flowers pests Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
14 Parks and shrub plant pests Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
15 Parks and shrub plant pests Issues related to resource books Powepoint presantation and Discussion
16/17 Final exam The period until the end of the lecture notes and presentations, trying to prepare for the exam subjects treated Written examination


  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, ve H. Başpınar, 2002. Sebze Zararlıları. Ç.Ü. Ziraat Fak. Yayınları. Ders Kitabı, 168.s
 ALFORD, D.V., 1999. A Textbook of Agricultural Entomology. Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford, 314p.
 Mc Kinlay, R. G., 1992. Vegatable Crop Pests. Mac Millian Pres Ltd., England, 406 pp.
 KORNOŞOR, S., 1985. Orman, Park ve Süs Bitkileri Zararlıları. Ç.Ü Ziraat Fakültesi yardımcı ders notu (Teksir).
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 40
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 2 60
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 1
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. 2
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. 3
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 3
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 3
10 Gain the ability to work lonely or with a team, responsibility in professional ethics and safety in applications. 2
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 2
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 2
* 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 4 56
    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 5 5
Total Workload: 82
Total Workload / 25 (h): 3.28
ECTS Credit: 3