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  Course Description
Course Name : Fruit and Vineyard pest

Course Code : BKP404

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 4

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 3

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. SERDAR SATAR

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Get information about description of fruit pests.
Get information about biology of fruit pests.
Get information about cultural practices to control of fruit pests.
Get information about chemical control to control of fruit pests.
Get information about biological control will be applied to control of fruit pests.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : One of the important problem is pests caused ones at fruit and vineyard production. Description, ecological needs, biology, behavior, damage type on plants and natural enemies of pest has to be known to control of pests cause product losses successfully. In this lecture is aimed having important information about the pests cause important losses on different fruit groups

Course Contents : Description,biology,ecology and control of pests on fruits and vineyard (citrus pest, olive pest, fig pest, pomegranate pest, vineyard pest, poma pest , stone fruit pest, and nuts fruit pest) production areas with supported by picture,figure on powerpoint presentation

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Class and laboratuary of department of plant production. Fruit and vineyard orchards of Faculty of Agriculture in Cukurova University


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 CITRUS PEST Related topics in Fruits and viticulture pests lecture book The lecture is teached in the laboratory in parctice, if target pest is available in the lab and supported with PowerPoint presentation
2 CITRUS PEST (CONTINUE) Reading the related topics lecture notes The lecture is taught in the laboratory in practice, if target pest is available in the lab and supported with PowerPoint presentation
3 CITRUS PEST (CONTINUE) Reading the related topics lecture notes The lecture is teached in the laboratory, if target pest is available in the lab with power point presentation
4 SUBTROPICAL FRUIT PEST Reading the related topics lecture notes The lecture is teached in the laboratory, if target pest is available in the lab with power point presentation
5 SUBTROPİICAL FRUIT PEST Reading the related topics lecture notes The lecture is teached in the laboratory, if target pest is available in the lab with power point presentation
6 BERRY FRUIT PEST and prepare homework Reading the related topics lecture notes, search in scholar google about homework The lecture is taught in the laboratory in practice, if target pest is available in the lab and supported with PowerPoint presentation
7 POME FRUIT PEST and prepare homework Reading the related topics lecture notes, search in scholar google about homeworks The lecture is taught in the laboratory in practice, if target pest is available in the lab and supported with PowerPoint presentation
8 POME FRUIT PEST (CONTINUE...) and presentation of the student homework Reading the related topics lecture notes, prepare homework as PowerPoint presentation and prepare the presentation for 10 min presentation and discussion on this topic in the classroom The lecture is teached in the laboratory, if target pest is available in the lab with power point presentation
9 QUIZE EXAM Gettıing ready to the exam by using lecture notes and ppt documents cover until exam Written exam
10 STONE FRUIT PEST Reading the related topics lecture notes The lecture is taught in the laboratory in practice, if target pest is available in the lab and supported with PowerPoint presentation
11 STONE FRUIT PEST (CONTINUE...) Reading the related topics lecture notes The lecture is taught in the laboratory in parctice, if target pest is available in the lab and supported with PowerPoint presentation
12 NUTS FRUIT PEST Reading the related topics lecture notes The lecture is taught in the laboratory in parctice, if target pest is available in the lab and supported with PowerPoint presentation
13 NUTS FRUIT PEST (CONTINUE...) and prepare homeworks Reading the related topics lecture notes, search in scholar google about homeworks The lecture is taught in the laboratory in practice, if target pest is available in the lab and supported with PowerPoint presentation
14 NUTS FRUIT PEST (CONTİNUE...) and prepare homeworks Reading the related topics lecture notes, search in scholar google about homeworks The lecture is taught in the laboratory in practice, if target pest is available in the lab and supported with PowerPoint presentation
15 NUTS FRUIT PEST (CONTİNUE), presentation of the student homework Reading the related topics lecture notes, prepare homework as PowerPoint presentation and prepare the presentation for 10 min presentation and discussion on this topic in the classroom The lecture is teached in the laboratory, if target pest is available in the lab with power point presentation
16/17 FINAL EXAM Getting ready to the final exam by using lecture notes and ppt documents cover all semester written exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Uygun, N., M.R. Ulusoy, İ. Karaca ve S. Satar, 2010. Fruit and Vineyard Pest. 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.
 EBELING, W., 1959. Subtropical Fruit Pest. University of California, Division of Agricultural Sciences, 436p.


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 2 40
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 3
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. 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 4
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 4
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 5
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 3
* 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 5 5
    Final Exam 1 8 8
Total Workload: 87
Total Workload / 25 (h): 3.48
ECTS Credit: 3