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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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fungal diseases of plants |
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| Course Code |
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BKP406 |
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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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4 |
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| Course Semester |
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Spring (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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3 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Prof.Dr. ALİ ERKILIÇ
Prof.Dr. ALİ ERKILIÇ
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Knows the types of fungi that cause disease in plants.
know that the symptoms of the disease in plants.
Know the biology of pathogenic fungi
Knows the economic importance and the spread conditions of the disease.
Knows what methods should use the fight against diseases.
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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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BKP306 Plant Bacterial Diseases
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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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Inform about the pathogenic fungi in plants of economic importance and distribution, host plants, symptoms, biology and control methods |
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| Course Contents |
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plant pathogenic fungus |
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| Language of Instruction |
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Turkish |
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| Work Place |
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classroom, laboratory |
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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 |
Introduction, fungal pathogens symptoms and distinctive features from other pathogens |
topics of course notes |
visual representation |
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2 |
Fungal diseases in citrus growing.Mal secco (Phoma tracheiphila) andcitrusgummosis (Phytophthora citrophythora) disease biology and control methods |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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3 |
Citrus Brown Leaf Spot Disease (Alternaria alternata f.sp. citri) ´s spread, symptoms of the disease syndrome, and the struggle will be based on applications. Citrus blue, green rots, stalk tip rots, secondary pathogens |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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4 |
fungal disease in the pome fruits. Apple, Pear and Loquat Scab Disease (Venturia inaequalis), and apple powdery mildew (Podosphaera leucotricha) |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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5 |
Apple and pear rust (Gymnosporangium sabina), Apple cancer (Nectria galligena), bitter rot (Glomerella cingulata), Phytophythora cactorum Root Root-crown rot disease definition and the struggle |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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6 |
Stone fruit trees fungal pathogens. Brown rot (Monilia laxa, Monilia fructigena, Monilia linhartiana), Taphrinia deformans, Coryneum beijerinkii, Leucostoma Cancer, apricots and nectarines definition of powdery mildew, disease, syndrome, and the struggle |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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7 |
Important fungal diseases of potato cultivation in our country, Downy mildew (Phytophythora infestans) stem canker and black scurf of potato(Rhizoctonia solani), potato Cancer (Wart Disease, Synchytrium endobioticum) and some other secondary pathogens, biology, struggles, and quarantine practices. |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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8 |
mid term exam |
working up to midterm exam from Lecture notes and presentations |
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9 |
In greenhouse and open field cultivation of vegetables fungal factors and methods of struggle |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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10 |
Grains rust, bunt and smut diseases, biology and control methods |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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11 |
Vineyard diseases. Powdery mildew (Uncinula necator), downy mildew (Plasmopara viticola), gray mold (Botrytis cinerea), Dead arm (Phomopsis viticola), Esca Red Blight, Anthracnose, etc. some of the biology of disease agents, symptoms of the disease and the struggles. |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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12 |
Strawberry Diseases. root rot caused by species of Phytophthora , fruit and rhizome rots, Rhizoctonia solani root rot, leaf spot Mycosphaerella fragariae, Anthracnose (Colletotrichum fragariae), gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) symptoms of illness, disease, syndrome, and the struggle |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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13 |
Onion diseases and their control |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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14 |
Lettuce, cauliflower, cabbage etc. fungal pathogens and the struggle |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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15 |
Peanut, soybean, sunflower, etc.fungal diseases and methods of struggle |
topics of course notes |
visual representation, microscopic examination in laboratory |
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16/17 |
final exam |
working up to final exam from Lecture notes and presentations |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 1. Agrios, G. N., 1997. Plant Pathology. Fourth Edition. Academic Press, San Diego, California, pp.635.
2. Nyvall, R. F., 1989. Field Crop Diseases Handbook. 2nd Edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, pp. 817.
4. Çınar, Ö., 1989. Plant Fungal Diseases. Ç.Ü.Agriculture Faculty Course Book, No:84, Adana, 248 p.
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| Required Course Material(s) |
Notes prepared by using different sources and pp presentation enriched with pictures
3. Anonymous, 2002. Biki Koruma El Kitabı. T. C. Tarım ve Köyişleri Bakanlığı, İzmir İl Müdürlüğü, İl Müdürlüğü Yayınları No: 352, İzmir, 536 s.
Internet resources
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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 |
60 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
1 |
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 |
Gain the sufficient equipment to determine the challenges about the diseases, pests and weeds in plant health and identify those agents. |
5 |
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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. |
5 |
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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 |
3 |
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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. |
5 |
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5 |
Obtain the skill to choose and use modern technical tools in plant protection. |
1 |
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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 |
4 |
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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 |
3 |
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10 |
Gain the ability to work lonely or with a team, responsibility in professional ethics and safety in applications. |
3 |
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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 |
5 |
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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) |
16 |
4 |
64 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
16 |
1 |
16 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Total Workload: | 86 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 3.44 |
| ECTS Credit: | 3 |
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