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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TAR 4102 PLANT PROTECTION COMPULSORY 2 2 0 3

Offered By

Agricultural Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DILEK YÜCEL ENGINDENIZ

Offered to

Agricultural Management (Evening) Agricultural Management

Course Objective

To teach diseases , pests and weeds which are problems in cultivated plants and to give general information about their damage symptoms and control measurements.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to categorize harmful and benefical species in plant protection. 2   Being able to understand biotic and abiotic factors which are problems in plants and their control measurements. 3   Being able to put forward basic problems in farming of cultivated plants. 4   Being able to apply information of plant protection. 5   Being able to search actual information about plant protection practises.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Importance of plant protection, concept of disease in plants and disease phases 2 Symptoms of plant diseases, morphological characteristics of the fungal plant diseases 3 Biology and control of plant fungal diseases 4 Biology and control of plant bacterial diseases 5 Biology and control of plant viral diseases 6 Organisms of animal origin that have problems in agriculture and their general characteristics and forms of damage, biodiversity 7 Organisms of animal origin that have problems in agriculture and their general characteristics and forms of damage, biodiversity 8 Mid-Term Exam 9 Morphological and anatomical characteristics of arthropods that are harmful in agriculture and its propagation and growth 10 Classification of Insects: Insect orders and general characteristics 11 Interaction of pest and environment, its population dynamics;interaction betweenf host plants and pests 12 Characteristics of weeds, its damag and control 13 Strategies of plant protection against plant pests; screening and sampling, estimating of harmful and useful populations;decide of agricultural control 14 Cultural methods against pests, biological and physical control

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Döken, T., Demirci, E., Zengin, H., Erzurum, 2003. Fitopatoloji, Atatürk Üniv. Yayınları No: 729 Supplementary Book(s): Yoldaş, Z. Turanlı, F., 2010. Bitki Koruma Lecture notes, E.Ü.Z.F. Bitki Koruma Bölümü, Bornova-Izmir, 50 s

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing 2. Problem solving and case studies 3. Active participation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FN Final 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes will be assessed by mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 28 Tutorials 14 2 28 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5 Preparation for final exam 1 5 5 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 LO.1 1 LO.2 1 LO.3 1 1 LO.4 1 LO.5 1