Information
| Unit | FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE |
| PLANT PROTECTION PR. | |
| Code | BKP473 |
| Name | Pests of Stored products |
| Term | 2019-2020 Academic Year |
| Semester | 7. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 3 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | C Compulsory |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. EKREM ATAKAN |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. EKREM ATAKAN
(Güz)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
To introduce pest insects, mites and rodents in warehouse, houses, silos, and to teach biology, ecology and damage of each pest species and its control tactics ,and also to introduce general perspective of pest management of stored pest.
Course Content
To teach characteristic of ware houses and silos, properties of stored foods or materials, and general reason of stored material losses.
Course Precondition
Resources
Notes
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | To teach importance of stored products and foods materials |
| LO02 | Students gains knowledge about general characteristics of stored pests. |
| LO03 | student knows pest insects acari, and rodents species and to give information about systematics, biology and ecology and control tactics of species. |
| LO04 | student is gained to take different documents related the lesson contents, and acquired solution skillful, analyzing the pest problems |
| LO05 | Student gets skillfull of pest control strategies associaed with stored pest, including fumigation. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | - | Learn the basic plant protection topics such as biology, ecology, systematic, control strategies of agents causing economical losses in cultivation | 4 |
| PLO02 | - | Students have the sufficient knowledge about agricultural engineering in general and also, plant protection area in private | 3 |
| PLO03 | - | Gain the sufficient equipment to determine the challenges about the diseases, pests and weeds in plant health and identify those agents. | 4 |
| PLO04 | - | Provides to apply practical control strategies safely and interpret the results; prescribe the pesticides in case of using chemical control. | 4 |
| PLO05 | - | 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. | 4 |
| PLO06 | - | Gain the skills to catch and analyze the basic methods of the scientific researches | 3 |
| PLO07 | - | Obtain the skill to choose and use modern technical tools in plant protection. | 3 |
| PLO08 | - | 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. | 4 |
| PLO09 | - | Gain the ability to work lonely or with a team, responsibility in professional ethics and safety in applications. | 4 |
| PLO10 | - | Easily reaches to information on plant protection by using qualified Technologies and combine them with its knowledge to prepare written or oral presentations. | 3 |
| PLO11 | - | Gain the ability to communicate with farmers and organizations dealing with agriculture and be able to teach his professionals to them | 4 |
| PLO12 | - | 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 | 5 |
| PLO13 | - | 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 | 5 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Economic importance of stored pests | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 2 | General charactersitics of stored pests | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 3 | General charactersitics of stored pests | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 4 | Pests of stored products- order Coleoptera (Sitophilus granarius) | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 5 | Pests of stored products- order Coleoptera (Dermestes lardarious and other dermestides | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 6 | Pests of stored products- order Coleoptera (Tenebrio molitor and Tribolium spp) | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 7 | Pests of stored products- (order Coleoptera ,Latheticus cornutus) | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | prepartory to term exam, with all lesson notes and auxiliary documents associated with lesson, and with offprint of presentation | |
| 9 | Pests of stored products- (order Coleoptera, Cyrpolestes ferruginneus) | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 10 | Pests of stored products- order Coleoptera (Bruchus spp. Aconthocelides and Collosbruchus maculatus) | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 11 | Pests of stored products- (order Lepidoptera, Anagasta kuhniella, Polidia interpunctella, Ephestia spp.) | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 12 | Pests of stored products- (order Lepidoptera, Corycyra cephalonica) | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 13 | Pests of stored products- (order Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera, Bruchofagous roddi) | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 14 | General principles of management of stored pests (Cultural management, Physical management) | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 15 | General principles of management of stored pests (Biotehnic control, chemical control) | prepartory with lesson notes and auxiliary documents | |
| 16 | Term Exams | prepartory to final exam, with all lesson notes and auxiliary documents associated with lesson, and with offprint of presentation | |
| 17 | Term Exams | prepartory to final exam, with all lesson notes and auxiliary documents associated with lesson, and with offprint of presentation |
Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria
| Assessment Type | Midterm / Year Impact | End of Term / End of Year Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Midterm Exam | 100 | 40 |
| General Assessment | ||
| Midterm / Year Total | 100 | 40 |
| 1. Final Exam | - | 60 |
| Grand Total | - | 100 |