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| BIY4026 | Biological Control | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Kazım SEZEN | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Kazım SEZEN, Assoc. Prof. Dr. İsmail DEMİR | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The main objectives of this course are to provide informations about pest management using biological organisms or their products |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Have knowledge about insect pathology and utilization of these pathogens for biological control | 8 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Do detail literature research on a specific topic including its significance in agriculture or forestry | 8 | 3, | | LO - 3 : | Discus several topics with his/her classmates | 8 | 5, | | LO - 4 : | Have detail information about insect resistence against pesticides | 8 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| History and general aspects of biological control; Mass production, storage, transportation and application of biological conrol materials; Biological products used in biological control; Organisms used in biological control: Predators and parasitoides, viruses, bacteria, fungi, nematodes, protozoons; Biological control in Turkey; Important common pest of Turkey and their enemies
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | History and general aspects of biological control | | | Week 2 | Mass production, storage, transportation and application of biological conrol materials
| | | Week 3 | Biological products used in biological control
| | | Week 4 | Organisms used in biological control: Predators and parasitoides | | | Week 5 | Organisms used in biological control: Viruses | | | Week 6 | Organisms used in biological control: Bacteria | | | Week 7 | Organisms used in biological control: Fungi | | | Week 8 | Organisms used in biological control: Nematodes | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Organisms used in biological control: Protozoons | | | Week 11 | Seminnar: Current topics in biological control I | | | Week 12 | Seminnar: Current topics in biological control II | | | Week 13 | Seminnar: Current topics in biological control III | | | Week 14 | Biological control in Turkey
Important common pest of Turkey and their enemies | | | Week 15 | Technical Trip | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Demirbağ, Z. ve ark. 2008. Entomopatojenler ve Biyolojik Mücadele. Gündüz ofset matbaacılık, Trabzon | | | |
| 1 | Uğurlu, İ. 2000. Biyolojik Mücadele. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Yayınları, Isparta | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 22/04/2022 | 30 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 13 | 10/05/2022 | 20 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 17 | 10/06/2022 | 40 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 11 | 22 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 8 | 24 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 10 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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