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MBG4025Basic Plant Diseases2+0+0ECTS:4
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of MOLECULAR BIOLOGY and GENETICS
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Erkol DEMİRCİ
Co-Lecturer
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
It includes the symptoms, pathogen characteristics, disease cycle and control in diseases caused by fungi, bacteria and viruses that cause disease in plants.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : Learns disease, parasitism, pathogenicity and disease development periods in plants7,10,111,6,
LO - 2 : Learns the development and control of plant diseases caused by fungi7,10,111,6,
LO - 3 : Learns the development and control of plant diseases caused by virus7,10,111,6,
LO - 4 : Learns the development and control of plant diseases caused by bacteria7,10,111,6,
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

 
Contents of the Course
Description of disease in plants and classification of plant diseases; parasitism and pathogenicity; periods of disease development in plants; symptoms, pathogen characteristics, disease cycle and control in diseases caused by fungi, bacteria and viruses.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Description of disease in plants and classification of plant diseases
 Week 2Parasitism and pathogenicity
 Week 3Disease development periods in plants
 Week 4Fungal root rot disease in plants
 Week 5Fungal diseases caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae and Phytophthora infestans
 Week 6Fungal diseases caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis and Uromyces appendiculatus
 Week 7Ffungal diseases caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum and Ustilago maydis
 Week 8Fungal diseases caused by Ustilago tritici, U. nuda, U. hordei and U. nigra
 Week 9Mid-term Exam
 Week 10Fungal diseases caused by Tilletia tritici, T. laevis and T. contraversa
 Week 11Fungal disease caused by Puccinia graminis
 Week 12Fungal diseases caused by Erysiphe graminis and Peronospora tabacina
 Week 13Fungal diseases caused by Sclerotinia laxa, S. fructigena, S. linhartiana and S. fructicola
 Week 14Plant diseases caused by viruses
 Week 15Plant diseases caused by bacteria
 Week 16Final exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Öğretim üyesi tarafından hazırlanmış ders notları Lecture notes prepared by the lecturer
 
Recommended Reading
1Agrios, G.N. 2005; Plant Pathology, Academic Press, USA
2Anonymous. 2008; Zirai Mücadele Teknik Talimatları (Cilt1-6), Ankara
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 1 30
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 14 1 20
End-of-term exam 16 1 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 2 14 28
Sınıf dışı çalışma 2 14 28
Arasınav için hazırlık 2 8 16
Arasınav 1 1 1
Ödev 2 14 28
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 3 6 18
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Total work load120