Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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AVANOS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS / ORT 221 - ORGANIC FARMING

Code: ORT 221 Course Title: PLANT PROTECTION AND BIOLOGICAL STRUGGLE Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Fall Semester
Level of Course Short Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ORGANIC FARMING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ATA ESKİN (ataeskin@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ATA ESKİN,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To give basic information about the harmful diseases, diseases and weeds causing economic loss in culture plants and products and to teach the methods of combating them.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can explain the basic concepts of plant diseases and pests. PO-
Examination
LO-2 Can explain the relationship between disease and pests and environmental factors. PO-
Examination
LO-3 Can give information about the classification and the identification of plant diseases. PO-
Examination
LO-4 Can access, analyze and interpret information on plant protection. PO-
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
General principles of plant protection principles and methods in organic (ecological) agriculture, legal legislation and certification, and ecological plant protection methods used in the fight against diseases and pests in organic products.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Plant protection, importance of entomology, history of entomolgoy, insect groups. Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
2 General morphological structure in insects. Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
3 Anatomy and physiology in insects. Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
4 Reproduction, development and metamorphosis in insects Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
5 Important insect ordo and important families. Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
6 Important insect ordo and important families. Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
7 Chemical struggle in organic agriculture and Integrated struggle. Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
8 mid-term exam
9 Disease concept and symptomatology in plants Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
10 Non-parasitic plant diseases Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
11 Phytopathogenic fungus Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
12 Phytopathogenic bacteria and viruses Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
13 Weeds and flowering parasitic plants Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
14 Plant pest mites. Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
15 Methods of combating plant diseases in organic farming Lecture Method, question and answer, problem solving
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Temel Kitap: Prof. Dr. Bülent YAŞAR. Ziraat Mühendisliğinde Bitki Koruma. ISPARTA (2018).
2 Yardımcı Kitap: Özdemir Alaoğlu, Nuh Boyraz, Ahmet Güncan, Kubilay Kurtuluş Baştaş, 2020, Atlas Akademi.. Bitki Koruma,
Required Course instruments and materials
Laptop, projector, insect samples (live and dead).

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 10 20
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 6 12
       c) Performance Project 2 1 2
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 2 7 14
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 0
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 1 2
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 80