COURSE SYLLABUS

PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGI

1	Course Title:	PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGI
2	Course Code:	BIT6013
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. ÜMİT ARSLAN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	uarslan@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 0 224 294 15 75 Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi Bitki Koruma Bölümü Görükle Kampüsü, Nilüfer-BURSA
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The course aims to explain the general characteristics of fungi, to give basic information on fungal nutrition, growth and reproduction, to introduce certain taxonomic categories that contain plant pathogenic fungi
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	This course provides students with basic information about plant pathogenic fungi

Learning Outcomes:

1	Knows the fungal plant pathogens ;
2	Knows the fungal growth and nutrition ;
3	Knows the fungal metabolism and fungal products ;
4	Knows the fungal genetic and molecular genetic ;
5	Knows the fungal spores ;
6	Knows the fungal ecology ;
7	Knows the fungal taxonomy ;
8	Knows the fungal life cycles ;
9	Knows the fungal diseases ;
10	Knows the control methods of fungal plant pathogens ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction to plant pathogenic fungi	Collection of fungi from various sources
2	Fungal structure and ultrastructure	Isolation of pathogenic fungi from infected tissues
3	Fungal growth and fungal nutrition	Purification of fungal plant pathogens
4	Fungal metabolism and fungal products	Demonstration of Koch’s postulates
5	Fungal genetics and molecular genetics	Inoculation methods of fungal plant pathogens
6	Fungal spores	Use of diagnostic keys for identification of important fungi
7	Fungal ecology	Demonstration of hypersensitive reaction, resistance and susceptibility
8	Fungal taxonomy	Methods for confirmation of pathogenicity of various groups of plant pathogenic fungi
9	Fungal life cycles	Preparation of inocula; inoculation techniques for various plant pathogens
10	Fungi as plant pathogens	In vitro evaluation of fungicides and bio-control agents against fungal pathogens-1
11	Fungal pathogens of plants	In vitro evaluation of fungicides and bio-control agents against fungal pathogens-2
12	Disease symptoms-1	In vivo evaluation of fungicides and bio-control agents against fungal pathogens-1
13	Disease symptoms-2	In vivo evaluation of fungicides and bio-control agents against fungal pathogens-2
14	Control of plant pathogenic fungi	Preservation of fungal cultures

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Deacon, J.W. 2006. Fungal Biology, 4th edition. Blackwell, Malden, Massachusetts. Kavanagh, K. 2005. Fungi, Biology and Applications. Wiley. Strange R.N. 2003. Introduction to Plant Pathology. John Willey and Sons, New York.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	It is evaluated according to the principles of the Associate and Undergraduate Education Regulation of Bursa Uludag University.
Information	Results are determined by the letter grade determined by the student automation system.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High