COURSE SYLLABUS

SYSTEMATICS AND BIOLOGY OF ENTOMOPHAGOUS INSECTS

1	Course Title:	SYSTEMATICS AND BIOLOGY OF ENTOMOPHAGOUS INSECTS
2	Course Code:	BIT6008
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
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:	Doç.Dr. NİMET SEMA GENÇER
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	e-mail:nsgencer@uludag.edu.tr tel: (90) 224 29 41 574 Uludağ Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Bitki Koruma Bölümü Görükle Kampüsü Adres :16059 BURSA/ TÜRKİYE
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of the course is to give knowledge about systematics and biology of entomofagous insects and use in biological control
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Students should be able to name and sight-identify all of the hexapod orders and the common local families;
2	To understand distribution in habitats;
3	To know food relations;
4	To know about insect predatory behaviour;
5	To know how to use entomofagous insects in biological control;
6	To know economic importance of predators;
7	To know searching behavior;
8	To know produce solutions to problems;
9	Creating an article, report and Project and evaluating these;
10	If necessary, take professional responsibility as an individual.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Biology of Coccinellidae,Life history and biological properties	Examined dry insect materials
2	Distribution in habitats, Food relations	Slides show
3	Dormancy	Slides show
4	Enemies of coccinellidae, Use in biological control	video
5	Biology of Chrysopidae,Life Histories and Behaviour,Development of Chrysopidae	video
6	Feeding habits Predatory behavior of larvae and cannibalism	video
7	The sexual behavior of greenlacewing Flight,dispersal, migration	Slides show
8	Reproductive physology and fecundity Oviposition	Examined dry insect materials
9	Ecology and conservation biology of ground beetles(Coleoptera:Carabidae)	Examined dry insect materials
10	Activity::Daily and Seasonal Feeding:Searching Behaviour,Food Choice	Slide show
11	Reproduction Economic Importance of Ground Beetles	Rearing any entomag insect in climatic condition room
12	Biology of Anthocoridae, Feeding, life history, roles in ecosystem	Rearing any entomag insect in climatic condition room
13	Taxonomy of parasitoids	Using Identification key
14	Biology of parasitoids (Encyrtidae, Trighogrammatidae, Braconidae, etc.)	Slide show

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Biology of Coccinellidae,1973.Ivo Hodek; Ladybirds,1989, Michael Majerus and Petyer Kearns, Biology of Chrysopidae, 1983, Michael Canard, Yves Semeria,T.R. New, Lacewing in the Crop Environment, P.McEwen, TR New and E Whittington, Ecology and Conservation Biology of Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) 2008, Gabor Löven.,Türkiye Anthocoridae (Heteroptera) faunası üzerinde taksonomik ve faunistik araştırmalar. Önder, F. 1982.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	20
Final Exam	1	80
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		20
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		80
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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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