1	Course Title:	PLANT VIROLOGY
2	Course Code:	BTK3609-Z
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
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:	Prof. Dr. Ümit ARSLAN uarslan@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The students will be; obtain general information about plant viruses and explain the characteristics of plant viruses, identification and control methods in the plants.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To explain the historical developments of plant virology; 2 To obtain general information about plant viruses; 3 To define the differences between plant viruses and other plant pathogens; 4 To know taxonomy of plant pathogenic viruses; 5 To explain the ways of spreading for plant pathogenic viruses; 6 To apply diagnostic methods for some of the important plant pathogen for viruses; 7 To grasp the biology of viruses and their ecology; 8 To explain the control methods of plant pathogenic viruses;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction to plant virology
2	Characteristics of plant viruses
3	Virus infection and virus synthesis
4	Translocation and distribution of viruses in plants
5	Symptoms caused by plant viruses
6	Nomenclature and classification of plant viruses
7	Purification of plant viruses
8	Serology of plant viruses
9	Detection and identification of plant viruses
10	Repeating courses and midterm exam
11	Transmission of plant viruses
12	Transmission of plant viruses
13	Control of plant viruses
14	Ecology and epidemiology of plant viruses

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Agrios, G.N. 2005. Plant Pathology. Fifth Edition, 922 s. Baykal, N. 1992. Fitopatoloji. Uludağ Üniversitesi Basımevi. 368 s. Dolar, F.S., Demirci, E., Basım, H., Demirci, F., Elibüyük, İ.Ö. 2011. Fitopatoloji. T.C. Anadolu Üniversitesi yayın No: 2293, Anadolu Üniversitesi Web-Ofset. Eskişehir, 199 s. Hull, R. 2002. Matthews' Plant Virology. Fourth Edition. Academic Press, London, 1001 p. Yılmaz; M. A., Çığşar, İ. 2007. Viroloji. Çukurova Üniversitesi Basımevi, Adana, 281 s.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	0	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	12	12
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	20	20
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	30	30
Total WorkLoad			110
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 LO2 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 LO3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 LO4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 LO5 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 LO6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 LO7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 LO8 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High