COURSE SYLLABUS

PHYTOPATHOLOGY

1	Course Title:	PHYTOPATHOLOGY
2	Course Code:	BTKZ104
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
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:	Öğr. Gör. HAKAN ERDOĞAN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Öğ.Gör. Hakan ERDOĞAN hkerdogan@uludag.edu.tr 02247736042
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of this course is to enable students to learn the concept of disease in plants, to understand all the factors that cause disease, to learn the causes of plant and pathogen-induced changes in disease formation, to analyze the place and functions of disease factors in the ecosystem, to make macroscopic and microscopic evaluation, to make comparison of the main methods which can fight against microorganisms causing diseases in plants.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Learns living and non-living disease factors that cause disease in plants and methods of combating them.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to comprehend the structural and biochemical reactions in plant resistance against harmful microorganisms;
2	To be able to evaluate the status of plant diseases in ecological system;
3	To compare and analyze the basic concepts of disease control in phytopathology;
4	To comprehend the general information in phytopathology;
5	To understand the economic importance of diseases in plant production;
6	To be able to identify the nonliving and living elements that cause the diseases and to categorize them;
7	To be able to identify important microbial chemicals;
8	To be able to relate the physiological and biochemical changes caused by microorganism-based substances in plants;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	General content and presentation of the course, the concept of disease in plants and definitions
2	History of plant diseases, economic importance, general recognition ways of disease
3	Symptoms of disease (Symptomatology)
4	Abiotic reasons of diseases in plants
5	Biotic reasons of diseases in plants, plant pathogenic viruses
6	Biotic reasons of diseases in plants, plant pathogenic viruses
7	Plant pathogenic prokaryotes
8	Plant pathogenic prokaryotes
9	Plant pathogenic fungi
10	Disease formation and disease stages
11	How pathogens attack plants: chemical weapons of the pathogen
12	Physiological changes in diseased plants
13	Plant defense against pathogens and disease ecology
14	Protection measures against plant diseases

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Yıldız,M.,F.Yıldız,1994. “Fitopatoloji” ders notu
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	Measurement and evaluation is carried out according to the pirinciples of Bursa Uludağ university associate and undergraduate Education Regulation.
Information	Results are determined with 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