Information Package & Course Catalogue
| 1 | Course Title: | BIOLOGICAL CONTROL |
| 2 | Course Code: | BIT5003 |
| 3 | Type of Course: | Compulsory |
| 4 | Level of Course: | Second Cycle |
| 5 | Year of Study: | 1 |
| 6 | Semester: | 1 |
| 7 | ECTS Credits Allocated: | 6 |
| 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: | Doç.Dr. HİMMET TEZCAN |
| 16 | Course Lecturers: | Doç. Dr. Nimet Sema Gençer |
| 17 | Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator: |
e-mail: himmett@uludag.edu.tr Tel: (90) 224 29 41 572 Uludağ Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Bitki Koruma Bölümü Görükle Kampüsü 16059 BURSA/ TÜRKİYE |
| 18 | Website: | http://www20.uludag.edu.tr/~bitkik/ludi/biyolojik_mucadele_ing.docx |
| 19 | Objective of the Course: | The purpose of the course is to give the student a thorough understanding of the principles and methods of biological control of pests and diseases, provide knowledge of basic identification of biological control agents and help to understand relationships between pests and their natural enemies, observing the biocontrol mechanisms between the microorganisms in the ecological aspects, bioformulation and application of the biocontrol agents against to plant diseases and pests. |
| 20 | Contribution of the Course to Professional Development |
| 21 | Learning Outcomes: |
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| 22 | Course Content: |
| Week | Theoretical | Practical |
| 1 | Pest origins, pesticides, and the history of biological conrtol | |
| 2 | Biological control agents and biological control methods | |
| 3 | Parasitoids and predators of arthropods and molluscs | |
| 4 | Natural enemy conservation, | |
| 5 | Introduction of new natural enemies, | |
| 6 | Augmentation of parasitoids, predators | |
| 7 | Biology of arthropod parasitoids and predators | |
| 8 | Introduction of biological control of plant diseases, natural balance | |
| 9 | Introduction to the mode of action the biological controls; antibiosis in rhizoplane and phylloplane | |
| 10 | Mechanisms of competition | |
| 11 | Mechanisms of hyperparasitism, cross protection and induced resistance | |
| 12 | Isolations of potantial antagonistic microorganisms in field, in vitro tests for selection of potantial antagonists and in vivo tests and field trials for selection of potantial antagonists | |
| 13 | Genetic manipulations in order to improve the effectiveness of biocontrol organism | |
| 14 | Bioformulation and bioformulation types, commercial scale production of biocontrol agents and the examples of commercial biocontrol products for use against plant pathogens |
| 23 | Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials: |
Bora,T., Özaktan, H., 1998. Bitki Hastalıklarıyla Biyolojik Savaş. - Prizma Matbaası, İzmir, 205 s. C. Öncüer Tarımsal Zararlılarla Biyolojik Savaş. Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Yayınları No:1 R.G. Van Driesche, TS. Bellows, JR Biological Control. Chapman & Hall-An International Thomson Publishing Company. H.D.BURGES, H.D., 1998. Formulation of Microbial Biopesticides: Beneficial microorganisms, nematodes and seed treatments. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Cook, R.J. and Baker, K.F. 1983. Te Nature and Practice of Biological Control of Plant Pathogens, APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA |
| 24 | Assesment |
| TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES | NUMBER | PERCENT |
| Midterm Exam | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Homeworks, Performances | 2 | 20 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 80 |
| Total | 3 | 100 |
| Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade | 20 | |
| Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade | 80 | |
| Total | 100 | |
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| 25 | ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE |
| Activites | NUMBER | TIME [Hour] | Total WorkLoad [Hour] |
| Theoretical | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Practicals/Labs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Self Study and Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homeworks, Performances | 2 | 29 | 58 |
| Projects | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midtermexams | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exams | 1 | 110 | 110 |
| Total WorkLoad | 210 | ||
| Total workload/ 30 hr | 7 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 7 |
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| LO: Learning Objectives | PQ: Program Qualifications |
| Contribution Level: | 1 Very Low | 2 Low | 3 Medium | 4 High | 5 Very High |