COURSE SYLLABUS

AGRICULTURAL NEMATOLOGY

1	Course Title:	AGRICULTURAL NEMATOLOGY
2	Course Code:	BIT5015
3	Type of Course:	Optional
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:	Prof. Dr. İSMAİL ALPER SUSURLUK
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	susurluk@uludag.edu.tr (0 224) 294 15 79 Uludağ Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Bitki Koruma Bölümü
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Nematology is detailed to develop student’s nematology knowledge. In this way students will be successful about plant diseases, comprise of nematodes.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To learn location of nematodes in the animal kingdom, role of insect parasitic nematodes in agriculture and yield loss due to plant parasitic nematodes.;
2	To learn general morphological features, reproduction and growing of insect parasitic nematodes.;
3	To understand nematodes relationship with environments and each other. ;
4	To learn and teach control methods of nematodes, application methods of nematodes. ;
5	To recognize problem of a region or country due to nematodes.;
6	To solve problems which are appear suddenly because of nematodes.;
7	To take soil samples from fields where have a problem about nematode and to analyze this samples.;
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22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Locations of systematics, economic importance and out surface of nematodes are taught.
2	Internal organs of nematodes (muscle, digestive, execratory, circulatory, respiratory, reproduction, nervous and sense organs-1) are taught.
3	Internal organs of nematodes (sense organs-2, light and secretion organs) are taught.
4	Reproduction and growing of nematodes are taught.
5	The information about growing of nematodes is taught.
6	Ecologies of nematodes about inanimate agents are taught.
7	Ecologies of nematodes about alive agents are taught.
8	Control methods of plant pests deal with economically. Predicting and early warning system are lectured.
9	Cultural protection and biological control-1 against nematodes are taught.
10	Biological control-2 and physical control are lectured.
11	Extraction and isolation of nematodes in the soil are taught.
12	Entomopathogenic nematodes and chemical control are taught.
13	Using of entomopathogenic nematodes in biological control are taught.
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23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Nematoloji, E. Pehlivan Pictorial Key to Genera of Plant Parasitic Nematodes, W. F. Mai,Cyst Nematodes, F. Lamberti and C.E. Taylor.
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
Information

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