Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
0701306106	AGRICULTURAL FIGHTING METHODS AND AGRICULTURAL DRUGS	Elective	3	6	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Objective of this course, cultural, mechanical, physical, biological, biotechnical and chemical control methods of pests, integrated pest management (IPM), pesticides in Turkey are teach.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	To be able to evaluate plant protection products, ideas and scientific research methods
2	To be able to produce solutions by taking responsibility in unpredictable complex situations
3
4
5

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Cultural, mechanical, physical, biological, biotechnical, hemical control methods of pests and integrated pest management (IPM).

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Economic Threshold
2	Cultural Control
3	Mechanical and Physical Control
4	Biological Control
5	Biotechnical Control Methods
6	Biotechnical Control Methods
7	Chemical Control
8	Classification of Pesticides
9	Modes of Action Insecticides
10	Pesticide Residues
11	Effects of Pesticides Man and Domestic Animals
12	Effects of Pesticides on Wildlife
13	Insect Resistance to Insecticides and Insecticide Resistance Management
14	Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
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16

Recommended or Required Reading

Textbook: Yıldırım, E., 2008. Tarımsal Zararlılarla Mücadele Yöntemleri ve İlaçlar. 2. Baskı. Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No: 219, Ziraat Fakültesi Ofset Tesisi, Erzurum, 350 s. Additional References: Matsumura, F. 1985. Toxicology of Insecticides. Second Edition. Plenum Press, New York and London, 598 pp. Persley, G. J., 1996. Biotecnology and Integrated Pest Management. Cab International, Wallingford, 475 pp. Van Driesche, R. G. and T. S. Bellows, Jr., 1996. Biological Control. Chapman & Hall International Thomson Publishing Company, 539 pp. Yücer, M. M., 2009 Ruhsatlı Tarım İlaçları 2009 Hasad Yayıncılık Ltd. Şti., İstanbul, 368.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Self Study	14	6	84
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	10	10
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	10	10
Homework	1	10	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			117

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8
LO1					3
LO2					3
LO3
LO4
LO5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High