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
0701306110	PLANT PROTECTION IN ORGANIC FARMING	Elective	3	6	3

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)

Doç. Dr. Ahmet ULUDAĞ

Learning Outcomes

1	To evaluate of the concepts, idea and data in the Plant Protection by using scientific methods, and improve the recommendations solving the problems in this discipline
2	Producing a solution assuming responsibility in complex unexpected situations of plant protection applications.
3	To gain skill on the data collection, analyzing of the results and their evaluation in the plant production area.
4	Planning and directing of the activities on professional development of employees working under his/her responsibility in plant protection and related sectors
5	Access to information and resources for this purpose to do research, and gain the ability to use databases and other information resources

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	Ecological and Conventional Farming
2	Plant protection principles in Ecological farming
3	The body of current law of Plant protection in Ecological farming
4	Amount of Chemical in the world and Turkey are used.
5	Passive plant protection
6	Active plant protection
7	Advantage and disadvantage of ecological farming
8	The aim of the ecological farming
9	The use of biological control agents in ecological farming
10	The use of mycorhiza in ecological farming
11	Control of vegetables pests
12	Control of fruit and stored pests
13	Handmade drugs in used
14	Herbal drugs
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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	4	56
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	10	10
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	10	10
Homework	1	10	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			89

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