Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ZBK706AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDESElective354
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The general objective of this course is to learn about isolation of the bactera from diseased plant tissues by using general or selective medium, obtaining of pure bacterial culture and storing techniguee, hiper sensitivity and pathogenisity tests, some of the calassical and moleculer identification techniques.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Murat ÖZTÜRK
Learning Outcomes
1Learn knowledge about isolation of the bactera from diseased plant tissues.
2Learn knowledge about obtaining of pure bacterial culture and storing techniguee.
3Learn knowledge about hiper sensitivity and pathogenisity tests.
4Learn knowledge about calassical and moleculer identification techniques
5To be able to predict the sources of infection, spread and transmission routes of bacterial diseases.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Control of plant bacterial diseases, Role of environmental factors in disease development, methods used in the diagnosis of plant bacterial diseases, Disease mechanisms of pathogens and resistance mechanisms of plants, Plant pathogen Acidovorax and Agrobacterium species, Plant pathogen Clavibacter species, Plant pathogen Erwinia and Pantoea species, Plant pathogen Pseudomonas species ,Plant pathogen Ralstonia, Streptomyces and Spiroplasma spp.,Plant pathogen Xanthomonas spp.,Plant pathogen Xylella and Xylophylus spp.,Plant pathogen Candidatus spp.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction and History of Phytobacteriology
2Disease mechanisms of pathogens and resistance mechanisms of plants
3Plant pathogen Acidovorax and Agrobacterium species
4Plant pathogen Clavibacter species
5Plant pathogen Erwinia and Pantoea species
6Plant pathogen Pseudomonas species
7Plant pathogen Ralstonia, Streptomyces and Spiroplasma species
8Plant pathogen Xanthomonas species
9Plant pathogen Xylella and Xylophylus species
10Plant pathogen Candidatus species
11Control of plant bacterial diseases
12Isolation of the bactera from diseased plant tissues by using general or selective medium
13Some of the biochemical tests used classical identification techniques
14BIOLOG, MALDI-TOF MS identification techniques Conventional PCR, Rep PCR, Eric PCR, Sequence analysis identification techniques
Recommended or Required Reading
Bitki Bakteri Hastalıkları, Yayın Yeri: Meta Basın Matbaacılık Hizmetleri , Editör:SAYGILI HİKMET, ŞAHİN FİKRETTİN, AYSAN YEŞİM , Sayfa sayısı:317 , Basım sayısı:1 , Bölüm Sayfaları:47-48 , ISBN:978-9944-5882-1-8
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination160
Quiz140
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Quiz111
Attending Lectures14342
Individual Study for Mid term Examination14228
Individual Study for Final Examination14228
Individual Study for Quiz155
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)108
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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