Yozgat Bozok 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
ZBK730	FIELD CROPS AND VEGETABLE DISEASES	Elective	4	8	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To recognize the factors that cause diseases in field crops and vegetables and to teach the methods of struggle against them.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Murat ÖZTÜRK

Learning Outcomes

1	They will have information about the economic importance of fungal, bacterial and viral diseases seen in the cultivation of vegetables.
2	They will learn about the disease-causing properties of disease-causing fungal, bacterial and viral organisms.
3	They will understand the factors that promote the development of diseases and their effects on important diseases.
4	By establishing the relationship between the biological cycles of the diseases and the emergence of the disease, it will contribute to the development of the predictions of which method of struggle against the disease, when and how to apply it.
5	They will gain the ability to evaluate the effects of environmental factors on important diseases in field and vegetable crops and the role of these diseases in epidemics.

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Visual identification of the typical symptoms of disease factors, which are frequently seen in field crops and vegetables and can be encountered in practice, life cycles and control methods; identification of samples in the laboratory

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Disease Factors in Potatoes
2	Disease Factors in Cotton and Beet
3	Disease Factors in Tobacco
4	Disease Factors Seen in Legumes, Alfalfa and Sainfoin
5	Wheat diseases, root rot in grains, other diseases
6	Rice and corn diseases
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8	Control of viral diseases in field crops
9	Important bacterial diseases in vegetables
10	Important fungal diseases in vegetables
11	Important viral diseases in vegetables
12	Important phytoplasma diseases in vegetables
13	Control of diseases seen in summer vegetables
14	Control of diseases in winter vegetables

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	60
Quiz	1	40
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

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	2	2
Final Examination	1	2	2
Quiz	1	2	2
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	25	25
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	40	40
Individual Study for Quiz	1	17	17
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			88

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