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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Phytoplasma Diseases ZBK313 Elective Bachelor's degree 3 Fall 3

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Gülsüm Ebru ÖZER UYAR

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Learns the diseases caused by phytoplasma and spiroplasms seen in various cultivated plants and causing economic damage. Fitoplazma ve spiroplazmanın neden olduğu hastalıklarla mücadele yollarını öğrenir. Learns the ways of fighting the diseases caused by phytoplasma and spiroplasma.
2) Learns the ways of fighting the diseases caused by phytoplasma and spiroplasma.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

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2 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation High No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation High

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

This course covers below topics; Diseases caused by phytoplasm and spiroplasms in some fruit trees (stone fruits, apple, pear, citrus fruits), vegetables (tomato, pepper, bean, onion, cabbage, cucurbit, potato), wheat, corn, cotton and ornamental plants and fighting techniques with these diseases.

Weekly Schedule

1) Economic importance, history, characteristics, classification, symptoms of phytoplasma and spiroplasma diseases causing damage to plants
2) Diseases caused by phytoplasm and spiroplasm in citrus and vineyard and its control
3) Diseases caused by phytoplasm and spiroplasm in apple and pear and its control
4) Diseases caused by phytoplasma and spiroplasms in stone fruit trees and their control
5) Diseases caused by phytoplasm and spiroplasm in industrial plants and olives and their control
6) Diseases caused by phytoplasm and spiroplasm in cereals and its control
7) Diseases caused by phytoplasm and spiroplasm in potatoes and its control
8) Diseases caused by phytoplasm and spiroplasm in various vegetables and its control
9) Diseases caused by phytoplasm and spiroplasm in various vegetables and its control
10) Diseases caused by phytoplasm and spiroplasm in various vegetables and its control
11) Diseases caused by phytoplasm and spiroplasm in various vegetables and its control
12) Diseases caused by phytoplasm and spiroplasm in strawberries, hazelnuts and walnuts and its control
13) Diseases caused by phytoplasma and spiroplasms in ornamental plants and their control
14) Diseases caused by phytoplasma and spiroplasms in ornamental plants and their control
15) Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade

50%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

50%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required