Information Package / Course Catalogue
Agricultural Control Methods
Course Code: BKR102
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

The objective of this course is to provide students with information on the principles of agricultural pest control, their application as well as the methods of pest control and integrated pest management (IPM) in order to create the awareness of integrated control. Teaching control methods used against to plant diseases and by protecting human health and environment.

Course Content

Course Content The methods used to control plant diseases and pesticides. Subjects to be considered prior to pest control. Pest control methods (Cultural practices, Mechanical control, Physical control, Quarantine practices, Biological control, Biotechnical methods, Chemical control and insecticides, Integrated pest management)

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Hüseyin YERLİKAYA
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to learn regulatory methods, cultural methods, rules of sanitation
2.To be able to use the most harmless pest control method to the environment and successfully incorporate into IPM programmes.
3.To be able togain the ability to use pesticide with the minimum harm to the environment.
4.To be able to learn the fungicide formulations, active ingredients and modes of action
5.To be able to comprehend biological control advantages and disadvantages than chemical control
6.To be able to apply pesticides at the right dose, at the right time in the right way.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Course notes of Lecturers
2.Farklı Kaynaklardan Derlenmiş Sunumlar Ve Ders Notları
3.Toros, S., Maden, S. ve Sözeri, S. 1999. Tarımsal Savaş Yöntem ve İlaçları A.Ü.Ziraat Fakültesi
4.Bora,T., Özaktan, H., 1998. Bitki Hastalıklarıyla Biyolojik Savaş. - Prizma Matbaası, İzmir,
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Control methods used against plant pathogens. Legislative methods; quarantine
Week 2 - Theoretical
Cultural methods; Sanitation and prevention to soil borne plant pathogens
Week 3 - Theoretical
Sanitation and prevention to foliar plant pathogens
Week 4 - Theoretical
Cultural measures and physical control against plant diseases
Week 5 - Theoretical
Biological control mechanisms; parasitism, and hypovirulens
Week 6 - Theoretical
Biological control of plant diseases, Biological control mechanisms; antibiosis and competiton
Week 7 - Theoretical
Industrial scale production of biological control agents
Week 8 - Theoretical
Methods used in pest management decision making
Week 9 - Theoretical
Cultural Control, Mechanical Control
Week 10 - Theoretical
Physical Control, Legal Control
Week 11 - Theoretical
The Terminology on Parasitoid and Predator Insects
Week 12 - Theoretical
Biological Control, Biotechnical Control, Genetical Control
Week 13 - Theoretical
Chemical Control
Week 14 - Theoretical
The correct timing, dosing and and application of pesticides
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Individual Work1022
Midterm Examination19110
Final Examination19110
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
OÇ-3
5
3
3
4
3
2
2
3
OÇ-4
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
4
OÇ-5
4
3
3
5
5
2
2
4
OÇ-6
3
3
3
4
2
2
2
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026