Information Package / Course Catalogue
Field Crops Pests
Course Code: BKR204
Course Type: Required
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

To be able to recognize the pests of field crops and learn to control methods for plant protection

Course Content

The pests of field crops and control methods

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Hüseyin YERLİKAYA
Learning Outcomes
1.Recognizing the pests of field crops
2.To be able to learn how to control pests in field crops
3.To be able to Learn when to control against pests
4.Learn the economic importance of pests in field crops.
5.To be able to recognize the damages in field crops.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Course notes of lecturer
2.Presentations and Lecture Notes Compiled From Different Sources
3.Zirai Mücadele Teknik Talimatları (Cilt1,6). Bitki Koruma Ürünleri
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Nematodes and methods of control in field crops of these pests
Week 2 - Theoretical
Harmful mollusk, worm, mite species in field crops and their conrtol methods of these pests
Week 3 - Theoretical
Harmful grasshopper types in field crops and their control methods of these pests
Week 4 - Theoretical
Description of Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa and biology, control methods
Week 5 - Theoretical
Description of Eurygaster spp., Aelia rostrata, Zabrus spp. and their biology and control methods of these pests
Week 6 - Theoretical
Description of Syringopais temperatella, Pachytychius hordei, Sesamia spp. and their biology and control methods
Week 7 - Theoretical
Description of Ostrinia nubilali., Bruchus spp. and their biology and control methods of these pests
Week 8 - Theoretical
Description of Ottorhynchus spp. biology and control methods
Week 9 - Theoretical
Harmful aphids in field crops and biology, control methods
Week 10 - Theoretical
Identification of cotton pests and the biology and control methods of these pests
Week 11 - Theoretical
The definition of sugar beet pests and the biology and control methods of these pests
Week 12 - Theoretical
Identification of sunflower, potato, tobacco and soy pests and mice and the biology and control methods of these pests
Week 13 - Theoretical
Lesson repeats
Week 14 - Theoretical
Lesson repeats
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment1202
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
2
2
OÇ-2
3
4
3
3
3
3
OÇ-3
4
3
3
3
2
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
2
3
OÇ-5
2
2
2
2
2
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026