Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

General Information Unit Staff Academic Information Programme Outcomes Course Structure Diagram Contact Information

Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Oğuz DOLGUN

Prof. Özgür GÜÇLÜ

Ins. Muammer ERDEN

Lec. Ali ERKUL

Lec. Hüseyin YERLİKAYA

Lec. Şebnem Nalan AKAROĞLU

Plant Bacteria Diseases

Course Code	: BKR113
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

To teach classification of plant pathogenic bacteria, symptoms caused by bacteria in the plants , the disease-causing factors, ways to transport and spread of bacteria, control methods against important bacterial plant diseases

Course Content

Bacteriology, plant-bacteria relations, disease-causing bacteria in plants

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Deniz ALIÇ URAL

Learning Outcomes

1.	To be able to distinguish bacteria them from other groups of microorganism
2.	To be able to learn ways to spread plant pathogenic bacteria
3.	To be able to learn symptoms, disease cycles and epidemiology of phytopathogen bacteria
4.	To identify the bacteria that cause disease in plants and to learn the control methods.
5.	To be able to learn control methods of phytopathogen bacteria

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Course notes of Lecturers
2.	Presentations and Lecture Notes Compiled From Different Sources
3.	Saygılı, H., Şahin, F., Aysan, Y., 2006. Fitobakteriyoloji Meta Basım

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Introduction to bacteriology

Week 2 - Theoretical

Bacterial cell structure, nutrition and growth of bacteria, physiology of bacteria

Week 3 - Theoretical

Classification and nomenclature of bacteria

Week 4 - Theoretical

Pathogenicity and pathogenicity factors of bacteria, bacteriophage and bacteria like organism

Week 5 - Theoretical

Transportation and spread of bacteria

Week 6 - Theoretical

Disease symptoms of bacteria and prepare to bacteria inoculum

Week 7 - Theoretical

Identification of bacteria, morphological, biochemical and physiological characteristics, serological definitions

Week 8 - Theoretical

Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Erwinia amylovora symptoms, disease cycles, epidemiology and control methodsexam

Week 9 - Theoretical

Xanthomonas campestris, Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli symptoms, disease cycles, epidemiology and control methods

Week 10 - Theoretical

Clavibacter michiganence Pseudomonas solanacearum, symptoms, disease cycles, epidemiology and control methods

Week 11 - Theoretical

Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans, P. syringae pv. phaseolicola, symptoms, disease cycles, epidemiology and control methods

Week 12 - Theoretical

Pseudomonas marginalis, P. syringae pv. syringae symptoms, disease cycles, epidemiology and control methods

Week 13 - Theoretical

Spiroplasma citri, symptom, disease cycles, epidemiology and control methods

Week 14 - Theoretical

Basic approach in the control of plant bacterial diseases

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	0	2	28
Assignment	1	2	0	2
Midterm Examination	1	9	1	10
Final Examination	1	9	1	10
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	5	4	4	4	4	4	2			4
OÇ-2	4	4	3	3	2	3				4
OÇ-3	4	4	3	2	1	1				4
OÇ-4	3	3	3	2	2	2				3
OÇ-5	3	3	2	4	4	2			1	2