Information Package / Course Catalogue
Garden Plant Pests and Management Methods
Course Code: BK321
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to know the harmful species in horticultural plants and to attack these pests.

Course Content

Learning of pests in vegetable, fruit trees, olive, citrus and ornamental plants in horticultural plants and methods of combating these harmful species.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Melis YALÇIN
Learning Outcomes
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Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ulusoy R., Uygun N., Başpınar H., Çalışkan F., 2016. Sebze Zararlıları Kitabı. Karahan Kitapevi, 271p.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Vegetable pest Rodent and Nematodes
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Gaining the ability to identify vegetable pest mites and recognize mites.
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Gaining the ability to identify vegetable pests: Orthopterans and Thysanopterans and their damage.
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Acquire the ability to identify vegetable pest Diptera and their pests.
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Gain the ability to identify vegetable pest Coleoptera and their pests.
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Gain the ability to identify vegetable pest Hemipterans and their pests.
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Gain the ability to identify vegetable pest Lepidoptera and their pests.
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Soft-pome fruit pests and gaining the ability to identify pests.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Soft Fruit Pests and Acquiring the Ability to Identify Pests and Diseases
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Acquiring the ability to identify stone fruit pests and pests.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Gaining the ability to identify berry fruit pests and pests
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Gaining the ability to identify hard-shelled fruit pests and recognize pests.
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Gaining the ability to identify pests of bulbous ornamental plants and recognize those pests.
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Control methods of horticultural pests
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%5
Quiz1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140228
Midterm Examination120121
Final Examination122123
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
5
4
OÇ-2
5
5
OÇ-3
5
4
OÇ-4
5
4
OÇ-5
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026