Information Package / Course Catalogue
Plant Virus Diseases
Course Code: BK408
Course Type: Required
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

Will be given general information about the plant virology. Common pant virus diseases in the world and our country will be explained.

Course Content

This course consists of two main parts. These are general plant virology and important plant virus diseases. General properties of viruses to cause disease in plants, the origins, the history of plant virology, viruses establish disease, symptoms of virus agents, viruses, nomenclature, classification, genome structure, morphological structure, chemical composition, replications, and, host to host trasmission ways, methods of diagnosis, virus diseases ways to protect ; Virus diseases of the field crops, legumes, gramineaes, horticultural crops, vegetables and ornamental plants will be explained

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Sevdiye YORGANCI
Learning Outcomes
1.Information and concepts to interpret the science of Virology in the general principles of plant protection
2.To understand the difference between viruses, other plant pathogens that cause diseases in plants
3.To understand the disease mechanisms of plant pathogenic viruses
4.Learn ways to diagnose diseases caused by viruses in plants
5.Learn methods of Virus Diseases Control
6.Learn to general characteristics (transmission, symptoms, and methods of control) of virus diseases of the Field crops, gramineaes, legumes, horticultural crops, vegetables, ornamental plants,
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Viroloji, M. Asil Yılmaz ve İlyas Çığşar, Çukurova Üniversitesi Basımevi, ADANA 2007
2.Bitki Virüs Hastalıkları, M. Asil Yılmaz ve S. Baloğlu, M. Özarslan, Çukurova Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Kitabı No: 128 ADANA, 1995
3.Introduction to plant virology, L. Bos, Longman Group Limited U.K. 1982
4.Methods in Plant Virology, Stephen A. Hill,Blackwell Scientific Publications London, 1984
5.Plant Virology, R.E.F. Matthews, Academic Press, New York, 1981
6.Genel Bitki Virolojisi (Ders Notu) Süleymen Demirel Üniversitesi Yayın No: 13 Ziraat Fakültesi, Isparta, 2001
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General properties of viruses which cause disease in plants
Week 2 - Theoretical
The origins of viruses, the history of plant virology
Week 3 - Theoretical
How plants get sink, Symptoms of plant virus ınfection
Week 4 - Theoretical
Nomenclature of Plant Viruses, Classification and genome structure
Week 5 - Theoretical
Morphological structures of plant viruses, plant viruses Chemical Structures
Week 6 - Theoretical
Replication of plant viruses, Transmission of plant viruses
Week 7 - Theoretical
Replication of plant viruses, Transmission of plant viruses
Week 8 - Theoretical
Transmission of plant viruses
Week 9 - Theoretical
Methods of diagnosis of plant viruses (El.Mik, seroloji, molecular diagnosis..)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Control of Virus Diseases
Week 11 - Theoretical
Virus diseases in field crops
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Virus diseases in field crops
Week 12 - Theoretical
Virus diseases in legumes, gramineaes
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Virus diseases in legumes, gramineaes
Week 13 - Theoretical
Virus diseases in horticultural crops
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Virus diseases in horticultural crops
Week 14 - Theoretical
Virus diseases in vegetables
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Virus diseases in vegetables
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140235
Lecture - Practice140114
Midterm Examination123124
Final Examination126127
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
3
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5
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5
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5
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4
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