Information Package / Course Catalogue
Field Crops Pests
Course Code: BK415
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

Give some information on biology , damage and management of field crop pests

Course Content

Give information on the pests and their damage in cotton, corn, sunflower, soybean, clover, sugarbeet, rice, canola, chickpea, bean, lentil, popy, linen, hemp, patoto, peanut, sesame, anise, tabocco, and cereal

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to identify the pests
2.To be able to identify the damage of each pest
3.The knows how the plant is doing damage during the period.
4.Knows licensed insecticides used in field crops
5.To be able to apply management programme
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Zirai Mücadele Teknik Taliımatları
2.Ders notları
3.www. m.ncsu.edu/AG271/contents.html
4.www.ohioline.osu.edu/b545/pdf/b545.pdf
5.www.uwyo.edu/.../wyopest/.../insect28.pdf
6.www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/456/456.../456-016.html
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Pests of Cotton
Week 1 - Practice
Demonstration of the pests observed upon inspection of the cotton field.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Pests of Cotton-continued
Week 2 - Practice
Demonstration of the pests observed upon inspection of the cotton field.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Pests of Corn (Grouping of students and assignment-project distribution)
Week 3 - Practice
Taking students to the cornfield to show them the pests on-site.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Pests of Sunflower
Week 4 - Practice
taking the students to the sunflower field to examine the pests on-site
Week 5 - Theoretical
Pests of Cereal
Week 5 - Practice
Students are taken to a wheat field, enabling them to observe the pests firsthand.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Pests of Sesame, Anise and Hop
Week 6 - Practice
Demonstration of pests found in sesame and anise in the laboratory
Week 7 - Theoretical
Pests of Soybean and Peanut (Midterm exam)
Week 7 - Practice
Demonstration of the species present in the soy and peanuts available in the laboratory.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Pests of Tabocco
Week 8 - Practice
Demonstration of tobacco pests in the laboratory
Week 9 - Theoretical
Pests of Patoto
Week 9 - Practice
demonstration of potato pests in the laboratory
Week 10 - Theoretical
Pests of Canola
Week 10 - Practice
Demonstration of pests found on canola in the laboratory
Week 11 - Theoretical
Exam Pests of Lentil, Chickpea and Bean
Week 11 - Practice
Demonstration of pests found in lentils, chickpeas, and beans in the laboratory.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Pests of Sugar beet
Week 12 - Practice
Demonstration of pests found on sugar beet in the laboratory
Week 13 - Theoretical
Project Pests of Rice (Assignment-project submission)
Week 13 - Practice
Demonstration of pests found in paddy rice in the laboratory
Week 14 - Theoretical
Pests of Popy, Linen, Hemp
Week 14 - Practice
Demonstration in the laboratory of pests found on poppy, flax, hemp, sage, thyme, and safflower.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%5
Project1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice141128
Assignment54020
Practice Examination2024
Midterm Examination19110
Final Examination19110
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
4
3
5
4
3
4
4
2
3
4
OÇ-2
4
3
4
4
2
4
4
2
2
4
OÇ-3
2
3
4
4
3
4
2
2
4
4
OÇ-4
2
3
4
4
3
2
4
2
4
4
OÇ-5
4
2
5
4
3
4
4
2
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026