Information Package / Course Catalogue
Research Methods in Weed Science
Course Code: ZBK527
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to examine the methods of laboratory, greenhouse and field conditions related to herbology.

Course Content

Herbarium making techniques, how to make and assess the survey, how to do germination and dormancy studies, how to make a critical period and economic loss threshold study in the control of weeds, how to make herbicidal activity is understood how to do.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1. To learn how to establish and evaluate laboratory, greenhouse and field trials related to herbology
2.To learn how to make a survey
3.To learn how to evaluate and evaluate the critical period and the economic damage threshold study
4.Learning of herbarium making techniques
5.To learn the methods of detection of weed species and coincidence frequency and coating areas
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Camper, N.D., 1986. Research Methods in Weed Science. Southern Weed Science Society, 485p.
2.Uygur, F.N., 1991. Herbolojide Araştırma Yöntemleri, Ç.Ü. Fen Bil. Ens. Yardımcı Ders Notu
3.Anonymous, 1996. Zirai Mücadele Standart İlaç Deneme Metodları (Cilt 3) T.C. Tarım ve Köyişl Bak. Tarımsal araştırmalar Gen. Müd. Ankara.
4.Anonymous, 2004. Manual for Field Trials in Crop Protection, Syngenta. 444p.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Herbarium making techniques
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Weed species and coincidence frequency and methods of detection of plating areas and table of results
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Experiment patterns used in Herbology
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Collection and collection techniques of weed seeds
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Germination experiments and evaluation of weed seeds
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Dormancy experiments and evaluation of weed seeds
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Measurement of ecological factors affecting contamination
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Allelopathy studies
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Points to be considered when applying herbicide
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Economic damage threshold studies in Herbology
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Critical Period Studies in Herbology
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Determination of biological activity of herbicides
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Overview of chromatographic techniques
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Overview of the detection of the effect of herbicides on cell components
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Lecture - Practice143270
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination112113
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
OÇ-1
4
5
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
5
4
4
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
5
4
4
4
OÇ-4
5
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-5
5
5
5
4
5
4
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