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Entomophagous Insects

Course Code	: ZBK559
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 6

Objectives of the Course

In this course, feeding and behavior characteristics of entomophagous and relations among species are explained.

Course Content

In this course some terminology of parasitoids, morphology and physiology of parasitoids and predators, behaviour of insect parasitoids and predators are focused and the effects to natural enemies of the host’s food plant, the relations between natural enemies, some biological characteristics of parasitoids and predators, the families of parasitoid and predator arthropods are presented.

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Learning Outcomes

1.	to be able to recognize the mass rearing conditions of entomophagous species.
2.	To know some basic physiological and biological properties of Entomophag species
3.
4.	to be able to recognize the entomophag species belonging family characteristics
5.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Grenier,S.,P.D.Greany and A.C.Cohen,1994.Potential formassrelease of insectparasitoidsandpredatorsthroughdevelopment of artificialculturetechniques(.Ed.:Rosen, D.,F.D.Bennett,J.L.Capinera).
2.	Clausen, C.P., 1962. EntomophagousInsects. Hafner Publishing Co.,Inc., New York.
3.	Quicke, D.L.J., 1997. ParasiticWasps. ChapmanandHall, London, UK, 470 pp.
4.	Jervis, M. and N. Kidd, 1996. Insect Natural Enemies. ChapmanandHall, London, UK.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Introduction

Week 2 - Theoretical

Terminology of parasitoids

Week 3 - Theoretical

Behaviours of insectparasitoidsandpredators (host/preyfinding)

Week 4 - Theoretical

Behaviours of insectparasitoidsandpredators (feeding)

Week 5 - Theoretical

The effectst onaturalen emies of thehost’sfoodplant.

Week 6 - Theoretical

Therelationswitheachother of naturalenemies

Week 7 - Theoretical

Somebiologicalcharacteristics of predators

Week 8 - Theoretical

Effectedfactors on fecundity, longevity, growthanddevelopment

Week 9 - Theoretical

Effectedfactors on fecundity, longevity, growthanddevelopment

Week 10 - Theoretical

Host defencereactions

Week 11 - Theoretical

Parasitoid Arthropods

Week 12 - Theoretical

Predator Arthropods

Week 13 - Theoretical

Predator Arthropods

Week 14 - Theoretical

Predator Arthropods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%30
Final Examination	1	%70

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	2	2	56
Lecture - Practice	14	2	2	56
Midterm Examination	1	16	1	17
Final Examination	1	20	1	21
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	2	3	5	5	4	4
OÇ-2	2	3	5	5	4	4
OÇ-3	2	3	5	5	4	4
OÇ-4	2	3	5	5	4	4
OÇ-5	2	3	5	5	4	4

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