Information Package / Course Catalogue
The Relations of Plant- Phytophagous Insects
Course Code: ZBK646
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

Relations between insects and plants are examined and emphasis is placed on the importance of agricultural products and plant protection.

Course Content

Aim of this course is to teach the host range and feeding types of phytophagous insects, the process of host-plant selection, the effects on insects of food and the features of plants as food, the effected factors to feeding behaviors of insects, the adaptations of insects to vegetable defences, specialization of insects on plants and plant parts, chemicals in plants.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1. The nutritional forms of phytophagous insect species, the characteristics of the plant as an insect nutrient and consequently grasping the damage that occurs in plants
2. Host plant selection for feeding and laying eggs is an important aspect of plant protection
3.Improving the idea of benefiting from insect-plant relationships
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5.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Host range and feeding types of phytophagous insects
Week 2 - Theoretical
Taste, olfaction, vision and touching senses of insects
Week 3 - Theoretical
The process of host-plant selection
Week 4 - Theoretical
The effects on insects of food and the features of plants as food
Week 5 - Theoretical
The effected factors to feeding behaviors of insects
Week 6 - Theoretical
Benefiting from food of insects, The adaptations of insects toward vegetable defences
Week 7 - Theoretical
The adaptation of insects through vegetable defences
Week 8 - Theoretical
Insects resistance in plants
Week 9 - Theoretical
Specialization of insects on plants and plant parts
Week 10 - Theoretical
Chemicals in plants; Volatiles, surface waxes and other surface compounds
Week 11 - Theoretical
Nutrients; Protein and aminoacids
Week 12 - Theoretical
Carbohydrates and lipids
Week 13 - Theoretical
Secondary metabolites, PhenolicsTerpenoids ,Organic acids and Sulfur –containing compounds
Week 14 - Theoretical
Secondary metabolites, PhenolicsTerpenoids ,Organic acids and Sulfur –containing compounds
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140228
Term Project110212
Studio Work1224
Land Work2048
Midterm Examination130131
Final Examination138139
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
3
5
4
4
5
4
5
OÇ-2
3
4
5
5
5
4
5
OÇ-3
3
4
5
5
5
4
4
OÇ-4
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
OÇ-5
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026