Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
STORAGE PESTS	Third cycle	BTS316		6	3.00	3.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	No
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	YRD.DOÇ. DR. MURAT MUŞTU
Lecturer(s)	YRD.DOÇ. DR. MURAT MUŞTU
Teaching assitant(s)	No
Mode of delivery	Formal education (face to face)
Course objective	To introduce the harmful insects, mites and rodents in storage, to give information about their damages, biology and ecology, in addition to give information on the general principles of control of pests in stored products
Course description	Introduction of pests of stored products. To teach the general principles of control of stored-product pests

Course contents

1	The importance of pests in stored product
2	Sitophilus granarius (granary weevil), S. zeamais (maize weevil), S. oryzae (rice weevil)
3	Tiribolium confusum, T. castaneum, Trogoderma granarium
4	Rhyzopertha dominica, Oryzaephilus surinamensis, O. mercator
5	Cryptolestes ferrugineus, C. pusillus, C. turcicus
6	Tenebrio molitor, T. obscurus,Ephestia kuehniella, Ephestia cautella
7	Plodia interpunctella, Tenebrioides mauritanicus, Gnathecerus cornutus, G. maxillosus
8	Latheticus oryzae, Acarus siro, Sitotroga cerealella
9	Pyralis farinalis, Paralipsa gularis, Carpophilus spp., Carpophilus hemipterus, C. dimidiatus, C. mutilatus
10	Ephestia figuliella, Carpoglyphus lactis, Ephestia elutella
11	Lasioderma serricorne, Acanthoscelides obtectus, Callosobruchus maculatus
12	Cockroaches
13	Tineola biselliella, Tinea pellionella, Attagenus megatoma, Anthrenus verbasci, mice and rats
14	Control methods of stored product pests
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Students learn the importance of stored products
2	Students learn pests species in stored products
3	Students learn the control methods of stored-product pests
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	2	28
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	2	28
Homework	0	0	0
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	6	6
Midterm exams	1	1	1
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	6	6
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			71
ECTS			3.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	100
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		100
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Yaşar B. (1996). Storage pests Yüzüncü Yıl University
Additional references	Hill, D. S. (2002). Pest of Stored Foodstuffs and Their Control. Kluwer Academic Publishing.

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