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| ORM7210 | Insect-Host Plant Interactions | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Kadir Alperen COŞKUNER | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To report new developments in methodology. To reveal sources of groups who have dealt with and solved particular entomological problems. To describe experiments which may be applicable for use in entomology laboratory courses. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | aware of the phenomena that precisely how do insects find host plants in space and time. | 4,6 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | learn how do insects sense and recognize host. | 4,6 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | recognize what are the behavioral sequences leading to sustained feeding and oviposition. | 4,6 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | provide an overview how is herbivores fitness influenced by the plant?s structure, as well as its composition of nutrients and defensive chemicals. | 4,6 | 1, | | PO - 5 : | recognize the knowledge that insects are earth's most abundant animal group and that half of all insects are herbivores reinforce conviction that such questions are central to biology. | 4,6 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Approaches and methods for direct behavioral observations and analysis of plant-insect interactions. Assessing host-plant finding by insects. The definition and measurement of oviposition preference in plant-feeding insects. Assays for insect feeding. Primary and secondary metabolic products. Nutritional insect-plant interactions. Plant resistance to insects. Response of insects to chemical defense. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Approaches and methods for plant-insect interactions
| | | Week 2 | Assessing host-plant finding by insects
| | | Week 3 | Bioassays for attractants
| | | Week 4 | Trapping devices for measuring attraction stimulated chemically and/or visually
| | | Week 5 | The definition and measurement of oviposition preference in plant-feeding insects.
| | | Week 6 | Assays for insect feeding
| | | Week 7 | Postingestive effects on phytochemicals on insects
| | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Bioassays for measuring quality of insect food
| | | Week 10 | Indirect methods of measurement of food intake
| | | Week 11 | Nutritional and allelochemic insect-plant interactions relating to digestion and food intake | | | Week 12 | Phytochemicals biologically active in insects
| | | Week 13 | Plant resistance to insects
| | | Week 14 | Response of insects to chemical defense
| | | Week 15 | Insect chemosensory responses
| | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Miller, J.R.and T.A. Miller, 1990. Insect-Plant Interactions, Springer-verlag, New York, 342p. | | | |
| 1 | Finch, S., 1980. Chemical attraction of plant-feeding insects to plants. In: Applied Biology. Coaker T.H. (ed), Academic pres, NY, 67-143p. | | | 2 | Alcock, J., 1998. Animal Behavior. An Evolutionary Approach. Sunderland: Sinauer. 6th ed. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 12 | 36 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 4 | 10 | 40 | | Proje | 3 | 8 | 24 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 8 | 32 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 198 |
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