Course title
Horticultural Structures and Plant Factory   [Horticultural Structures and Plant Factory]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year   Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 018106
Instructor(s)
帖佐 直   [CHOSA Tadashi]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
Agricultural structures such as greenhouse, plant nursery, grain store, etc. are needed for stable productions in various climate conditions. Environmental control technologies, measuring instruments, machines, information technologies applied to horticultural structures are explained with progressive case studies.
Expected Learning
To understand structures, environmental control technologies.
Course schedule
1) Outlines of horticultural production and plant factory
2) Control technologies for horticultural production (i) Temperature and humidity
3) Control technologies for horticultural production (ii) Light and others
4) Automation with mechanization and robotization
5) Utilization of information and communication technologies
6) Evaluation of horticultural structures as working environment (*)
7) Case studies on horticultural structure and environment (*)
(*) Marked contents will be given in a study excursion.
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
Greenhouse climate control, ed.by Bakker, Bot, Challa and V.d. Braak, Wageningen Academic Publishers (ISBN: 978-90-8686-501-)
The Computerized Greenhouse, Hashimoto, Y., Elsevier Inc. (ISBN: 978-0-12-330590-9)
References
Assessment/Grading
Attendance (50%), examination and report (50%)
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
greenhouse, information & communication technology
Office hours
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
Last update
3/11/2017 3:03:04 PM