Course title
農業昆虫学Ⅰ   [Agricultural Entomology I]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	2～	Semester	Spring
Course type	Spring	Course code	01AN2402
Instructor(s)
天竺桂 弘子, 横山 岳, 本林 隆, 伊藤 克彦   [TABUNOKI Hiroko, YOKOYAMA Takeshi, MOTOBAYASHI Takashi, ITO Katsuhiko]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office		Email address

Course description

Insects have over million of the species, and account for over 70% of all known living animal species. Students will learn to recognize the relation with insect and agriculture by learning the entomological basics.

Expected Learning

To obtain the knowledge of Entomology, and these knowledge are applied to agriculture.

Course schedule

1. Introduction to insect 2. Taxonomy of the insect 3. Morphology of the insect (1) External morphology 4. Morphology of the insect (2) External morphology 5. Morphology of the insect (3) Internal morphology 6. Insect physiology (1)　 7. Insect physiology (2)　 8. Insect physiology (3) 9. Insect physiology (4) 10. Ecology of the insect (1) Life-history and adaptation of insect I / Pest Management (1) Forecast of pest 11. Pest Management (2) Chemical control of pest　 12. Pest Management (3) Physical control of pest　 13. Pest Management (4) Biological control of pest　 14.Examination

Prerequisites

You should go to the insectarium in Tama zoo and you have to submit assignment to instructor.

Required Text(s) and Materials

You can obtain the text from Moodle.

References

新応用昆虫学/斎藤他（朝倉書店） 応用昆虫学の基礎/中筋他（朝倉書店）

Assessment/Grading

We evaluate in attendance (30%), assignment (20%) and examination (50%).

Message from instructor(s)

We hope the students are interested in insects.

Course keywords

insect, pesticide, shape, adaptation, ecology, physiology

Office hours

Please have an appointment with your instructor by e-mail.

Remarks 1

Remarks 2

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

3/26/2018 3:01:26 PM