Course title
環境植物学   [Environmental Botany]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 3  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 01EN3220
Instructor(s)
伊豆田 猛, 渡辺 誠   [IZUTA Takeshi, WATANABE Makoto]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
In this lecture, we (Prof. Takeshi Izuta and Associate Professor Makoto Watanabe) will lecture the effects of environmental stresses such as gaserous air pollutants, acid deposition, atmospheric nitrogen deposition, aerosol and global warming on plants.
Expected Learning
You should get the knowledge about the effects of environmental stresses such as gaseous air pollutants, aerosol, acid deposition and global warming on plants (crops and trees) and its mechanisms.
Course schedule
1. Photochemical oxidants and plants (1): Effects of ozone on crops
2. Photochemical oxidants and plants (2): Effects of ozone on rice
3. Photochemical oxidants and plants (3): Effects of ozone on trees
4. Acid deposition and plants (1): Effects of acid rain on trees
5. Acid deposition and plants (2): Effects of soil acidification on trees
6. Acid deposition and plants (1): Effects of soil acidification on trees
7. Nitrogen saturation and forest ecosystem (1)
8. Nitrogen saturation and forest ecosystem (2)
9. Nitrogen saturation and forest ecosystem (3)
10. Aerosol and plants (1): Effects of black carbon particles on trees
11. Aerosol and plants (2): Effects of ammonium sulfate particles
on trees
12. Aerosol and plants (3): New topics on PM2.5 and plants
13. Climatic change and plants
14. Elevated CO2 and plants
15. New topics on environmental plant science
16. Examination
Prerequisites
None
Required Text(s) and Materials
None
References
Plants and Environmental Stresses, Koronasha.
Air Pollution Impacts on Plants in East Asia (Ed. by Takeshi Izuta), Springer.
Assessment/Grading
Examination (100%)
Message from instructor(s)
Let's consider the methords to save the Green planet (Earth) together.
Course keywords
Plants, Gaserous air pollutants, Acid deposition, Nitrogen saturation, Aerosol, Global warming
Office hours
16:00-17:00 on Tuesday (Please contact with me by e-mail)
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
Related URL
http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~negitoro/
Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/13/2018 5:23:41 PM