Course title
農学基礎ゼミ   [Basic Seminar of Agricultural Science]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 1.5 
Department Applied Biological Science, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Ecoregion Science, Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine  Year 1  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 01FY0001a
Instructor(s)
藤井 義晴   [FUJII Yoshiharu]
Facility affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research Office   Email address

Course description
Allelopathy and Chemical Ecology will be explained, as this is a major research topic of teacher (Fujii).
Expected Learning
Obtain basic knowledge of Allelopathy, Agricultural and Environmental Plant Ecology
Course schedule
1. Introduction: Shape and life form of plants and origin of crop,
Ecological evolution, Adaptation and evolution.
2. Plant community, Analysis of plant community, Phytoclimatology,
Phytogeography, Succession and their utilization in agriculture.
3. Invasive alien plants, Risk assessment and management,
Plant environmental ecology and agriculture in tropical region.
4. Biodiversity and its crisis, Utilization of biodiversity.
5. Chemical Ecology and Allelopathy
6. Weed in agriculture, Evolution of crop from weed.
7. Exploitation of future food from traditional regional food.
8. Examination or Report
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
1) Plant Ecology, Second Edition, Michael J. Crawley ed. (2009)
2) Campbell Biology, Tenth Edition, Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson (2014) (Ninth Edition (2011) will do)
3) Allelopathy, New concepts and methodology, Y. Fujii and S. Hiradate ed (2007)
References
Assessment/Grading
Participation in lectures and assignments (60%), Final examination or report (40%)
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Adaptiogenesis, biodiversity, biological interactions, allelopathy, vegetation survey, alien species, weed, life form
Office hours
13:30 to 15:00 at 2N-405 (reservation requested)
Remarks 1
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Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
Last update
3/28/2018 9:01:03 PM