Course title
育林学実習   [Practice on Silviculture]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	1
Department		Year	3～	Semester	Spring
Course type	Spring	Course code	01RN3307
Instructor(s)
戸田 浩人, 崔 東寿   [TODA Hiroto, CHOI Dongsu]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office		Email address

Course description

Aim : In order to bring up a forest and trees, it is necessary to enter into the forest, to grasp a state and to carry out a certain influence to a forest according to the purpose. For that purpose, silvicultural techniques based on knowledge is indispensable, and experience (training) is first to the acquisition. The aims of this course are to understand of key ecological concepts related to forest stand development and develop an understanding of the silvicultural techniques. And, this course provide as much as possible the time to practice in the forest and nursery. Summary : The students are staying at the Field Museum (FM) in Gunma prefecture of TUAT for practical works as follows : The silvicultural methods, such as planting, pruning and thinning, and the survey methods of forest soil, stream water. Moreover, in the nursery of Fuchu campus, as well as training development and management of seedlings, sexual and asexual reproduction of seedlings, to practice tree transplanting, and research method of tree physiology.

Expected Learning

Course schedule

Attention! The field trip information will be shown the web notice in the first semester. Practical works in the forest (FM Ooyasan and Kusaki) 1) tinning, 2) planting, 3) pruning, 4) elite tree selection, 5) natural regeneration technology, 6) the method of 7) viewpoint of forest ecology Practical works in the nursery (Fuchu campus) 1) guidance of practice of silviculture and compendium of silviculture, 2) Management and breeding method of seedlings, 3) germination characteristics of the seed (seed germination experiment), 4) seed harvest and storage method 5) nursery transplanting of seedling and raising seedling method of healthy seedlings, 6) management of seed orchard, 7) cutting, 8) grafting, 9) layering, 10) nursery soil nutrient management, 11) control of pests and diseases in the nursery, 12) management of light environment, 13) Manufacturing process of the organic fertilizer, 14) the weeding method, 15) the use of forest resource and silviculture plan According to the weather, training is in random order and, in the case of rough weather, combines training indoor and a lecture. In the practical works of FM, the data arrange method is learned and a report is submitted for every group every day. In the practical works of nursery also imposes the report for every group for every settlement of training. It is in random order and is not necessarily 1 time in a title.

Prerequisites

Associated course: Forest Ecology, Silviculture, Forest Environment, Forest Dendrology, Practice on Forest Health and Arboriculture

Required Text(s) and Materials

We provide a handout accordingly.

References

Please see the syllabus in Japanese version.

Assessment/Grading

FM report 50% and Nursery report 50%, however, students have to attend the practical works at FM and nursery more than 70%.

Message from instructor(s)

Because it is the practical works using the instrument in the field museum (FM) and the nursery, be fully careful not injured.

Course keywords

Management of the nursery, raising of seedling technology, regeneration technology, silvicultural technique, childcare technology

Office hours

The office hours is different each teacher. Please make an appointment by email.

Remarks 1

This course belongs to the packages of Forest Environment (Forest Ecology, Forest Environment, Silviculture, Practice on Silviculture, Experiments and Practice on Forest Soil). And this is a required course of the Forest Science program.

Remarks 2

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

3/19/2018 11:23:37 AM