Course title
応用昆虫学特論   [Advanced Applied Entomology]
Course category	specialized field courses	Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	1～	Semester	Spring
Course type	Spring	Course code	05MC5415
Instructor(s)
平岡 毅   [HIRAOKA Tsuyoshi]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office		Email address

Course description

Insects are the most prosperous living things on the earth. I give lectures about applied entomology.

Expected Learning

To understand basic things of applied entomology

Course schedule

1.phyletic evolution and evolution tree, diversity of insect, selection pressure of evolution. 2. insect wing and flight; long distant flight in insect, sugar metabolism in insect flight, lipid metabolism in insect flight 3. physiology of diapause 4. peptide hormone and non peptide hormone 5. relation of disease and insect 6. mimetic biology and application to human being

Prerequisites

To be announced in the lectures.

Required Text(s) and Materials

Handouts will be provided in class.

References

Assessment/Grading

Examination

Message from instructor(s)

Course keywords

Office hours

ask by e-mail hiraoka@cc.tuat.ac.jp

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Lecture Language

Japanese

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Last update

7/10/2018 3:13:03 PM