Course title | |||||
地域生物機能利用学 [Utilization of Regional Biological Functions] | |||||
Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
Department | Year | 1~ | Semester | Fall | |
Course type | Fall | Course code | 05MI5020 | ||
Instructor(s) | |||||
藤井 義晴 [FUJII Yoshiharu] | |||||
Facility affiliation | Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research | Office | Email address |
Course description |
Sustainable agriculture based on ecology, biological interaction will be discussed. Allelopathy and chemical ecology, concepts and its application to agriculture through domestic or natural plants will also discussed and successful example by teachers will be demonstrated. Presentation by students will be encouraged. |
Expected Learning |
・Understanding of sustainable agriculture based on agro-ecology. ・Safety and toxicity of agro-chemicals. approach for the development of new herbicide. ・Learn about organic agriculture, their myth, safety and problems. ・review of organic chemistry in order to understand agrochemicals and allelochemicals. ・Learn about allelopathy (plant to plant, plant to insect, plant to microorganism interaction) ・Lean about the risk and benefit of introduced and invasive alien plants. ・Lean and discuss about the introduction of beneficial plants. |
Course schedule |
1) Introduction and orientation 2) Agroecology, concept and overview 3) Agro-chemicals, their overuse, and new trials 4) Organic farming, organic food are not always safe 5) Organic chemistry and natural products chemistry as a basis for allelopathy 6) Allelopathy 1 (Definition, history and scientists) 7) Allelopathy 2 (Isolation of allelochemicals) 8) Allelopathy 3 (Application by cover plants and chemicals) 9) Traditional and introduced plants 10) Risk assessment of invasive alien plants 11) Traditional way of agriculture 12) Preparation of Presentation by students (country report) 13) Presentation by 1st group, comments and discussion 14) Presentation by 2nd group, comments and discussion 15) Presentation by 3rd group, comments and final discussion |
Prerequisites |
Nothing |
Required Text(s) and Materials |
No |
References |
Allelopathy New concepts and Methodology, Ed. Fujii and Hiradate, Science Publisher, 2007 |
Assessment/Grading |
Percentage of attendance (70%), Presentation (30%) |
Message from instructor(s) |
Report of each counry after my lecture will be evaluated by other students. |
Course keywords |
Agroecology, natural resources, alien plants, allelopathy, regional biological resorces |
Office hours |
15:00 - 17:00, e-mail (yfujii@cc.tuat.ac.jp) |
Remarks 1 |
1st 8(Sat) Dec., 2018 from 9:00 to 18:00 2nd 15(Sat) Dec., 2018 9:00 to 18:00 3rd 22(Sat) Dec., 2018, 9:00 to 18:00 at 2N-405 (4th Floor) |
Remarks 2 |
Related URL |
http://www.niaes.affrc.go.jp/techdoc/inovlec2004/1-3.pdf |
Lecture Language |
English |
Language Subject |
Last update |
9/26/2018 7:48:29 AM |