Course title
実践的英語プレゼンテーションⅢ   [Practical English Presentation III]
Course category courses for the 5-years doctral program  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year   Semester YearLong 
Course type YearLong  Course code 233432
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, soil science, biology and biochemistry will be discussed. As for practical or basic science in pionieer research by teachers will be demonstrated. Question and 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
Introduction and orientation, Agroecology, concept and overview,
Agro-chemicals, their overuse, and new trials, Organic farming, organic food are not always safe, Organic chemistry and natural products chemistry as a basis for allelopathy, Allelopathy, (Definition, history, Isolation of allelochemicals, Application by cover plants and chemicals)
Traditional crops and introduced plants, Risk assessment of invasive alien plants, Traditional way of agriculture in Japan,
Prerequisites
Nothing
Required Text(s) and Materials
No
References
Allelopathy New concepts and methodology, Science Publisher, 2007
Assessment/Grading
Percentage of attendance (70%), Quize (30%)
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Agroecology, Soil Science, Biochemistry, Modern crop science, natural resources, alien plants, allelopathy,
Office hours
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
Related URL
http://www.niaes.affrc.go.jp/techdoc/inovlec2004/1-3.pdf
Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
Last update
3/28/2018 8:52:22 PM