Course title
English Listening and Reading for Biological production I   [English Listening and Reading for Biological production Ⅰ]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 3  Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 01AN3109
Instructor(s)
千年 篤, 大川 泰一郎, 鈴木 栄, 伴 琢也, 桂 圭佑, 山田 哲也, 金勝 一樹   [CHITOSE Atsushi, OKAWA Taiichiro, SUZUKI Sakae, BAN Takuya, KATSURA Keisuke, YAMADA Tetsuya, KANEKATSU Motoki]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
This class corresponds to "Food and Agricultural Science" in AIMES program. This lecture is intended to provide the sciences for agriculture and food production. It begins with the importance of agriculture in a human society. We study food production and agricultural science covering from plant and animal sciences for food and agricultural production, to the improvements of crop and animal resources, and to the environments for agricultural production and management.
Expected Learning
Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy:
See the Curriculum maps. (URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ )
Course schedule
#1: How we feed the ten billion? -Importance of food and agricultural science- (A. Chitose)  
#2: Plant science for food and agricultural production 1. Crops for food, feed and bioenergy (T. Ookawa)
#3: Plant science for food and agricultural production 2. Horticultural crops and plant biotechnology (S. Suzuki)  
#4: Research field tour: Fruit farm (FM Fuchu) and plant factory (T.Ban, S.Suzuki and I. Ogiwara)  
#5: Plant science for food and agricultural production 3. Crop production Technology (Y. Fujii)   
#6: Plant science for food and agricultural production 4. Molecular genetics (T. Yamada)      
#7: Plant science for food and agricultural production 5. Plant ecology and weed science (K. Katsura)    
#8: Plant science for food and agricultural production 6. Plant physiology and biochemistry (M. Kanekatu)   
#9 :Plant protection from insects and desease (T. Motobayashi)
#10: Animal science for food and agricultural production 1. Animal nutrition and management (K. Sato)    
#11 Animal science for food and agricultural production 2. Animal reproduction and breeding (S.Sugimura)   Research Field tour (FM Fuchu): Cowshed (S.Sugimura and K.Sato)                  
#12: Insect science for food and agricultural production 1. Insect Physiology and biochemistry (K. Ito) 
#13: Insect science for food and agricultural production 2. Insect genetics and breeding (H. Tabunoki)  
#14: Environment for food and agricultural production 1. Soil resource management for sustainable agriculture (S. Sugihara)   
#15: Environment for food and agricultural production 2. Effects of the accident of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant on the food and agricultural production (N. Ohtsu)  
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
Text books and supplementary materials will be introduced in the lecture.
References
Assessment/Grading
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Food production, Agricultural science, Plant, Animal, Environment
Office hours
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
Last update
2/25/2019 11:59:01 AM