Course title
バイオロジカルコントロール   [Biological Control]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	2～	Semester	3rd
Course type	3rd	Course code	01BN3123
Instructor(s)
井上 真紀   [INOUE Maki]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office		Email address

Course description

This course provides students with the history of pest control, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and biological control. Students will also learn to the ecology of parasite, especially parasitoid, and defense systems of their host.

Expected Learning

Understanding of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and biological control Understanding of ecology, evolution, and physiology, as basic knowledge Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy: See the curriculum maps. https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/

Course schedule

1. Pest control 　1-1. History of pest control 1-2. Pest control method in modern agriculture 　1-3. Integrated Pest Management 2. Biological control 2-1. Traditional biological control 2-2. Augmentation ? inundative release and inoculative release 2-3. Conservation biological control 3. Ecology of parasite 3.1　Enemy of pests 3.2. Behavior of parasitoids 3.3. Host control of parasitoids 4. Overseas cases of biological control

Prerequisites

Ecology, microbiology, plant protect Time of study required for completing this course applies to the standard time of study in TUAT.

Required Text(s) and Materials

Biological control, 2009, Nakai M, Ohno K, Tanaka T

References

Assessment/Grading

Exam (80%) and comments and questions on attendance (20%)

Message from instructor(s)

Please read books introduced during the lectures and study on your own

Course keywords

applied entomoology

Office hours

13:00〜15:00 on Monday

Remarks 1

Remarks 2

Related URL

http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~insect/

Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

7/10/2019 5:44:08 PM