Course title
Horticultural Structures and Plant Factory   [Horticultural Structures and Plant Factory]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year   Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 018106
Instructor(s)
帖佐 直   [CHOSA Tadashi]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office afjgxte/L1151  Email address

Course description
Agricultural structures such as greenhouse, plant nursery, grain store, etc. are needed for stable productions in various climate conditions. Environmental control technologies, measuring instruments, machines, information technologies applied to horticultural structures are explained with progressive case studies.
This subject is a specialized subject common to undergraduate courses and is offered as an elective subject in the International Agriculture Program.
Expected Learning
Credited auditors understand the technology related to agricultural facilities and plant factories, and can design environmentally controlled production systems.

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Course schedule
1. Outlines of horticultural production and plant factory
2. Control technologies for horticultural production (i) Temperature and humidity
3. Control technologies for horticultural production (ii) Light and others
4. Automation with mechanization and robotization
5. Utilization of information and communication technologies
6. Evaluation of horticultural structures as working environment (*)
7. Case studies on horticultural structure and environment (*)
(*) Marked contents will be given in a study excursion.
Prerequisites
In this course, 45 hours of study is a standard course for one credit course. Assuming that one piece (90 minutes) is learning for two hours, eight classes are converted as learning for 16 hours. About 30 hours of preparation and review are required to meet standard study time.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Slide will be used for class.
References
Greenhouse climate control, ed.by Bakker, Bot, Challa and V.d. Braak, Wageningen Academic Publishers (ISBN: 978-90-8686-501-)
The Computerized Greenhouse, Hashimoto, Y., Elsevier Inc. (ISBN: 978-0-12-330590-9)
Assessment/Grading
Exams or reports: 80%, others (e.g., class initiatives, assignments to be conducted during classes): 20%
The viewpoint of the point evaluation; 1.The technology related to agricultural facilities and plant factories can be described as a sentence, 2.the production system of the environmental control type can accurately be described.
Message from instructor(s)
Can you imagine the future of agricultural production by understanding the most advanced environmental control technology?
Course keywords
greenhouse, information & communication technology
Office hours
Questions immediately after class and during class is recomended. It is possible to respond at any time by email.
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
Related URL
http://web.tuat.ac.jp/~acre/
Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
Last update
3/10/2020 4:12:42 PM