Course title
生体機能工学実験Ⅱ   [Experiments on Bio-Functional Engineering Ⅱ]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 0.5 
Department   Year   Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 96134
Instructor(s)
坪内 彰, 近藤 篤, 岩間 悦郎   [TSUBOUCHI Akira, KONDO Atsushi, IWAMA Etsuro]
Facility affiliation Office   Email address

Course description
●From 10:00 on June 23, 2023 (Friday), the class will be held face-to-face in the Seminar Room on the 2nd floor of Center for Weed and Wildlife Management, Utsunomiya University (Mine).
●Lectures on the life history and biological characteristics of weeds and principles of their management will be given through actual examples. This will give you the ability to think about how to solve problems in the actual fields.
●lecture is designed to acquire advanced professional skills in the field of biological production science by learning cutting-edge knowledge and techniques in agricultural science.
●This class will consist mainly of lectures, but often specific issues will be discussed by the participants.
Expected Learning
●Understand the life history and biological characteristics of weeds, and the concept of selectivity as a fundamental principle of weed management.
●Learn about the damages caused by weeds that are occurring in the actual fields and acquire the ability to solve the problems on your own.
●Refer to the curriculum map in the registration guide.
Course schedule
1 Distribution, life history and biological characteristics of weeds.
2 Fundamental principle of weed management, selectivity
3 Integrated Weed Management(IWM) and sustainability of weed management practices.
4 Approach to determining weed management measures.
Prerequisites
In addition to the 7.5 hours of class time and the time required for writing reports, conduct preparation and review in accordance with the standard number of hours required by the University reffering provided lecture slides and other related articles.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Presentation slides will be provided.
References
Familiarize yourself with wild flowers referring picture books.
Assessment/Grading
●Class participation attitude 30%:Grades will be based on active participation in class discussions.
●Report 70%: Report topic will be announced in class.
Message from instructor(s)
Weed management is becoming increasingly important not only for agricultural production but also for community sustainability.
Course keywords
life history and ecology of weeds, Invasive alien species, Integrated Weed Management, sustainability, herbicide
Office hours
.Email me anytime if you have questions. kobah@cc.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp
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2/2/2023 12:47:34 PM