Comparative Food Production Technologies
It is important to extend arable land and improve crop productivity in order to attain high yield,coping with increase of world population. In this course,environmental conditons on crop planting,deeply concerning to crop cultivation like climate and soil,will be primarily described.Then,crop management including soil fertilization,water irrigation and drainage,pest and weed control,utilization of plant hormones,as well as breeding and biotechnology for improvement of yield and stress resistance,will be lectured. Finally,relationship between crop production and environmental problem like global warming,acid rain and desertification will be explained.
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| 1 | How to make BOKASHI Fertilizer | Bokashi fertilizer is one of the traditional fermented manures in Japan | A study was initiated with the following two objectives:(1)development of bokashi with good quality (2)to evaluate its effects on vegetable crops. |
| 2 | Effective Utilization of BOKA SHI for better Farming | Effects on Soil Conditions and Vegetable Nutrients | Effects of Bokashi on the growth of plant and other yield components |
| 3 | Utilization of Phytohormones | Introduction of phytohormone and those utilization in agriculture (Koshio) | List up 7 plant hormones and those characteristics |
| 4 | Postharvest technology | The way how to keep freshness of agricultural products (Koshio) | Consider what is the freshness of agricultural products |
| 5 | Diseases as Major Constraints to Crop Production | Basic characterization of major pathogens and technololy of diagnosis (Natsuaki) | Review the basic knowledge on biology and/or botany |
| 6 | Strategic Disease Management | Alternative technology for disease management and its practical application (Natsuaki) | Itemize your questions on plant protection |
| 7 | How to improve plants | Purposes and process of plant breeding | Review the basic genetics, especially gene segregation after selfing and outcrossing. |
| 8 | Genetical changes by biotechnology | Introduction of biotechnology for plant breeding | Review plant cell and genetics |
| 9 | Recycling methods for Organic wastes | Situation of Organic wastes generation and those rccycing in Japan (Ushikubo) | Review of Agricultural Environmental Science |
| 10 | Function of Organic matter in Soil | How to improve soil physical and chemical condition (Ushikubo) | Preparation for related book with Soil Chemistry |
| 11 | Irrigation methods | Introduction of effective irrigation method for crop production. | |
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