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.
| theme | contents | etc. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction of this lecture (2 Oct.) | Breief explanation of this lectuire and notices (Nakanishi) | |
| 2 | Managing Plant Genetic Resources 1（9 Oct.) | Technology for managing plant genetic diversity (K. Irie) | Review the basic genetics, especially gene segregation after selfing and outcrossing. |
| 3 | Managing Plant Genetic Resources 2 (16 Oct.) | Technology for managing plant genetic diversity (K. Irie) | Brief introduction of horticultural technologies |
| 4 | Integrated management of agricultural insect pests 1(23 Oct.) | Concept and principle of insect pest management (Adati) | Ecology and basic and applied entomology |
| 5 | Integrated management of agricultural insect pests 2 (30 Oct.) | Various technologies of insect pest management and their integration (Adati) | Ecology and basic and applied entomology |
| 6 | Chemical ecology approach in pest management | Plant/floral volatiles on insect pest beavior, repellent plant volatiles assesment(S. Calumpang) | |
| 7 | Organic food production: Nutritional quality and safety | Status of assessments made on organic foods and whether organic agriculture enhances nutritional quality of plant foods (S. Calumpang) | |
| 8 | Recycling methods for organic wastes (20 Nov.) | Situation of organic wastes generation and those recycing in Japan (M. Irie) | Introduction of a variety of plant factory types with their merits and demerits. |
| 9 | Function of organic matter in Soil (28 Nov.) | How to improve soil physical and chemical condition (M. Irie) | Preparation for related book with soil chemistry |
| 10 | (4 Dec.) | A new-coming professor | |
| 11 | Basic of soil science for crops (11 Dec.) | Basic information on soil science for crop production (Nakanishi) | Review the basic knowledge on plant pathology |
| 12 | Appropriate fertilizing technologies (18 Dec.) | Technologies of chemical fertilizer application considering environmental conservation (Nakanishi) | Itemize your questions on plant protection |
| 13 | Recent trends in plant protection in Japan (8 Jan.) | Basic technology and trends in plant protection in Japan (Natsuaki ) | Itemize your questions on plant protection |
| 14 | Virus free crop production (15 Jan.) | Production of virus free potatoes for safe and stable agriculture (Natsuaki) | See the Bioversity International web site |
| 15 | Discussion (22 Jan.) | Discussion on all the lectures in English (Nakanishi) |