Special Laboratory Work in Plant Production Systems2
| Numbering Code | G-AGR01 6AC39 EJ78 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Year-round |
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| Number of Credits | 5 | Course Type | Experiment |
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| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | |
| Instructor name |
INOUE HIROMO (Graduate School of Agriculture Senior Lecturer) IWAHASHI YU (Graduate School of Agriculture Assistant Professor) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course | The influence and the limit of cultivation control to both the crop production and the natural environment are analyzed through analyzing the movement of the inorganic nutrition and water in agricultural ecosystem. Especially, every student aims to establish the basics of research through accomplishing the experiments or examinations mainly for the individual research of master course degree. | ||
| Course Goals |
?Be able to understand research trends and read previous studies critically; and ?Master the skills necessary to consider the key components of conducting research and compiling research outcomes, including ethical issues, logic, structure, and style. ?Acquire a wide variety of accurate knowledge of plant production systems and master the techniques to discover new findings and present them in a logical manner. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
Individual instruction will be provided to guide students on how to select research topics, collect and critique previous studies, examine research methods, conduct literature surveys, read and understand research documents, write a paper, and conduct other aspects of the research process, according to the student’s progress in his/her Master’s thesis. Instruction will be optimized according to the student’s research theme. 15 classes are planned for each of the topics below, or a total of 30 classes throughout the year. One class will be set aside for feedback. 1. Analyses of factors that led to the establishment of agricultural systems around the world Students will investigate and analyze how weather conditions and resources such inorganic nutrients are utilized in agricultural systems in Japan and overseas, primarily by conducting field experiments; compare Japanese crop production systems to international ones; and learn the basic concepts related to the factors that help establish a sustainable agricultural system. 2. Functionality and stability of paddy-upland rotation Students will investigate and analyze how resources such as soil moisture and inorganic nutrients are utilized in crop communities in paddy-upland rotation, by conducting field experiments, and learn the basic concepts related to the functionality and stability of paddy-upland rotation. 3. Analyses of biological interactions Students will investigate and analyze how the biological interactions of resources such as soil moisture and inorganic nutrients are utilized for various temporal and spatial combinations of crops, by conducting field experiments, and learn the basic concepts related to the functionality and stability of biological interactions. 4. Detection and analyses of spatial variation of field in crop growth Students will learn the basic concepts related to the functionality and stability of land use by developing and analyzing the methods of detecting spatial variation in crop growth level in different types of land use. |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Grading will be based on an overall evaluation of criteria such as the content and outcome of research and commitment to projects. | ||
| Course Requirements | Background knowledge required for the course: General knowledge of crop physiology and ecology, agricultural climate, crop cultivation, soil science. | ||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students are expected to preview and review materials so that they can improve their research by keeping abreast of research developments and compiling daily research outcomes. | ||
