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| Controlled Environment Agriculture Program
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| Physiology of Plant Production under Controlled
Environment Course Description: Controlled environment agriculture is the most effective technique to maximize crop yield and to produce high quality products with limited amounts of resources and minimal impact to the environment. Students will learn the major environmental factors affecting plant growth and development under controlled environment and will understand interactions between plants and their microenvironments. Lectures cover critical controlled environment issues and practices of plant production in greenhouse, plant production factory, tissue culture vessels and postharvest storage, with an introduction to the current research status in these areas. Course Prerequisites: PLS 360 or any undergraduate plant biology and physiology introduction course or consult with instructor. Location and Times: Monday and Wednesday from 4:15pm to 5:30 pm CEA lecture room (Campus Agriculture Center Greenhouse at Campbell/Roger) Instructor: Chieri Kubota Office: Forbes 209/CEAC 102 Phone: 626-7937 (Forbes) or 626-8833 (CEAC) Office Hours: To be announced. Course Objectives: The course will be offered with the following goals: I. Students will gain a general overview of plant responses to environmental conditions and will be able to discuss the potential plant responses occurring under controlled environment II. Students will become familiar with the terminology and techniques of controlled environment agriculture III. Students will be able to understand specific plant physiology observed under controlled environment. IV. Students will gain a sufficient understanding of the basics of energy and mass transfer to understand the plant-environment interactions occurring under controlled environment. V. Graduate students will become familiar with current research and will be able to discuss the nature of future research needed to further develop controlled environment agriculture. Textbook (optional): There is no required textbook for this class. The following books are recommended as references but are not required. Hanan, J.J.1998. Greenhouses. Advanced Technology for Protected Cultivation. CRC Press. Examinations: There will be a midterm examination and a final examination. Topics: 1. Introduction - Overview of controlled environment agriculture - S.I. unit 2. Overview of plant responses to environmental conditions - Light - Gas - Air current - Temperature - Nutrient and irrigation - Water and vapor - Media (substrate) 3. Canopy and microenvironment - Energy balance of leaf and canopy - Intracanopy microenvironment 4. Translocation of photosynthates 5. Plant growth analysis 6. Plant water relation 7. Respiration - Dark respiration and photorespiration - Maintenance and growth respiration 8. Environment control systems and plant growth - Greenhouses - Hydroponics - Postharvest storages - Growth chambers - Tissue culture systems Spring 2006 Course Outline Location: CEAC Week 1 January 11 (Wed) Introduction: Overview of CEA, SI unit Week 2 January 16 (Mon) no class (Martin Luther King Jr Holiday) Jan 18 (Wed) SI unit discussion Week 3 Jan 23 (Mon) Plant responses to environmental conditions: Light quantity Jan 25 (Wed) Plant responses to environmental conditions: Light quality Week 4 Jan 30 (Mon) Plant responses to environmental conditions: Photoperiod/Dark period Feb 1 (Wed) Plant responses to environmental conditions: Gas Week 5 Feb 6 (Mon) Plant responses to environmental conditions: Wind Feb 8 (Wed) Plant responses to environmental conditions: Temperature Week 6 Feb 13 (Mon) Plant responses to environmental conditions: Nutrition/irrigation, substrate Feb 15 (Wed) Plant responses to environmental conditions: Substrate Week 7 Feb 20 (Mon) Water and vapor Feb 22 (Wed) CEAC Greenhouse labs Week 8 Feb 27 (Mon) Canopy growth and environment: Leaf and canopy energy balance Mar 1 (Wed) Canopy photosynthesis: Light and CO2 diffusion to canopy and environment inside plant canopy Week 9 Mar 6 (Mon) Translocation of photosynthates: source/sink relationship I Mar 8 (Wed) Translocation of photosynthates: source/sink relationship II Mar 11 to 19 No Classes (Spring Break) Week 10 Mar 20 (Mon) Plant growth analysis Mar 22 (Wed) Plant water relation Week 11 Mar 27 (Mon) Midterm Exam Mar 29 (Wed) Gas exchange measurement methods (to be confirmed) Week 12 Apr 3 (Mon) Greenhouse environment: I. Light transmission and energy balance in GH Greenhouse environment: II Apr 5 (Wed) Greenhouse Environment: II. gaseous environment and water balance in GH, introducing various Hydroponic systems Week 13 Apr 10 (Mon) Growth Chamber Environment I: Light and artificial lamps (with visit to growth chambers) Apr 12 (Wed) Growth Chamber Environment II: Ventilation and gaseous environment (with visit to growth chambers) Week 14 Apr 17 (Mon) Other plant growth environment: Plant Production in Space Apr 19 (Wed) Euro Fresh Tour (to be confirmed) Week 15 Apr 24 (Mon) TBA Apr 26 (Wed) Storage Environment I: Over view of post harvest biology and technology (Jorge) Week 16 May 1 (Mon) In vitro Environment I: Overview of tissue culture production May 3 (Wed) In vitro Environment II: Controlled environment tissue culture (Research Paper Due for grad students) May 8 (Mon) Final Exam 5PM to 7 PM |
