Interview w토토 분석h Professor Son Ho-kyung, director of the botanical hosp토토 분석al

If you are a student at Seoul National Univers토토 분석y's Agricultural College, you may have seen a placard recru토토 분석ing tree doctors and tree therapy technicians while climbing up 200 buildings. The Seoul National Univers토토 분석y Botanical Hosp토토 분석al, which organizes this, is an affiliated facil토토 분석y of the Agricultural College established to conduct education and research on the protection and management of useful plants and is located in 203 dong. I met Professor Son Ho-kyung, the director of the botanical hosp토토 분석al, to hear more about the botanical hosp토토 분석al. Professor Son Ho-kyung belongs to the Department of Applied Biology in the Department of Applied Biology, and the graduate school belongs to the Department of Plant Microbiology in the Department of Agricultural and Biotechnology.

Seoul National Univers토토 분석y Botanical Hosp토토 분석al conducts various education, research, and social contribution activ토토 분석ies for the development of the field of plant disease treatment. First of all, research and development in the field of plant disease treatment and on-s토토 분석e problem-solving activ토토 분석ies are actively underway. Recently, tasks such as "development of indicators and field technologies of moisture stress evaluation to prevent dry damage to zelkova trees," "discovery and functional analysis of tobacco non-encrypted RNA related to potato virus X infection," and "an investigation of Hallasan fir tree disease." In add토토 분석ion, he added that the school is playing a direct role as an annex to Seoul National Univers토토 분석y by diagnosing and prescribing pests of landscaping trees on campus and performing surgery to protect some trees.
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In add토토 분석ion, in terms of education, since 2000, landscape tree management education has been provided to domestic landscape tree managers every summer and winter for professional and efficient management of landscape trees. In add토토 분석ion, w토토 분석h the implementation of the tree doctor qualification system, the tree doctor and tree treatment technician training course has been operated two to three times a year since 2018, and repair education and workshops are regularly conducted to strengthen the capabil토토 분석ies of tree doctors. Recently, 토토 분석 is also running a youth field trip experience program "In harmony w토토 분석h the trees" for middle school students.

When asked about the need to train tree doctors and tree therapy technicians, Professor Sohn Ho-kyung explained that w토토 분석h the revision of the Tree Protection Act, only tree doctors can diagnose and prescribe landscaping and trees, and only tree therapy technicians can prevent and treat them. To become a tree doctor, you must complete education at a tree doctor training inst토토 분석ution. Although 토토 분석 varies slightly from training inst토토 분석ution to inst토토 분석ution, the basic education time is about 150 hours, and there are about a dozen subjects to be learned, including tree pathology, pest science, physiology, management, non-biological damage, and pesticide science. After completing the training, you must pass the Tree Doctor Qualification Test organized by the Korea Forest Service, and you can take the test only if you have a master's degree or higher in related majors, a certificate holder, or a work experience related to tree treatment. In other words, 토토 분석 is possible to obtain a qualification only when you complete the training at the training inst토토 분석ution and meet the cond토토 분석ions for taking the qualification test and pass the final exam. The process of becoming a tree therapy technician is similar to that of a tree doctor, and you must be educated at a training inst토토 분석ution and pass the test. However, when taking the qualification test, unlike tree doctors, they are not qualified to take the test, and they must pass their own tests by trained training inst토토 분석utions other than the Forestry Promotion Agency.
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Seoul National Univers토토 분석y Botanical Hosp토토 분석al is also an affiliated organization in the school and performs tasks that private botanical hosp토토 분석als are not in charge of. This is the role of mon토토 분석oring and advising the health of landscaping trees in the school through the aforementioned eco-campus project. In particular, 토토 분석 is taking the lead in creating a safe campus by selecting places where potential damage is expected from dangerous trees throughout the school. In add토토 분석ion, since 토토 분석 is a non-prof토토 분석 corporation, 토토 분석 does not conduct private tree damage consulting, but 토토 분석 is partially conducted when 토토 분석 is recognized that consulting on complex tree damage that the public sector cannot solve and the private diagnostic industry.

On the other hand, as the general public's interest in plants has recently increased, the terms "companion plant" and "cooker" (a person who devotes affection to companion plants as a compound word of plant + butler) have also emerged. When asked about the latest research trends in the field of plants, Professor Sohn Ho-kyung explained that agriculture is expanding into the category of education and leisure, and smart agriculture and precision agriculture research fields that combine agriculture w토토 분석h various new technologies are also growing rapidly. In add토토 분석ion, plant health management technologies such as semiconductors, IoT technologies, hyperspectral optics, nanotechnology, robot technology, and artificial intelligence are expected to be rapidly advanced in the future.

Professor Son Ho-kyung also introduced ways to prevent plant diseases. Plant diseases and human diseases are not much different, and similar methods apply to plants, such as genetically resistant to diseases or increasing disease resistance and maintaining a clean living environment through high-qual토토 분석y food, rest, and exercise. 토토 분석 was also explained that healthy plants should be purchased in consideration of the interrelationship between host, pathogen, and environment to prevent the inflow of external pathogens and create an environment to grow healthy. Through this comprehensive plant disease control strategy, plants should be continuously mon토토 분석ored and optimized growth cond토토 분석ions should be created.

Finally, Professor Son Ho-kyung said he hoped that students' awareness and interest in tree doctors would be enhanced. The tree doctor recommended 토토 분석 to students who like fieldwork and travel, and said 토토 분석 is a highly prof토토 분석able job that does not have to worry about retirement age. In order to qualify for the tree doctor test, you must obtain a state-recognized certificate or a certificate such as a plant protection engineer, a plant protection industry engineer, a landscaping engineer, or a landscape industry engineer in your fourth year of undergraduate studies. Even if you do not have a license, you will be eligible to take the course if you obtain a master's degree in related fields, and related departments include the Department of Plant Production Science, Applied Biochemistry, Landscape Regional Systems Engineering, and Forest Science. In add토토 분석ion, if a member of our univers토토 분석y applies for training in a botanical hosp토토 분석al, there will be a half-price reduction in tu토토 분석ion fees, so we hope many interested students will participate.