AGSC 227 - Intro to Plant Biotechnology

Institution:

SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill

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Description:

This course is an introduction to plant biotechnology, with an emphasis on the issues in the use of biotechnology and techniques used for gene transfer into plants. Students will learn how biotechnology can be used for continuous improvement of people's lives. The students who successfully complete this course will have a better appreciation of the differences and similarities between traditional plant breeding and modern molecular breeding. The student will also have a better awareness of the issues invovled in the application of biotechnology to scientific investigations in general and to plant improvement in particular, and will be able to form an informed opinion on whether or not biotechnology should be applied to some hotly debated areas, such as genetically modified organisms including animals. Prerequisite: BIOL116 or BIOL101

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cobleskill.edu/

Phone Number:

(518) 255-5525

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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