BIOL 405 - Theory/Methods in Ag Biotech

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SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill

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Description:

This course will cover both basic and advanced concepts in agricultural biotechnology with a specific emphasis on those methods designed to enhance our ability to improve food production through recombinant DNA tehcnology. Topics will include, but are not limited to, engineering of enhanced plant crops (both nutritionally enhanced as well as pest and salt/drought resistant varieties), use of biotechnology to produce useful agriculturally important animals, genetic enhancement of fungal and microbial species, and regulatory environmental, and ethical concerns for the production and release of recombinant organisms. This course is designed to prepare the student for the Senior Internship in Agricultural Biotechnology. Prerequisites: Biotechnology and Cellular Biology or Molecural Biology or permission of instructor.

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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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