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3.00 Credits
(26) Second semester. Three credits. Two class periods and one 2-hour laboratory period. Field trips required. Prerequisite: SAPL 670. Taught jointly with HORT 3675. Elliott Environmental and cultural requirements and scheduling of major greenhouse crops, exclusive of edible produce. Emphasis on cut flowers and flowering potted plants and bedding and garden plants produced for spring and early summer markets. Laboratories provide experience in crop production.
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3.00 Credits
(75) Second semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: SAPL 620. Consent of instructor. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory). Students will be responsible for planning, producing, and marketing a vegetable crop on a commercial scale. Requires the availability of private production facilities.
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2.00 Credits
(84) First semester. Two credits. Two class periods. Taught jointly with TURF 3720. Guillard Introduction to golf course design theory, planning, and layout. Putting green and tee construction methods. Turfgrass species and cultivar selection for the golf course. Expertise and experience of departmental faculty and staff, independent and commercial consultants and designers, and golf course superintendents will be utilized. Field trips required.
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3.00 Credits
First semester. Three credits.Two 1-hour lectures per week and seven 4-hour outdoor laboratory modules per semester. Lubell Principles and techniques used to build landscape structures including patios, walls, walkways, water features and green roofs.
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3.00 Credits
(45) Second semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: SAPL 120 and 300. Taught jointly with HORT 2750. Elliott Planting, establishment and maintenance of woody and herbaceous plants in built and managed environments. Plant structural and functional requirements. Preserving and protecting established plants. Soil conditions and modification. Influence of climate and modification of microclimate. Plant selection. Pruning, mulching, water and irrigation, nutrition and fertilization, plant health care and other horticultural practices.
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4.00 Credits
(69) Second semester. Four credits. Two class periods and two 2-hour laboratory periods. Prerequisite: SAPL 410 and 430, which may be taken concurrently. The principles and techniques of landscaping the home grounds to include site analysis, drawing techniques, selections of materials, and selecting plants to fit the design.
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3.00 Credits
(23) First semester. Three credits. Two class periods and one 2-hour laboratory. Taught jointly with TURF 3800. Rackliffe Turfgrass weed, insect, disease and vertebrate identification and control. Emphasis on biological controls and IPM. Field trips required.
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3.00 Credits
(41) First semester. Three credits. Two class periods and one 2-hour laboratory period. A practical survey of practices used for insect, disease and weed pests of turf, flowers, shrubs, trees and food crops. Consideration will be given to quarantine, mechanical, biological and chemical means of control. Field trips may be required.
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3.00 Credits
(42) Second semester. Three credits. Three class periods. Prerequisite: SAPL 800 or 810. Legrand Principles of integrated pest management covering insect, disease, and weed problems with emphasis on turfgrass, ornamentals, and greenhouse production. Environmental impacts and pest control strategies will be covered.
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2.00 Credits
(86) Second semester. Two credits. Two class periods. Taught jointly with HORT 3575. Pesticide application equipment, pesticide safety and toxicity, equipment calibration, pesticide poisoning, first aid and crop worker protection standards. Managing the use of pesticides to increase safety to applicators and the environment as well as increasing pest management effectiveness utilizing principles of IPM.
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