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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: permission of department. Junior standing. For NRSC and LARC majors only. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Formerly NRSC389. Credit will be given for practical work carried out at one or more horticultural, agronomic, landscape industries, botanical gardens, or arboreta under formally arranged internships.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: senior standing. For NRSC and LARC majors only. Formerly NRSC398. Oral presentation of the results of investigational work by reviewing recent scientific literature in the various phases of natural resource sciences, horticulture and agronomy.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Twelve credits in PLSC and permission of instructor. For NRSC majors only. Repeatable to 6 credits. Research projects in Plant Science including field, greenhouse, laboratory, studio and/or library studies. Research is conducted under the direction of a faculty member.
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3.00 Credits
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Not open to students who have completed NRSC401. Formerly NRSC401. An introduction to the basic physical and physiological principles necessary for understanding the interactions between plants and their environment. The overall objective is to understand plant responses and adaptions to the environment and the ecological relevance of these responses.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PLSC305. Interdisciplinary view of weed, disease, and insect management from an agronomy perspective. Plant responses to pest invasion, diagnosis of pest-related disorders, and principles of weed, disease and insect suppression through cultural, biological and chemical means are discussed.
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3.00 Credits
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: PLSC305 and PLSC401. Sports turf management, including design, construction, soil modification, soil cultural techniques, pesticide use, fertilization, and specialized equipment.
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3.00 Credits
Pre- or corequisite: BSCI222 or equivalent or permission of department. A review of genetic principles and descriptions of contemporary and traditional methods of breeding self-pollinated, cross-pollinated, and vegetatively propagated crop plants.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BSCI105. Recommended: BSCI106. World grasslands and their influence on early civilizations; current impact on human food supply; role of forages in soil conservation and a sustainable agriculture. Production and management requirements of major grass and legume species for silage and pasture for livestock feed. Cultivar development, certified seed production and distribution.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BSCI105 and PLSC101. A study of principles of production for forage crops, corn, small grains, rice, millets, sorghums, soybeans and other oil seed crops. Their seed production, processing, distribution and the current federal and state seed control programs for these agronomic crops will also be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: PLSC305 or permission of department. Agronomic programs and practices used in hydroseeding, commercial lawn care, sod production and seed production. Current environmental, regulatory and business management issues confronting the turfgrass industry.
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