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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2008. Prereq : 317, Biol 474. Dekker. Invasive plant species and weed evolution and biodiversity for exploitation of distributed and managed habitats. Selection and adaptation of weeds in agroecosystems: soil weed seed banks, population shifts, and crop-weed interactions. Life history and trait basis for colonizing plant species.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2008. Prereq : Math 265 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Hornbuckle. Microwave remote sensing, both passive (radiometry) and active (radar), as it applies to Earth's surface and atmosphere. Overview of relevant electromagnetic theory and antenna theory. Planck emission and the radiative transfer equation. The electrical properties of natural media (atmosphere, soil, and vegetation) at microwave frequencies. Atmospheric sounding, remote sensing of soil and vegetation water content, data inversion, and data assimilation.
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0.00 - 2.00 Credits
(2-0) Cr. 2. Alt. S., offered 2008. Prereq : 317; Biol 330. Owen. Herbicide mechanisms of action, selectivity, uptake, and translocation. Specifi c sites of herbicide action as they affect plant physiology. Herbicide resistance in weeds and crops. Implications of herbicides on weed management.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq : 421; Stat 401. Theoretical and practical analysis of alternative breeding methods to improve crop plants. Strategies to incorporate germplasm resources, develop populations, maximize genetic gain, and use marker-assisted selection. Relationship of breeding methods to commercial seed production.
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0.00 - 6.00 Credits
Cr. 2. SS. Prereq: 521. Field experience in planning and conducting plant breeding research for germplasm and cultivar development. Satisfactory-fail only.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2009. Prereq : Stat 401. Moore. Planning experiments for agricultural research, analysis of data, and concepts in data interpretation.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Gen 410. Bhattacharyya. Fundamental genetic and cytogenetic concepts from plant perspective including recombination, linkage analysis, genetic and molecular mapping, male sterility, self incompatibility, apomixis, and polyploid evolution.
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0.00 - 2.00 Credits
(Cross-listed with Hort, NREM). (2-0) Cr. 2. S. Prereq: Permission of instructor; evidence of a publishable unit of the student's research data. Process of preparing a manuscript for submission to a refereed journal in the biological sciences. Emphasis on publishing self-generated data from thesis or dissertation research.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2008. Prereq : SusAg 509. Durable, least-toxic strategies for managing weeds, pathogens, and insect pests, with emphasis on underlying ecological processes.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Cr. 3. F. Prereq : 501, 502, 503. Recommended: 512, 514. Environmental factors affecting crop growth and yield. Ecological principles underlying crop production systems. Crop production in the context of management approaches, system resources and constraints, and interactions. Emphasis on the ecology row and forage crops common in the Midwest. Required course for the Master of Science in Agronomy degree program. Restricted to graduate students enrolled in degree programs at Iowa State University.
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