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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Cr. 3. F. Prereq : 501, 503, 512. Recommended 513. Evaluates the impact of various soil management practices on soil and water resources. Combines and applies basic information gained in Agron 502 and Agron 512. Emphasizes the agronomic, economic, and environmental effects of soil management strategies. 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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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Cr. 3. F. Prereq : 514. Integrated management systems for important crop pests. Cultural, biological and chemical management strategies applicable to major crops grown 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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2.00 Credits
(Cross-listed with STB). Cr. 2. Prereq : Admission to the Seed Technology and Business Master's Degree Program or approval of the instructor. The components of seed quality and how they are assessed in the laboratory, including traits derived from modern biotechnology. The impact of new technologies on seed quality testing. Variety maintenance procedures and breeder seed. Variety identifi cation: phenotype and grow-out trials, isozyme testing, and DNA marker testing. Procedures for evaluating varieties. The variance tests appropriate for fi xed effects analysis of variance. Statistical inference and stratifi cation for yield trials. Use of strip plot testing.
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1.00 Credits
(Cross-listed with STB). Cr. 1. Prereq : Curriculum requires undergraduate specialization in a business or biological science. An analysis of the defi ning characteristics of the seed industry and introduction to the Master in Seed Technology and Business curriculum. The tasks of crop improvement and seed production will be analytically related to basic management functions and classifi cations of management activities that are used in the study of business administration. Management tasks and roles will be analyzed in related to the public policy issues that shape the seed industry, including ethical and economical approaches to biotechnology, intellectual property, and corporate responsibility.
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1.00 Credits
(Cross-listed with STB). Cr. 1. F. Prereq : Admission to the Seed Technology and Business Master's Degree Program or approval of the instructor. Quantitative Methods for analyzing and interpreting agronomic and business information for the seed industry. Principles of experimental design and hypothesis testing, regression, correlation and graphical representation of data. Use of spreadsheets for manipulating, analyzing and presenting data.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2009. Prereq : Biol 330A or euqivalent and BBMB 404-405. Physiology and molecular biology of plant responses to environmental stress. Emphasis on the role of hormones and hormone interactions in governing stress reponses. Lectures are prepared from journal papers that elucidate key mechanisms controlling reponses to drought, fl ooding, salt, nutrient defi ciencies, freezing, pathogens and herbivores. Plants studied include genetic model systems and crops of horticultural and agronomic value.
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0.00 - 2.00 Credits
Cr. 2. Alt. F., offered 2008. Prereq : 338; Chem 231 or Chem 331. Goggi. Physiological aspects of seed development, maturation, longevity, dormancy, and germination. Emphasis on current literature and advanced methodology.
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2.00 Credits
(Cross-listed with STB). Cr. 2. F. Prereq : Admission to the Seed Technology and Business Master's Degree Program or approval of the instructor. The technical operations which may be carried out on a seed lot from harvest until it is ready for marketing and use. The opportunities for quality improvement and the risks of deterioration which are present during that time. Analysis of the costs of and benefi ts of operations. Evaluation of equipment based on benefi ts to the customer and producer. Interpretation of the role of the conditioning plant and store as focal points within the overall operations of a seed company.
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0.00 - 2.00 Credits
Cr. 2. F.S.SS. Prereq: 206 or upper division Biological Science. Taylor. Applied concepts in agricultural meteorology. Basic concepts of weather and of crop/climate relationships infl uencing production, protection, yield and associated production risk factors. Self study sections are available to resident and to distant education students all semesters. Credit for only one of Agron 503 or 541 may be applied toward graduation.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2008. Prereq : Sus- Ag 509. Examination of the organization and operation of complex, diversifi ed farming systems using tools and perspectives drawn from ecology, agronomy, and sociology. The course includes a signifi cant fi eld component focused on an Iowa farm.
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