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2.00 Credits
Cr. 2. Prereq : Admission to the Seed Technology and Business Master's Degree Program or approval of instructor. Survey of crop production; including management of soil fertility, planting dates, populations, weed control, and insect control. Analysis of the principles of seed multiplication and the key practices which are used to ensure high quality in the products. Field inspection procedures and production aspects that differ from other crop production. Foundation seed production. Analysis of the typical organization of fi eld production tasks. Resources and capabilities required. Survey of differences in seed production strategies between crops and impact of differences on management of seed production.
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0.00 - 2.00 Credits
(2-0) Cr. 2. Alt. S., offered 2008. Prereq : Junior or senior or graduate classifi cation or permission of instructor. The grass plant. Selected topics on anatomy, morphology, and physiology relative to growth and development of perennial grasses. Emphasis on growth and development characteristics peculiar to grasses and variations of such characteristics under natural and managed conditions.
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2.00 Credits
(Cross-listed with Geol, EnSci). (2-2) Cr. 3. F. Prereq : Geol 100, Geol 201 or equivalent. Introduction to geographic information systems (GIS) with particular emphasis on geoscience data. Uses ESRI's ArcGIS Desktop Software and extension modules. Emphasizes typical GIS operations and analyses in the geosciences to prepare students for advanced GIS courses.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq : Agron 354. Killorn. Composition and properties of soils in relation to the nutrition and growth of plants.
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0.00 - 2.00 Credits
Cr. 2. Alt. F., offered 2007. Prereq : 354; Math 165. Cruse. Implications of soil management on the soil environment and root activity. Effect of soil physical properties on soil erosion.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2008. Prereq : Agron 473, Chem 178. Recommend: Geol 311. Structure and behavior of clay minerals in soil environments, with emphasis on layer silicates and on Fe, Mn, and Al oxides.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed with Geol). (0-3) Cr. 1. Alt. S., offered 2008. Prereq : Credit or enrollment in 555. Thompson. Application of X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, infrared spectroscopy, and chemical analyses to identifi cation and behavior of clay minerals in soils.
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed with EnSci). (3-3) Cr. 4. F. Prereq : Agron 354 or EnSci 360; Chem 164, 165, or 178; Math 140. Chem 211 recommended. Thompson. An introduction to the chemical properties of soils, chemical reactions and transformations occurring in the soils and their impact on the environment. Topics include composition of soils, acid-base equilibria, mineral dissolution and precipitation, speciation, ion exchange, redox reactions, adsorption phenomena, soil pollution and chemical-equilibria computer programs.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
(4-0) Cr. 4. F. Prereq : Stat 401. Population and quantitative genetics for plant and animal genetics. Study of the genetic basis and analysis of variation in quantitative traits in domestic or experimental populations using phenotypic and molecular marker data, including estimation of heritability and other genetic parameters, linkage analysis and mapping of quantitative trait loci, and the impact of inbreeding, heterosis, and genotype-by-environment interaction.
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0.50 Credits
(Cross-listed with Pl P, An S, BCB, Hort, Micro, V MPM). Cr. 0.5. S. Prereq: Graduate classifi cation. Professional discourse on the ethical and legal issues facing life science researchers. Offered in modular format; each module is four weeks. A. Professional Practices in Research. Good scientifi c practices and professional ethics in the life sciences. B. Intellectual Property and Industry Interactions. Ethical and legal issues facing life scientists involved in research interactions with industry.
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