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1.00 Credits
Acquaints students with the scientific method. Literature investigation, planning, and execution of an experiment are integral parts of the course. Not open to students who have taken or are taking PES 4910 and PES 4920. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits. Preq: Senior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Principles for designing environmentally acceptable land application systems using municipal and industrial wastewater and sludges are presented. Topics include land-limiting constituent analysis; soil-plant interactions; system equipment and design; system operation and management; public acceptance, social, and regulatory issues. Case studies and field trips are planned. Preq: Senior standing. May also be offered as BE 4080.
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3.00 Credits
Introductory course covering mechanisms of plant invasions. Emphasizes unique traits that confer invasiveness and/or weediness to plants, and how these plant traits interact with the environment to facilitate invasion of agricultural lands, forests, rangelands and less-managed landscapes. Covers various cultural, chemical and biological control aspects. Preq: BIOL 1040 and BIOL 1060; or BIOL 3040.
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3.00 Credits
Principles for production of field crops. Topics include botany and physiology, tillage, harvesting, storage, and crop quality. Principles are illustrated using examples from various crops. Preq: PES 1040 and PES 2020.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the distribution, adaptation, production, and utilization of major agronomic crops of the world. Emphasizes crops important to U.S. agriculture. Specific crops discussed in more detail include corn, wheat, rice, sorghum, soybeans, cotton, tobacco, and peanuts. Offered in spring semester of even-numbered years. Preq: PES 1040 and PES 2020.
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3.00 Credits
Establishment, management, and utilization of forage crops in a forage-livestock agroecosystem context. Discusses forage species and their characteristics, hay, silage, and pasture utilization and forage quality evaluation. Includes Honors sections. May also be offered as AVS 4230. Preq: AVS 3700 or PES 1040 or PES 2020.
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3.00 Credits
Application of agronomic and economic principles in solving problems related to the production and marketing of agronomic crops. Major part of the course is a case study in which detailed analysis of a farm, agribusiness, or environmental situation is made with students making formal written and oral presentations of results. May also be offered as AGRB 4260. Preq: PES 1040; and Junior standing; and AGRB 2020 or ECON 2000 or ECON 2110.
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3.00 Credits
Weed management strategies that include cultural, biological, and chemical methods are studied for landscape and turfgrass areas. Problem-solving skills and herbicide characteristics are emphasized. Coreq: PES 4331. May also be offered as HORT 4330.
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0.00 Credits
Non-credit laboratory to accompany PES 4330. Coreq: PES 4330. May also be offered as HORT 4331.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to regulations of plant agriculture. Emphasizes risk assessment, patenting biotechnology inventions, and ethical issues. Includes survey of state and governmental agencies with responsibilities to avoid risk to humans, non-target organisms, and preservation of food safety, agricultural resources, and natural ecosystems.
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