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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 2020; and PES 1010 or PES 1040.
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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. Preq: PES 2020; and PES 1010 or PES 1040.
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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. May also be offered as AVS 6230. 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 6260.
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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 6331. May also be offered as HORT 6330.
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0.00 Credits
Non-credit laboratory to accompany PES 6330. Coreq: PES 6330. May also be offered as HORT 6331.
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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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3.00 Credits
Basic soil properties are related to compaction, water and solute movement, and root growth. Considers practical management problems and develops solutions based on basic soil characteristics. Problems include erosion, no-tillage, compaction, irrigation, leaching, waste application, golf green management, and orchard establishment. Preq: PES 2020.
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3.00 Credits
Study of soil properties, climatic factors, and management systems in relation to soil fertility maintenance for crop production. Considers plant nutrition and growth in relation to crop fertilization and management. Preq: PES 2020.
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1.00 Credits
Evaluation and interpretation of soil fertility production. Preq: PES 2020.
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