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Plant Science (PLNT)
PLNT 4113 Advanced Weed Science Prerequisites: PLNT 3111 and PLNT 3221.
PLNT 4571 Professional Preparation in Plant and Soil Sciences Prerequisites: Senior standing in plant and soil sciences. Description: Preparation for professional certification exams and career opportunities in plant and soil sciences. Same course as SOIL 4571. Previously offered as AGRN 4571. Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Lecture: 1
Description: Integrated approach for weed management. Weed life cycles and biology, weed crop interferences, herbicide families and their characteristics, and finally a systematic and integrated weed management system. Methods of conducting and interpreting research results in appropriate topics. Previously offered as AGRN 4113. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 4573 Bioenergy Feedstock Production Prerequisites: PLNT 1213.
Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 4123 Plant-Environment Interactions Prerequisites: BOT 1404.
Description: Understand production and management practices for potential bioenergy feedstocks. Distinguish feedstock sources and end products. Identify physiological mechanisms to improve yield and quality under current and future climates. Use simulation and GIS tools to project biomass and ethanol yields. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 4923 Applications of Biotechnology in Pest Management Prerequisites: BIOL 1114 and CHEM 1215 or equivalents. Description: Applications of biotechnology in managing arthropod pests of plants, animals, plant pathogens, and weeds. Introduction to underlying technology, products being developed and deployed, effectiveness and associated problems or concerns resulting from their use. Same course as ENTO 4923, PLP 4923, and PLNT 4922. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences
Description: Environmental impact on plant life cycle; (i.e. germination, flowering and senescence); plant growth responses (e.g. photosynthesis, phototropism, biomass production) to light quality, precipitation, temperature, and population or community changes. Previously offered
as AGRN 4123. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 4133 Temperature Stress Physiology Prerequisites: BlOC 3653 and BOT 3463 or HORT 4963.
Description: Effects of heat, chilling and freezing stress on plants. Responses to temperature extremes at the molecular to whole plant levels with emphasis on mechanisms of injury and resistance. Same course as HORT 4133. Offered in combination with HORT 5133 and PLNT 5133. May not be used for degree credit with HORT 5133 and PLNT 5133. Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Other: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 4353 Plant Breeding Prerequisites: PLNT 3554 or equivalent.
PLNT 4933 Plant Biotechnology and Transgenic Plants Prerequisites: PLNT 3554 or ANSI 3423 or BIOL 3023.
Description: Principles and techniques in generating transgenic plants with improved agronomic traits. Controversies and consumer concerns over transgenic plants, biotechnology regulations and global status of biotech crops. Basic plant biotechnology techniques in recombinant DNA cloning, transformation, and tissue culture. Credit hours: 3
Description: Basic principles dealing with the improvement of plants through application of genetic principles. Previously offered as AGRN 4353. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 4990 Senior Thesis in Plant and Soil Sciences Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 4470 Problems and Special Study Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Description: Supervised undergraduate research in topics related to plant and soil sciences. Completion of an approved research project based on a thesis topic in plant or soil science will include submission of a written report and a public defense of the work. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-6
Description: Problems in plant science selected from topics in range and turf, plant breeding and genetics, crop management and physiology, and weed control. Previously offered as AGRN 4470. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Other: 1
Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences
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