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PLNT 5000 Master's Thesis Prerequisites: Consent of advisor.

PLNT 5293 Plant Response to Water Stress Prerequisites: BIOC 3653, BOT 3463.

Description: Research planned, conducted and reported in consultation with a major professor. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-6 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 5020 Graduate Seminar Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Description: Discussions of research philosophy, methods, interpretation and presentations. Profession development and contributions to the scientific community. Same course as SOIL 5020. Offered for fixed credit, 1 credit hour, maximum of 3 credit hours. Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study

Description: Physiological ramifications of water deficit stress on cells, tissues, plants and canopies. Discussion of the soil/plant/atmosphere continuum, and avoidance and tolerance mechanisms leading to drought resistance. Photosynthesis, transpiration, and water-use efficiency and their relationship to biomass accumulation and crop yield. Previously offered as AGRN 5293. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 5313 Simulation Models in Research, Management and Policy Prerequisites: PLNT 1213. Description: Use crop simulation models (CSM) and decision support systems to address challenges associated with food, fuel, feed and fiber production. Utilize CMS as research, management, and policy tools. Evaluate CSM as surrogates to field studies and to design experiments to fill in knowledge gaps. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture

Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 5110 Problems and Special Study Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.

Description: Supervised study of special problems and topics not covered in other graduate courses. Previously offered as AGRN 5110. Offered for variable credit, 1-4 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-4 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study

Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 5403 Physiological Action of Herbicides Prerequisites: BOT 3463.

Description: The mode of action, uptake and translocation, and metabolism of herbicides in crops and weeds. Previously offered as AGRN 5403. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 5412 Plant Breeding Methods Prerequisites: PLNT 3554 or PLNT 4353 or consent of instructor. Description: Development and application of genetic principles to breeding methodology of self- and cross-pollinated crops; emphasis on selection methods pertinent to plant improvement; methods of new cultivar development, release, and commercialization. Previously offered

Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 5133 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 5133. Offered in combination with HORT 4133 and PLNT 4133. May not be used for degree credit with HORT 4133 and PLNT 4133. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences PLNT 5230 Research Prerequisites: Consent of a faculty member supervising the research. Description: Supervised independent research on selected topics. Offered for variable credit, 1-4 credit hours, maximum of 8 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-4 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences

as PLNT 5414. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Plant & Soil Sciences