All Graduate Agronomy Courses
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AGR 5215C - Integrated Field Crop Science (3) Intensive introduction to practical field crop production and management of common as well as under-exploited, field crops. Offered every summer A semester. Instructor.
AGR 5230C - Florida Grassland Agroecosystems: (4) A comprehensive overview of planted and native grassland ecosystems in Florida emphasizing their growth, species diversity, management, and utilization by ruminant animals. Offered every spring semester. Instructor: L. E. Sollenberger.
AGR 5266C - Field Plot Techniques: (3) Prereq: STA 3023. Techniques and procedures employed in the design and analysis of field plot, greenhouse, and laboratory research experiments. Applications of research methodology, the analysis and interpretation of research results. Offered every fall semester. Instructor:
AGR 5277C - Tropical Crop Production (3) - The ecology and production practices of selected crops grown in the tropics. Instructor:
AGR 5307 - Molecular Genetics for Crop Improvement: (2) Prereq: AGR 3303. Overview of molecular genetics and plant transformation methodologies used in crop improvement. Offered every spring semester. Instructor: F. Altpeter.
AGR 5321C - Genetic Improvement of Plants: (3) Prereq: AGR 3303. Genetic basis for crop improvement including methods for improving crop yield, pest resistance, and adaptability. Emphasis on manipulating genetic variability in selfand cross pollinate, annual and perennial crop plants. Offered every fall semester. Instructor: K.H. Quesenberry.
AGR 5444 - Ecophysiology of Crop Production: (3) Prereq: AGR 3005 or equivalent. Physiological, ecological, and environmental responses that impact growth, development, and yield formation of cultivated crops. Offered every spring. Instructor: J.M. Bennett.
AGR 5511 - Crop Ecology:(3) Prereq: AGR 4210, BOT 3503, PCB 3043C, or equivalent. Relationships of ecological factors and climatic classifications to agroecosystems, and crop modeling of the major crops. Offered Fall semester. Instructor: J. Erickson.
AGR 5515 - Medicinal Plant Research: (3) Prereq: None. Research on selected medicinal plants of eastern USA, including plant nutrition, ecology, and medicinal properties. Field trips to identify and collect specimens supplement laboratory exercises. Offered every summer A. Instructor:
AGR 6233 - Tropical Grassland Agroecosystems: (3) Prereq: AGR 4231C and ANS 5446 or consent of the instructor. Potential of natural grasslands of tropical and subtropical regions. Development of improved pastures and forages and their utilization in livestock production. Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years. Instructor: L. E. Sollenberger.
AGR 6237C - Research Techniques in Forage Evaluation: (3) Prereq: STA 6166. Experimental techniques for field evaluation of forage plants. Design of grazing trials and procedures for estimating yield and botanical composition in the grazed and ungrazed pasture. Offered summer C semester in odd-numbered years. Instructor: L. E. Sollenberger.
AGR 6311 - Population Genetics: (2) Prereq: AGR 3303, STA 6166. Application of statistical principles to biological populations in relation to gene frequency, zygotic frequency, mating systems, and the effects of selection, mutation and migration on equilibrium populations. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years. Instructor: K.E. Kenworthy.
AGR 6322 - Advanced Plant Breeding: (3) Prereq: AGR 3303, AGR 4321, AGR 6311 and STA 6167. Theory and use of biometrical genetic models for analytical evaluation of qualitative and quantitative characteristics, with procedures applicable to various types of plant species. Instructor: D. S. Wofford.
AGR 6325L - Plant Breeding Techniques: (1; max: 2) Prereq: AGR 3303 or equivalent; Coreq: AGR 6322. Examination of various breeding techniques used by agronomic and horticultural crop breeders in Florida. Field and lab visits to active plant breeding programs, with discussion led by a specific breeder each week. Hands-on experience in breeding programs. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years. Instructor: K. H. Quesenberry.
AGR 6353 - Cytogenetics: (3) Prereq: AGR 3303. Genetic variability with emphasis on interrelationships of cytologic and genetic concepts. Chromosome structure and number, chromosomal aberrations, apomixis, and application of cytogenetic principles. Prereq: basic courses in genetics and cytology. Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years.
Instructor: K. H. Quesenberry.
AGR 6422C - Environmental Crop Nutrition: (3) Prereq: BOT 3503. Design of cost-effective and environmentally sound crop nutrient management strategies. Diagnostic nutrient analysis, nutrient uptake, BMPs, and sustainable agriculture. Offered fall semester. Instructor: J. Scholberg.
AGR 6442C - Physiology of Agronomic Plants: (4) Prereq: BOT 3503. Yield potentials of crops as influenced by photosynthetic efficiencies, respiration, translocation, drought, and canopy architecture. Plant response to environmental factors. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years. Instructor: K. J. Boote.
AGR 6905 - Agronomic Problems: (1-5; max: 8) Prereq: minimum of one undergraduate course in agronomy or plant science. Special topics for classroom, library, laboratory or field studies of agronomic plants. Prereq: minimum of one undergraduate course in agronomy or plant science. Instructor: Faculty.
AGR 6910 - Supervised Research: (1-5; max: 5). Instructor: Faculty.
AGR 6932 - Topics in Agronomy: (1-3; max: 8) Critical review of selected topics in specific agronomic areas. Instructor: Faculty.
AGR 6933 - Graduate Agronomy Seminar: (1; max: 3) Required of all graduate students in agronomy. Current literature and agronomic developments. Offered every spring and fall semester. Instructor: D.S. Wofford.
AGR 6940 - Supervised Teaching: (1-5; max: 5). Instructor: Faculty.
AGR 6971 - Research for Master's Thesis: (1-15). Instructor: Faculty.
AGR 7979 - Advanced Research: (1-12) Research for doctoral students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy. Instructor: Faculty.
AGR 7980 - Research for Doctoral Dissertation: (1-15). Instructor: Faculty.
PLS 5632C - Integrated Weed Management: (3) Overview of weed science principles and practices, with particular emphasis on strategies for Southeastern cropping systems. Situations unique to the state of Florida. Offered fall semester. Instructor: G.E. MacDonald
PLS 5652 - Advanced Weed Science: (3) Prereq: PLS 4601. Classification, mode of action, principles of selectivity, and plant responses to herbicides. Weed, crop, environmental, and pest management associations in developing herbicide programs. Offered Fall semester odd-numbered years.. Instructor: G. E. MacDonald.
PLS 6623 - Weed Ecology: (2) Prereq: PCB 3043C or PLS 4601 or equivalent. Environmental influences on behavior and control of weeds; influences of common methods of weed control on the environment. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years. Instructor: A. M. Fox.
PLS 6655 - Plant/Herbicide Interaction: (3) Prereq: PLS 4601 and BOT 3503. Herbicide activity on plants: edaphic and environmental influences, absorption and translocation, response of specific physiological and biochemical processes as related to herbicide mode of action. Prereq: introductory plant physiology and biochemistry; introductory weed control and knowledge of herbicide families. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years. Instructor: G. E. MacDonald.
