Graduate Courses
Agronomy Graduate Course Descriptions
AGR 5215C: Integrated Field Crop Science
Instructor: Kenneth Buhr
(3) Intensive introduction to practical field crop production and management of common, as well as under-exploited, field crops.
AGR 5230C: Grassland Agroecosystems
Instructor: Lynn E. Sollenberger
(4) 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.
AGR 5277C: Tropical Crop Production
Instructor: Kenneth Buhr
Online: Tropical Crop Production Course
(3) The ecology and production practices of selected crops grown in the tropics.
AGR 5307: Molecular Genetics for Crop Improvement
Instructor: Fredy Altpeter
2) Overview of molecular genetics and plant transformation methodologies used in crop improvement.
AGR 5321: Genetic Improvement of Plants
Instructor: Kenneth H. Quesenberry
Online: Genetic Improvement of Plants
(3) Genetic basis for crop improvement, including methods for improving crop yield, pest resistance, and adaptability. Emphasis on manipulating genetic variability in self-pollinated and cross-pollinated, annual and perennial crop plants.
AGR 5444: Ecophysiology of Crop Production
Instructor: Jerry M. Bennett
Online: Physiology and Ecology of Crops
(3) Physiological, ecological, and environmental responses that impact growth, development, and yield formation of cultivated crops
AGR 5511: Crop Ecology
Instructor: John E. Erickson
Online: Crop Ecology
(3) Relationships of ecological factors and climatic classifications to agroecosystems and crop modeling of the major crops.
AGR 6233C: Tropical Pasture and Forage Science
Instructor: Lynn E. Sollenberger
(4) Potential of natural grasslands of tropical and subtropical regions. Development of improved pastures and forages and their utilization in livestock production.
AGR 6237C: Research Techniques in Forage Evaluation
Instructor: Lynn E. Sollenberger
(3) 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.
AGR 6311: Population Genetics
Instructor: Kevin E. Kenworthy
(2) 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.
AGR 6322: Advanced Plant Breeding
Instructor: Kevin Kenworthy
(3) Theory and use of biometrical genetic models for analytical evaluation of qualitative and quantitative characteristics, with procedures applicable to various types of plant species.
AGR 6325L: Plant Breeding Techniques
Instructor: Kenneth H. Quesenberry
(1; max: 2) 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.
AGR 6353: Cytogenics
Instructor: Kenneth H. Quesenberry
Online: Cytogenetics Homepage
(3) Genetic variability with emphasis on interrelationships of cytologic and genetic concepts. Chromosome structure and number, chromosomal aberrations, apomixis, and application of cytogenetic principles.
AGR 6422C: Environmental Crop Nutrition
Instructor: John E. Erickson
Online: Environmental Crop Nutrition
(3) Design of cost-effective and environmentally sound crop nutrient management strategies. Diagnostic nutrient analysis, nutrient uptake, BMP's, and sustainable agriculture.
AGR 6442C: Physiology of Agronomic Plants
Instructor: Kenneth J. Boote
(4) Yield potentials of crops as influenced by photosynthetic efficiencies, respiration, translocation, drought, and canopy architecture. Plant response to environmental factors.
AGR 6905: Agronomic Problems
Instructor: Faculty
(1-5; max: 8) Special topics for classroom, library, laboratory or field studies of agronomic plants.
AGR 6910: Supervised Research
Instructor: Faculty
(1-5; max: 5)
AGR 6932: Topics in Agronomy
Instructor: faculty
(1-3; max: 8) Critical review of selected topics in specific agronomic areas.
AGR 6933: Graduate Agronomy Seminar
Instructor: Maria Gallo
(1; max: 3) Current literature and agronomic developments.
AGR 6940: Supervised Teaching
Instructor: Faculty
(1-5; max: 5)
AGR 6971: Research for Master's Thesis
Instructor: Faculty
(1-15)
AGR 7979: Advanced Research
Instructor: Faculty
(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 appropriate for students who have been admitted to candidacy.
AGR 7980: Research for Doctoral Dissertation
Instructor: Faculty
(1-15)
PLS 5632C: Integrated Weed Management
Instructor: Gregory E. MacDonald
(3) Overview of weed science principles and practices, with particular emphasis on strategies for southeastern cropping systems. Situations unique to the State of Florida.
PLS 5653: Advanced Weed Technology
Instructor: Gregory E. MacDonald
(3) Classification, mode of action, principles of selectivity, and plant responses to herbicides. Weed, crop, environmental, and pest management associations in developing herbicide programs. Focus on practical principles.
PLS 6655 Plant/Herbicide Interaction
Instructor: Gregory E. MacDonald
(3) 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.