Horticulture (HORT)

HORT801
Biology of Plant PathogensCrosslisted with PLPT 801, AGRO 801

Prerequisites: PLPT 369 or equivalent

Description: Molecular and cellular approach to the study of plant pathological principles.

This course is a prerequisite for: PLPT 866; PLPT 965, AGRO 965, HORT 965

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT802
Ecology and Management of Plant PathogensCrosslisted with PLPT 802, AGRO 802

Prerequisites: PLPT 369 or equivalent; an introduction to biochemistry course

Description: Principles of plant disease epidemiology and disease control through cultural, biological, chemical and host plant resistance strategies.

This course is a prerequisite for: PLPT 866; PLPT 965, AGRO 965, HORT 965

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT803
Scientific Writing and CommunicationCrosslisted with PLAS 403, AGRO 803

Prerequisites: Senior standing or higher, an ACE 1 written communication course, an ACE 2 oral communication course, and permission of instructor.

Description: Reading and critiquing, writing, and presenting scientific information. Use research data to compose a manuscript in standard scientific format, and prepare and present a poster to a general audience. Ethical issues in research and writing.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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HORT806
Plant Ecophysiology: Theory and PracticeCrosslisted with AGRO 806, NRES 406, NRES 806, PLAS 406

Prerequisites: Junior standing; 4 hrs ecology; and 4 hrs botany or plant physiology.

Description: Principles of plant physiology which underlie the relationship between plants and their physical, chemical and biotic environments. An introduction to the ecological niche, limiting factors and adaptation. An overview of the seed germination and ecology, plant and soil water relations, nutrients, plant energy budgets, photosynthesis, carbon balance and plant-animal interactions. An introduction to various field equipment used in ecophysiological studies.

Course details
Credit Hours:4
Max credits per semester:4
Max credits per degree:4
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:4

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HORT807
Bio-Atmospheric InstrumentationCrosslisted with GEOG 469, PLAS 407, METR 469, AGST 469, NRES 469, AGRO 869, GEOG 869, METR 869, AGST 869, NRES 869

Prerequisites: Junior standing; MATH 106; 4 hrs physics; physical or biological science major.

Description: Discussion and practical application of principles and practices of measuring meteorological and related variables near the earth's surface including temperature, humidity, precipitation, pressure, radiation and wind. Performance characteristics of sensors and modern data collection methods are discussed and evaluated.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT808
Microclimate: The Biological EnvironmentCrosslisted with PLAS 408, GEOG 408, METR 408, NRES 408, WATS 408, AGRO 808, GEOG 808, METR 808, NRES 808

Prerequisites: Junior standing, MATH 106 or equivalent, 5 hrs physics, major in any of the physical or biological sciences or engineering.

Description: Physical factors that create the biological environment. Radiation and energy balances of earth's surfaces, terrestrial and marine. Temperature, humidity, and wind regimes near the surface. Control of the physical environment through irrigation, windbreaks, frost protection, manipulation of light, and radiation. Applications to air pollution research. Instruments for measuring environmental conditions and remote sensing of the environment.

This course is a prerequisite for: BSEN 954, NRES 954

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT809A
Case studies in plant breeding: Breeding for Disease ResistanceCrosslisted with PLAS 409A, AGRO 809A

A previous class in genetics is highly recommended.

Description: The application of fundamental genetics principles in inheritance, gene mapping and DNA analysis to decision making by plant breeders with the goal of improving disease resistance in crop cultivars. Learning is structured by the genetics discovery story told in published research articles and the thinking process of plant breeders who will use these discoveries in their work.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:FALL/SPR

Credit Hours:1

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HORT809B
Case Studies in plant breeding: Transgenic strategies for disease resistanceCrosslisted with PLAS 409B, AGRO 809B

Description: The application of basic science and technology by plant genetic engineering experts with the goal of teaming with plant breeders to improve disease resistance in crop cultivars. Learning is structured by the genetics discovery story told in published research articles and the thinking process of genetic engineers and plant breeders who will use these discoveries in their work.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:FALL/SPR

Credit Hours:1

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HORT810
Plant Molecular BiologyCrosslisted with AGRO 810, BIOC 810

Prerequisites: AGRO 215 or BIOS 206; BIOC 831

Description: Molecular genetic basis of biological function in higher plants. Genome organization, gene structure and function, regulation of gene expression, recombinant DNA, and genetic engineering principles. Material taken primarily from current literature.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:3

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HORT812
Landscape EcologyCrosslisted with NRES 810

Prerequisites: 12 hrs biological sciences or related fields including BIOS 320

Description: Spatial arrangements of ecosystems, the interaction among component ecosystems through the flow of energy, materials and organisms, and alteration of this structure through natural or anthropogenic forces.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT813
Turfgrass and Landscape Weed ManagementCrosslisted with AGRO 813, TLMT 813

Description: Fundamental terminology associated with turfgrass and landscape weed management. Weed identification and the cultural practices and herbicide strategies to limit weed invasion and persistence.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1

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HORT814
Turfgrass Disease ManagementCrosslisted with AGRO 814, PLPT 414, PLPT 814, PLAS 414, TLMT 814

Prerequisites: BIOS/PLPT 369 or one semester of introductory plant pathology.

Description: Pathogens, epidemiology, and control of diseases specific to turfgrass.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1

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HORT817
Plant Pathology Principles and ApplicationCrosslisted with PLPT 817, AGRO 817

Prerequisites: 12 hours of prior coursework in the plant sciences

Description: Introduction to the biology of plant pathogenic organisms; pathogen-plant interactions; environmental influences; cultural, resistance, and chemical strategies for plant disease management.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT818
Agroforestry Systems in Sustainable AgricultureCrosslisted with PLAS 418, NRES 417, NRES 817

Prerequisites: 12 hours biological or agricultural sciences.

Description: The roles of woody plants in sustainable agricultural systems of temperate regions. Emphasis on the ecological and economic benefits of trees and shrubs in the agricultural landscape. Topics include: habitat diversity and biological control; shelterbelts structure, function, benefits and design; intercropping systems; silvopastoral systems; riparian systems; and production of timber and specialty crops. Comparison of temperate agroforestry systems to those of tropical areas.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT821
Learning BiotechnologyCrosslisted with AGRO 821

Description: Investigate biotechnology and its application in solving problems and connect biotechnology to basic science concepts in biology and chemistry. Integrate individually-designed biotechnology lessons into learning standards.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT822
Integrated Weed ManagementCrosslisted with AGRO 822

Prerequisites: 12 hrs AGRO and/or closely related HORT and/or BIOS

Description: Principles and application of (IWM). Noxious and invasive weed species. Crops and weed control. Plant population shifts. Use of herbicides and the biologically effective dose. Critical period of weed control and weed threshold. Herbicide tolerant crops.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1

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HORT823X
Production SystemsCrosslisted with AGRO 823X

One credit, fully online, graduate-level course emphasizes discussion and interpreting recommendations for a given situation. Finding, interpreting, and analyzing production recommendations are graduate-level skills.

Description: Graduate level course in problem solving for various plant management situations through understanding the role of and interaction between soil, water, pests, genetics, and more. Through reading assignments and discussion activities, this course will focus on thinking about the interplay of various aspects of production systems as well as how external factors (e.g. wet spring, new insect pest) can affect various system components and management decisions.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:FALL

Credit Hours:1

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HORT824
Plant Nutrition and Nutrient ManagementCrosslisted with AGRO 824

Prerequisites: AGRO 325 or basic course in plant physiology. A course in organic chemistry or biochemistry recommended

Offered spring semesters.

Description: Macro and micro nutrient elements and their function in the growth and development of plants. Role of single elements. Interaction and/or balances between elements and nutrient deficiency and/or toxicity symptoms as they affect the physiology of the whole plant. Relationship between crop nutrition and production and/or environmental considerations (e.g. yield, drought, temperature, pests).

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT826
Invasive PlantsCrosslisted with PLAS 426, AGRO 826, NRES 426, NRES 826

Prerequisites: PLAS/SOIL 153; PLAS 131

Description: Identification, biology and ecology of weedy and invasive plants. Principles of invasive plant management by preventative, cultural, biological, mechanical and chemical means using an adaptive management framework. Herbicide terminology and classification, plant-herbicide and soil-herbicide interactions, equipment calibration and dosage calculations.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:3

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HORT827
Turfgrass Systems ManagementCrosslisted with PLAS 427, AGRO 827, TLMT 827

Prerequisites: PLAS 227 and PLAS 327

Description: Critical evaluation of turfgrass settings to create economical and environmentally friendly management systems for professionally managed turf areas.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$50

Credit Hours:3

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HORT828
Scientific IllustrationCrosslisted with ENTO 828, AGRI 828, AGRO 828

Prerequisites: 12 hrs agricultural and/or biological sciences.

Description: Prepare scientifically accurate, high quality illustrations and graphics for the teaching, presentation, and publication of scientific information. Drawing techniques, drafting, copyright, and publication and presentation of scientific art work.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$10

Credit Hours:3

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HORT829A
Food Security: A Global PerspectiveCrosslisted with PLAS 429A, AGRO 829A, NRES 429A, NRES 829A, NUTR 429A, NUTR 829A

Prerequisites: Junior standing

Description: Overview of the technical and sociocultural dimensions of global food insecurity.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT832
Learning Plant ScienceCrosslisted with AGRO 832

Description: The biology of plants grown for food, fiber, fuel and fun. Connect applied plant science to basic science concepts in biology and chemistry. Integrate individually-designed plant science lessons into learning standards.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT833
Permaculture: Sustainable LivingCrosslisted with PLAS 433

This is a Great Plains IDEA course. Restricted to upper level undergraduate, graduate, or matriculated continuing education students.

Description: Permaculture means "permanent culture," and ..."is the conscious design and maintenance of cultivated ecosystems that have the diversity, stability, and resilience of a natural ecosystem." [Bill Mollison] This course will explore a design/thinking methodology that seeks to provide our essential physical needs, food, water, shelter, energy, etc., while doing so in an environmentally friendly, sustainable manner.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT836
Agroecosystems AnalysisCrosslisted with PLAS 436, AGRO 836

Prerequisites: Senior standing.

Cost of travel required. Summer travel course with multi-state faculty. Farm visits to Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska.

Description: Analysis of production, economics, environmental impacts, and social integration aspects of farms and farming systems

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT839
Organic Farming and Food SystemsCrosslisted with AGRO 839, PLAS 439

Prerequisites: 12 credits of agricultural or biological science, economics, or natural resources

Description: History of organic farming and horticultural systems, organic certification, nutrient and pest management in organic systems, planning organic enterprises including production and marketing, resilience of organic systems in ecological, economic, and social terms; future issues and potentials of organic food systems.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT840
Turfgrass and Landscape Integrated Pest ManagementCrosslisted with TLMT 840

Description: Principles of turfgrass and landscape plant pest management and tools to implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approaches. Creating healthy landscapes and effectiveness of IPM alternatives.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1

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HORT841
Perennial Plant Function, Growth, and DevelopmentCrosslisted with PLAS 441, AGRO 841, RNGE 441, GRAS 441

Prerequisites: PLAS 325 or equivalent.

Description: Principles of crop physiology and developmental morphology in relation to function, growth, development, and survival of perennial forage, range, and turf plants. The relationship of physiology and morphological development on plant use and management.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:3

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HORT842A
Plant Pathology

Description: Survey of the principles and practice of plant pathology. The main and genetic elements in plant disease will be covered. Many of the major diseases, as well as their causes and effects, will be surveyed. Course is taught by faculty from the University of Nebraska-Kearney, and will be offered in the spring semester of even-numbered calendar years. To enroll, students must be accepted into the horticulture graduate certificate program or get permission.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT842B
Plant Physiology

Description: Life processes of plants, with an emphasis on water relations and hormonal and stress physiology. Includes fundamental concepts underlying the science of crop physiology, including crop phenology, canopy development and light interception, photosynthesis and respiration, and dry matter partitioning. Course is taught by faculty from the University of Nebraska-Kearney, and will be offered in the fall semester of even-numbered calendar years. To enroll, students must be accepted into the horticulture graduate certificate program or get permission.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT843A
Greenhouse Crop Production

Prerequisites: Admission to the Horticulture graduate certificate program; and permission

Distance education course delivered by Texas Tech University. Hort 843A is offered spring semester of odd-numbered calendar years.

Description: Introduction to the concepts of greenhouse construction, operation and management for a variety of horticultural crops, with an emphasis on ornamental crops. Greenhouse construction, heating, cooling, growing media, pest management, nutrition, fertility, growth regulation, irrigation, post-harvest handling, and marketing of greenhouse crops.

Course details
Credit Hours:4
Max credits per semester:4
Max credits per degree:4
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:4

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HORT843E
Advanced Interiorscaping

Prerequisites: Admission to the Horticulture graduate certificate program; and permission

Distance education course delivered by Texas Tech University. HORT 843E is offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years.

Description: Physiological principles and industry practices in the production, moving, care, and maintenance of interior plants. Career tools to design, install and maintain interior plant-scapes. Review of pertinent literature and class exercises designed to improve skills and knowledge of interior plant physiology, care and maintenance.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT843K
Advanced Arboriculture

Prerequisites: Admission to the Horticulture graduate certificate program; and permission

Distance education course delivered by Texas Tech University. HORT 843K is offered fall semester of odd-numbered calendar years.

Description: Physiological principles and industry practices in the production, moving, care, and maintenance of ornamental trees, shrubs, and ground covers. Provides career tools for installation and maintenance woody plants.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT843M
Weed Science

Prerequisites: Admission to the Horticulture graduate certificate program; and permission

Distance education course delivered by Texas Tech University. HORT 843M is offered fall semester of odd-numbered calendar years.

Description: Weeds and weed control methods in agronomic and horticultural crops and turf grass with chemical weed control. History of weed control, weed characteristics, weed competition, and methods of weed control including mechanical, cultural, biological, and chemical. Discussion of herbicides by family with regard to chemical structure, efficacy, mode and mechanism of action, crop selectivity, soil activity and persistence, and cost.

Course details
Credit Hours:4
Max credits per semester:4
Max credits per degree:4
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:4

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HORT844A
Environmental Nursery Production Practices

Prerequisites: Admission to the Horticulture graduate certificate program; and permission

Distance education course delivered by North Carolina State University. HORT 844A is offered spring semester of odd-numbered calendar years.

Description: Cultural nursery crop production practices presented in consideration of current best management practices, conservation of resources, scientific research-based investigations related to nursery cultural practices, potential risks to nursery personnel, and off-site movement of airborne materials and effluents to surrounding areas and public watersheds.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT844B
Environmental Stress Physiology

Prerequisites: Admission to the Horticulture graduate certificate program; and permission

Distance education course delivered by North Carolina State University. HORT 844B is offered spring semester every year and fall semester of even-numbered calendar years.

Description: Physiology of plant responses to environmental stresses, with emphasis on current research in selected physiological, molecular, and biochemical mechanisms for tolerance to environmental stresses, such as temperature extremes, drought, salt, pathogens and other plants.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1

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HORT844E
General Viticulture

Prerequisites: Admission to the Horticulture graduate certificate program; and permission

Distance education course delivered by North Carolina State University. HORT 844E is offered spring semester of odd-numbered calendar years.

Description: Aspects of grapes from vine anatomy to final products. Cultivars, propagation, canopy management, diseases, weed control, physiology, anatomy, irrigation, wine production, climates and soils.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

HORT849
Woody Plant Growth and DevelopmentCrosslisted with BIOS 849, NRES 849

Prerequisites: CHEM 251 and AGRO 325

Description: Plant growth and development specifically of woody plants as viewed from an applied whole-plant physiological level. Plant growth regulators, structure and secondary growth characteristics of woody plants, juvenility, senescence, abscission and dormancy.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

HORT854
Specialty Crop InnovationsCrosslisted with PLAS 454, AGRO 854

Prerequisites: Junior standing; PLAS 100, 131, 153

Description: Learn state-of-the-art, scale-appropriate methods for growing and marketing specialty crops like fruits, vegetables, and cut flowers in field and high-tunnel production systems. Test innovative products and systems of your own design to gain a competitive advantage in local markets.

Course details
Credit Hours:4
Max credits per semester:4
Max credits per degree:4
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:4

ACE:

HORT862
Cannabis Growth, Production and Breeding BasicsCrosslisted with PLAS 462, AGRO 862

Prerequisites: PLAS 131 or LIFE 121; PLAS 215 or BIOS 206

PLAS 221 recommended

Description: History, breeding and production of cannabis for medicinal marijuana and hemp for fiber use when grown using a growth room, greenhouse, high tunnel and/or field. Clarification between scientific evidence and casual information.

Course details
Credit Hours:2
Max credits per semester:2
Max credits per degree:2
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:FALL/SPR

Credit Hours:2

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HORT871
Vines, Wines and YouCrosslisted with PLAS 471, NUTR 471, NUTR 871, HRTM 471, HRTM 871

Prerequisites: 6 hrs science or equivalent experience; 21 years of age or older

Proof of age is required.

Description: Origin, botany, historical and cultural significance of the grapevine and related species. Principles and practices of vineyard establishment, management and processing of grape products, importance and/or scope of grape and wine industry; global and local significance. Culinary applications, health, environmental and safety-related issues, business and industry relations and experience.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$95

Credit Hours:3

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HORT878
Plant AnatomyCrosslisted with BIOS 478, BIOS 878, PLAS 478, AGRO 878

Prerequisites: 8 hrs biological sciences

Description: Development, structure, and function of tissues and organs of the higher plants. Relationships of structure to physiology and ecology of plants.

Course details
Credit Hours:4
Max credits per semester:4
Max credits per degree:4
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:4

ACE:

HORT880
Modified Root ZonesCrosslisted with PLAS 480, TLMT 880, AGRO 880

Prerequisites: PLAS 153/SOIL 153

Description: Modified root zones and their applications in the turfgrass and landscape management industry. Correct applications and construction techniques.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:1

ACE:

HORT888
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise DevelopmentCrosslisted with PLAS 488, EAEP 488, ENTR 488, EAEP 888, AGRO 888, ENTR 888, ABUS 488

Description: The process of starting your own enterprise. Competitive environment, risk management, finance for business startups, funding, and business plan writing.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:FALL/SPR

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

HORT889
Urbanization of Rural LandscapesCrosslisted with PLAS 489, AGRO 889, CRPL 489, CRPL 889

Prerequisites: Senior standing or graduate standing.

Description: Development converts rural landscapes into housing, roads, malls, parks, and commercial uses. This process fragments landscapes and changes ecosystem functions, drives up land prices, and pushes agriculture into more marginal areas.This multi-disciplinary, experiential course guides students in learning about the urbanization process, the impacts on landscapes, people, and the community, and the choices that are available to informed citizens.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

HORT894
Graduate Degree Project CreditsCrosslisted with AGRO 894

Prerequisites: Admission to Master of Agronomy or Horticulture degree program

Project activity for the nonthesis option II MS degree.

Description: Design, develop and complete a project that requires synthesis of the course topics covered in the primary area of emphasis.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Pass No-Pass

Credit Hours:1-6

ACE:

HORT896
Independent Study

Prerequisites: 12 hrs plant sciences, permission and advance approval of plan of work

Description: Individual or group projects in research and literature review under supervision and evaluation of a departmental faculty member.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-5
Max credits per semester:5
Max credits per degree:5
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-5

ACE:

HORT897
Master of Applied Science ProjectCrosslisted with AGRI 897, AGRO 897, NRES 897, ASCI 897

Prerequisites: Admission to Master of Applied Science degree program

Project activity for the Master of Applied Science degree.

Description: Design, develop and complete a project that requires synthesis of the course topics covered in the primary area of emphasis.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-6

ACE:

HORT899
Masters Thesis

Prerequisites: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser

Course details
Credit Hours:1-10
Max credits per semester:10
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Pass No-Pass

Credit Hours:1-10

ACE:

HORT919
Advanced Crop Genetics and GenomicsCrosslisted with AGRO 919

Prerequisites: AGRO 215

Description: Focus student learning on principles related to mendelian, population, and molecular genetics of plants including allelisms, nonallelic gene interaction, linkage and recombination, mode of inheritance, mutation, epigenetics, DNA-based makers and mapping techniques, inheritance of qualitative and quantitative traits, and plant transformation.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:FALL

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

HORT931
Population GeneticsCrosslisted with AGRO 931, ASCI 931

Prerequisites: AGRO 215 and STAT 801A

Description: Structure of populations, forces affecting gene frequency and frequency of genotypes, continuous variation, population values and means, genotypic and environmental variances and covariances.

This course is a prerequisite for: AGRO 932, STAT 847; ASCI 932; ASCI 933; ASCI 944, STAT 844

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HORT963
Genetics of Host-Parasite InteractionCrosslisted with AGRO 963, PLPT 963

Prerequisites: BIOS 820; and permission

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

HORT965
Plant VirologyCrosslisted with PLPT 965, AGRO 965

Prerequisites: PLPT 801 or 802; and permission.

PLPT 865 is offered odd-numbered calendar years.

Description: Virus molecular biology; virosphere; virus-vector relationships; plant resistance to virus infection economic impact and control of plant diseases by viruses.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:3

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HORT968
Seminar in Plant PathologyCrosslisted with PLPT 968, AGRO 968

Prerequisites: Permission

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:1

ACE:

HORT991
Seminar Presentation and EvaluationCrosslisted with AGRO 991

Description: Various topics in horticulture, agronomy or related subjects. Emphasis on techniques.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:2
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1

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HORT992
General SeminarCrosslisted with AGRO 992, NRES 992

Agronomy and Horticulture PhD students should enroll in this course twice.

Description: Expected of all Agronomy and Horticulture graduate students. Presentation of thesis/dissertation or non-thesis topics in agronomy, horticulture or related subjects. Agronomy and Horticulture PhD students should enroll in this course twice.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:5
Grading Option:Pass No-Pass

Credit Hours:1

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HORT996
Research Other Than Thesis

Prerequisites: Permission

Description: Investigations, without reference to thesis work, on genetic, physiological, ecological, meteorological, and morphological aspects of horticultural crops.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-6

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HORT999
Doctoral DissertationCrosslisted with AGRO 999

Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair.

AGRO 999 is pass/no pass only.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Pass No-Pass

Credit Hours:1-24

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