Agronomy
Courses for AGRO (AGRO)
AGRO
411/811
Crop Genetic Engineering LINK| Credit Hours: | 2 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 2 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Basic steps required to produce genetically engineered crops. Genetic engineering procedures used to develop current crops and innovations that will lead to future products. Genetic engineering process and predicting how changes in different steps of the process influence the final crop. Application of genetic engineering technology to plan the development of new genetically engineered crops.
AGRO
412/812
Crop and Weed Genetics LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Application of classical and molecular genetic principles to the explanation of variation observed in plant families and populations. Interpretation of information gathered from whole plant trait observation and from molecular analysis. Relationships between crops and weeds. Examples from genetic studies on both crop and weed species are the basis of course.
AGRO
426/826
Invasive Plants LINKCrosslisted as HORT 426/826, NRES 426/826| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 2, Lab 2 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
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.
AGRO
435/835
Agroecology LINKCrosslisted as HORT 435/835, NRES 435/835| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
| ACE Outcomes: | 10 |
Prereqs:
For AGRO/HORT/NRES 435: Senior standing or permission. For AGRO/NRES 835: 12 hrs biological or agricultural sciences or permission.
Capstone course. Team projects for developing communication skills and leadership skills.
Integration of principles of ecology, plant and animal sciences, crop protection, and rural landscape planning and management for sustainable agriculture. Includes natural and cultivated ecosystems, population and community ecology, nutrient cycling, pest management, hydrologic cycles, cropping and grazing systems, landscape ecology, biodiversity, and socioeconomic evaluation of systems.
AGRO
436/836
Agroecosystems Analysis LINKCrosslisted as HORT 436/836| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Senior standing.
Cost of travel required. Summer travel course with multi-state faculty. Farm visits to Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska.
Identification of grain quality characteristics desired by livestock feeders, human food processors and industrial users, and methods used to measure these characteristics.
AGRO
437/837
Animal, Food and Industrial Uses of Grain LINK| Credit Hours: | 2 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Identification and comparison of grain quality characteristics desired by livestock feeders, human food processors and industrial users, and methods used to measure these characteristics.
AGRO
438/838
Producing Grain for Animal, Food and Industrial Uses LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Genetic development, production practices, and grain handling and storage procedures to deliver quality grain to livestock feeders, human food processors and industrial uses.
AGRO
439/839
Organic Farming and Food Systems LINKCrosslisted as HORT 439/839| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
For 439, 12 credits of agricultural or biological science, economics, or natural resources. For 839, enrolled in M.S. or Ph.D. program.
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.
AGRO
440/840
Great Plains Ecosystem LINKCrosslisted as RNGE 440, NRES 440/840| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Characteristics of Great Plains ecosystems, interrelationships of ecological factors and processes, and their application in the management of grasslands. Interactions of fire, vegetation, grazing animals and wildlife.
AGRO
441/841
Perennial Plant Function, Growth, and Development LINKCrosslisted as HORT 441/841, RNGE 441| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
AGRO 325 or equivalent.
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.
AGRO
442/842
Wildland Plants LINKCrosslisted as RNGE 442, NRES 442/842| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lab 4, Lecture 2 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Wildland plants that are important to grassland and shrub land ecosystem management and production. Distribution, utilization, classification, identification (including identification by vegetative parts), uses by Native Americans, and recognition of grasses, forbs, shrubs, exotic and wetland plants.
AGRO
444/844
Vegetation Analysis LINKCrosslisted as RNGE 444, NRES 444/844| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lab 4, Lecture 2 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Criteria by which grassland are analyzed. Vegetation sampling techniques, measurement and evaluation of grasslands, and measurement of important environmental factors. Evaluations of habitat improvement practices, wildlife value, recreational value, and watershed value.
AGRO
445/845
Livestock Management on Range and Pasture LINKCrosslisted as ASCI 451/851, RNGE 445| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 2 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
| ACE Outcomes: | 10 |
Capstone course. All students required to participate in a one-week field trip in central or western Nebraska prior to beginning of fall semester. Therefore, students must notify instructor at time of early registration (Dates are given in class schedule.)
Analyzing the plant and animal resources and economic aspects of pasturage. Management of pasture and range for continued high production emphasized.
AGRO
455/855
Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy LINKCrosslisted as SOIL 455, NRES 455/855| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Chemical and mineralogical properties of soil components. Inorganic colloidal fraction. Structures of soil minerals as a means of understanding properties, such as ion exchange and equilibria; release and supply of nutrient and toxic materials; and soil acidity and alkalinity.
AGRO
457/857
Soil Chemical Measurements LINKCrosslisted as SOIL 457, NRES 457/857| Credit Hours: | 2-3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 2, Lab 6 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Permission required to register for 2 cr. Students registered for 3 cr will design, carry out, and report on an independent study project conducted during the term. Offered even-numbered calendar years. Lab 4-6.
Theory and practice of soil chemical analyses commonly encountered in research and industrial settings. Wet analyses of inorganic fraction of soil and operation of instrumentation necessary to quantify results of those analyses.
AGRO
460/860
Soil Microbiology LINKCrosslisted as BIOS 447/847, SOIL 460, NRES 460/860| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
One semester microbiology; one semester biochemistry or organic chemistry.
Soil from a microbe's perspective-growth, activity and survival strategies; principles governing methods to study microorganisms and biochemical processes in soil; mechanisms controlling organic matter cycling and stabilization with reference to C, N, S, and P; microbial interactions with plants and animals; and agronomic and environmental applications of soil microorganisms.
AGRO
475/875
Water Quality Strategy LINKCrosslisted as POLS 475/875, SOCI 475/875, GEOL 475/875, CIVE 475/875, SOIL 475, NRES 475/875, WATS 475, MSYM 475/875, CRPL 475/875| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
| ACE Outcomes: | 10 |
Prereqs:
Senior standing or permission.
Capstone course.
Holistic approach to the selection and analysis of planning strategies for protecting water quality from nonpoint sources of contamination. Introduction to the use of methods of analyzing the impact of strategies on whole systems and subsystems; for selecting strategies; and for evaluating present strategies.
AGRO
489/889
Urbanization of Rural Landscapes LINKCrosslisted as HORT 489/889, CRPL 489/889| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Senior standing, graduate standing, or permission.
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.
AGRO
496/896
Independent Study LINKCrosslisted as RNGE 496, SOIL 496| Credit Hours: | 1-6 |
| Max credits per degree: | 6 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
AGRO
807
Plant-Water Relations LINKCrosslisted as BIOS 817, NRES 807| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Quantitative study of water relations in the soil-plant-atmosphere system. Basic physical processes, which describe the movement of water in the soil and the atmosphere, and the physiological processes, which describe water movement inside of the plant. Stomata physiology and the effects of internal water deficits on photosynthesis, respiration, nitrogen metabolism, cell division and cell enlargement. Results from integrative models used to study the relative importance of environmental versus physiological factors for several plant-environment systems.
AGRO
810
Plant Molecular Biology LINKCrosslisted as BIOS 810, BIOC 810, HORT 810| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
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.
AGRO
815A
Self-pollinated Crop Breeding LINKCrosslisted as ENTO 815A| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Self-pollinated plant breeding theory and methods. Pedigree, bulk, single seed descent, back-crossing methods and inbreeding theory.
AGRO
815B
Germplasm and Genes LINKCrosslisted as ENTO 815B| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Obtaining germplasm and genes from cultivated plants, wild relatives of cultivated plants, and the biosphere. Origination of crops, mutation genetics, biotechnology as a source of genes, chromosomal engineering and plant reproduction.
AGRO
815D
Cross-pollinated Crop Breeding LINKCrosslisted as ENTO 815D| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Cross-pollinated breeding theory and methods. Genes in populations, recurrent selection methods, creating populations, hybrid production practices, and population improvement theory.
AGRO
816A
LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Format: | Lecture |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom, Web |
Classical concepts of heterosis; genetic hypotheses for hybrid vigor; quantitative genetics of heterosis; new tools to study hybrid vigor, structure and function; organization of germplasm into heterotic groups; prediction of heterosis and hybrid performance; mechanisms for making hybrid seed; and breeding methods/concepts for developing hybrids in plants.
AGRO
816B
Haploids and Doubled Haploids in Plant Breeding LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Format: | Lecture |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom, Web |
Prereqs:
AGRO 815A, B, and D or permission.
Variations in chromosome number, biology and technology of haploids/doubled haploids in higher plants, microspore embryogenesis, wide hybridizations, in vivo mazie parthenogenesis-type, and radiation systems. Use of haploids in genetics researach, DH systems in self-pollinated, cross-pollinated, and hybrid crop breeding.
AGRO
816E
Genotype by Environment Interaction LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Format: | Lecture |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom, Web |
Types and causes of phenotype instability due to impacts of envrionmental factors. Topics include adaptation, impacts of G x E on selection and testing, selection of evaluation environments. Statistical concepts to describe/model ineractions, breeding for reliability across unpredictable environments, precision phenotyping, selection for specific stresses, use of QTL's for abiotic and biotic stress stability.
AGRO
816J
Current Issues in Plant Breeding LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Format: | Lecture |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom, Web |
Prereqs:
AGRO 815A, B and D, or equivalent course work, or permission.
Consideration of current issues and new technologies affecting plant breeders and crop improvement. Topics may include patenting of germplasm, use of exotic germplasm, impact of international treaties, genome-wide selection, new breeding techniques and integration of technologies into breeding systems and related topics. Student input concerning potential topics is invited.
AGRO
818
Agricultural Biochemistry LINKCrosslisted as BIOC 818| Credit Hours: | 2 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Undergraduate major in life sciences or related area, and a course in biochemistry
A Web-based course. Biochemical underpinnings of agricultural production and processing systems. Agricultural biotechnology; bioenergetics; kinetics and enzyme regulation; interaction of biomolecules with light, photosynthesis and the balance between anabolism and catabolism in microbes, plants and animals.
AGRO
821
Learning Biotechnology LINKCrosslisted as HORT 821| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Web |
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.
AGRO
822
Integrated Weed Management LINKCrosslisted as HORT 822| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 1 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hrs AGRO and/or closely related HORT and/or BIOS
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.
AGRO
823
Herbicide Action in Plants LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Format: | Lab |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hours agronomy or closely related biological sciences courses
The mode of action and plant response to all the major herbicide families. Why herbicides with different modes of action can result in similar plant symptoms. Issues of crop safety and weed control. Role of integrating herbicide resistant crops and weed control in cropping systems.
AGRO
825
Turfgrass Science and Culture LINKCrosslisted as HORT 825| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lab 2, Lecture 2 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
9 hrs agricultural plant science and 3 hrs soil science
Offered fall semester of odd-numbered calendar years. Methods and principles of establishment and maintenance of turfgrasses. Climate adaptation; methods of identification and propagation; equipment; fertility and watering practices; insects; diseases; and weed control.
AGRO
830
Phytopathology Principles LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Max credits per degree: | 8 |
| Course Format: | Lecture |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Preparatory courses in botany, microbiology, genetics, and biochemistry.
A series of mini-courses. Access to the World Wide Web and E-mail are required. Principles and concepts of plant pathology, including relation of plant disease to crop production, environment, man, current, historical and emerging diseases of corn, soybeans, small grain, turf and sorghum, dry bean and alfalfa. Specific disease cycles, edipemiology and plant health management strategies.
AGRO
830A
Corn Diseases LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Max credits per degree: | 8 |
| Course Format: | Lecture |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
AGRO 830 or an introductory plant pathology course.
A series of mini-courses. Access to the World Wide Web and E-mail are required. Principles and concepts of plant pathology, including relation of plant disease to crop production, environment, man, current, historical and emerging diseases of corn, soybeans, small grain, turf and sorghum, dry bean and alfalfa. Specific disease cycles, edipemiology and plant health management strategies.
AGRO
830B
Soybean Diseases LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Max credits per degree: | 8 |
| Course Format: | Lecture |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
AGRO 830 or an introductory plany pathology course.
A series of mini-courses. Access to the World Wide Web and E-mail are required. Principles and concepts of plant pathology, including relation of plant disease to crop production, environment, man, current, historical and emerging diseases of corn, soybeans, small grain, turf and sorghum, dry bean and alfalfa. Specific disease cycles, edipemiology and plant health management strategies.
AGRO
831
Spatial Variability in Soils LINK| Credit Hours: | 2 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 2 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
AGRO/SOIL 366 and STAT *801.
Offered spring semester of even-numbered years.
Basic concepts of soil variability, its underlying causes. The impact spatial variability has on soil management, primarily for crop production. Geographic and geo-statistical concepts. Use of spatial information for more profitable crop production.
AGRO
832
Learning Plant Science LINKCrosslisted as HORT 832| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Web |
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.
AGRO
843
Ecology of Invasive Species LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Ecological principles and their application to invasive species. Discussion of population level characteristics and community and ecosystem level effects of a wide variety of taxa including invasive microbial, fungal, plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate examples. Current global consequences and governmental policies/programs designed to limit the spread of invasives.
AGRO
894
Graduate Degree Project Credits LINKCrosslisted as HORT 894| Credit Hours: | 1-6 |
| Max credits per degree: | 6 |
| Course Format: | Independent Study |
| Course Delivery: |
Prereqs:
Admission to Master of Agronmy or Horticulture degree program.
Project activity for the nonthesis option II MS degree.
Design, develop and complete a project that requires synthesis of the course topics covered in the primary area of emphasis.
AGRO
899
Masters Thesis LINK| Credit Hours: | 6-10 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser
P/N only.
AGRO
906
Crop Growth and Yield Modeling LINKCrosslisted as NRES 906| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
NRES 808 or equivalent or permission
Experience in programming in a high-level computer language. Offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years. Descriptive and explanatory crop growth and yield models studied in detail. Descriptive models focus on yield predictions using easily available inputs while the processes that lead to yield will be examined in explanatory models.
AGRO
907
Agricultural Climatology LINKCrosslisted as METR 907, HORT 907, NRES 907| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lab 2, Lecture 2 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Offered spring semester of odd-numbered calendar years. Analysis and use of climatological data as applied to agricultural activities and the use of climatological information to assist in decision making.
AGRO
908
Solar Radiation Interactions at the Earth’s Surface LINKCrosslisted as METR 908, HORT 908, NRES 908| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years. Quantitative study of radiative transfer to the earth’s surface and subsequent interactions of radiation with vegetative components and underlying surfaces. Applications of canopy radiative modeling and remote sensing techniques, particularly in understanding land-surface processes, are discussed.
AGRO
909
Crop Responses to Environment LINKCrosslisted as HORT 909, NRES 909| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Offered odd-numbered calendar years. Physiological and developmental aspects of hardiness and growth of crop plants as affected by light, temperature, wind, and water. Design, function, and limitations of controlled environment facilities in plant research.
AGRO
919
Plant Genetics LINKCrosslisted as HORT 919| Credit Hours: | 2 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 2 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Discussions of genetic mechanisms and behavior, with emphasis on plants. Topics include allelism, nonallelic gene interactions, linkage and recombination, inheritance involving the cytoplasm, incompatibility, and mutation.
AGRO
931
Population Genetics LINKCrosslisted as ASCI 931, HORT 931| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Structure of populations, forces affecting gene frequency and frequency of genotypes, continuous variation, population values and means, genotypic and environmental variances and covariances.
AGRO
932
Biometrical Genetics and Plant Breeding LINKCrosslisted as STAT 932| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
STAT *802 recommended. Offered odd-numbered calendar years.
Theoretical concepts involved in planning breeding programs for the improvement of measurable morphological, physiological, and biochemical traits that are under polygenic control in crop plants of various types.
AGRO
940
Forage Evaluation LINKCrosslisted as ASCI 924| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
Offered even-numbered calendar years. Analytic procedures and research methods used in evaluating biochemical components and nutritive value of forages. An evaluation of the impact of forage quality on forage breeding and animal performance.
AGRO
958
Theoretical Aspects of Physical Chemistry of Soils LINK| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Offered even-numbered calendar years. Topics in physical chemistry which have a special significance in the field of soil chemistry. Includes problems and outside readings in this area of soil chemistry.
AGRO
961
Advanced Soil Physics LINKCrosslisted as NRES 961| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Offered odd-numbered calendar years. Physics of soils and porous media, with emphasis on the physics and mathematics of the movement of water, air, and heat through soils.
AGRO
963
Genetics of Host-Parasite Interaction LINKCrosslisted as BIOS 963, HORT 963| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 2 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
AGRO
966
Soil Fertility LINKCrosslisted as NRES 966| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Conditions and transformations involved in the transfer of a mineral nutrient ion from the soil into the plant. Evaluation of nutrient supply to plants.
AGRO
977
Soil Genesis and Classification LINKCrosslisted as GEOG 967, NRES 977| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 2, Recitation 1 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Procedures used to classify soils, concepts behind the systems in use, and the genesis of the soils in the major categories of each system.
AGRO
991
Seminar Presentation and Evaluation LINKCrosslisted as HORT 991| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Max credits per degree: | 2 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
AGRO 991 is required for all MS students. Various topics in horticulture, agronomy or related subjects. Emphasis on techniques.
AGRO
992
General Seminar LINKCrosslisted as HORT 992, NRES 992| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Max credits per degree: | 5 |
| Course Format: | Lecture |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Permission
Expected of all horticulture graduate students and all agronomy PhD students; optional for agronomy MS students. Presentation of thesis or non-thesis topics in agronomy, horticulture or related subjects. For course description, see AGRO 992.
AGRO
993
Seminar, Research Program Proposal LINK| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Required of PhD students; optional for MS students. Presentation of proposed research and methods. Presented within the student’s research discipline and completed before the student has completed 18 graduate course hours.
AGRO
996
Research in Crops LINK| Credit Hours: | 2-5 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hrs agronomy or closely related sciences and permission
AGRO
996A
Research in Soils LINKCrosslisted as NRES 996A| Credit Hours: | 2-5 |
| Max credits per degree: | 5 |
| Course Format: | Independent Study |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
12 hrs AGRO or closely related sciences, and permission
AGRO
999
Doctoral Dissertation LINK| Credit Hours: | 1-24 |
| Max credits per degree: | 55 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair
P/N only.
ANTH
429A/829A
Food Security: A Global Perspective LINKCrosslisted as HORT 429A/829A, AGRO 429A/829A, NRES 429A/829A| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
| Groups: | Additional Anthropology Courses |
Prereqs:
Junior standing
Overview of the technical and sociocultural dimensions of global food insecurity.
ASCI
824
Forage Quality LINKCrosslisted as AGRO 846| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Independent Study |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
The chemical characteristics of forage components. The interactions with ruminant physiology and digestion that influence forage feeding value. The laboratory procedures used to evaluate forages for grazing livestock.
BIOC
434/834
Plant Biochemistry LINKCrosslisted as BIOS 434/834, CHEM 434/834, AGRO 434/834| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Offered every other year beginning spring 2007.
Biochemical metabolism unique to plants. Relationships of topics previously acquired in general biochemistry to biochemical processes unique to plants. Biochemical mechanisms behind physiological processes discussed in plant or crop physiology.
GEOG
419/819
Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Resources LINKCrosslisted as GEOL 419/819, AGRO 419/819, NRES 420/820| Credit Hours: | 4 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3, Lab 2 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
| Groups: | Techniques |
Prereqs:
GEOG/NRES 418.
Introduction to the practical uses of remote electromagnetic sensing in dealing with agricultural and water-resources issues.
GEOL
985
Solute Movement in Soils LINKCrosslisted as CIVE 955, AGRO 955, AGEN 955| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Knowledge of a programming language. MATH 821 recommended. Offered even-numbered calendar years.
Examination of the theory and experimental evidence available to characterize the movement of chemicals in soil. Both saturated and unsaturated flow conditions examined. Initial presentation of basic theoretical concepts. Remainder of class a discussion of the literature.
HORT
488/888
Business Management for Agricultural Enterprises LINKCrosslisted as ENTR 488/888, EAEP 488/888, AGRO 488/888| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom, Web |
| ACE Outcomes: | 10 |
Research a specific agricultural enterprise. Develop and present a business plan using materials from the primary area of interest.
HORT
813
Turfgrass and Landscape Weed Management LINKCrosslisted as TLMT 813, AGRO 813| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Format: | Lab 2, Lecture 1 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Fundamental terminology associated with turfgrass and landscape weed management. Weed identification and the cultural practices and herbicide strategies to limit weed invasion and persistence.
HORT
824
Plant Nutrition and Nutrient Management LINKCrosslisted as AGRO 824| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lab 3, Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
AGRO 325 or basic course in plant physiology. A course in organic chemistry or biochemistry recommended.
Offered spring semesters.
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).
HORT
897
Master of Applied Science Project LINKCrosslisted as AGRI 897, AGRO 897, NRES 897| Credit Hours: | 1-6 |
| Max credits per degree: | 6 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Admission to Master of Applied Science degree program
Project activity for the Master of Applied Science degree.
Design, develop and complete a project that requires synthesis of the course topics covered in the primary area of emphasis.
NRES
406/806
Plant Ecophysiology: Theory and Practice LINKCrosslisted as HORT 406/806, AGRO 406/806| Credit Hours: | 4 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3, Lab 1 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Junior standing; 4 hrs ecology; and 4 hrs botany or plant physiology.
Offered fall semester of even-numbered calendar years.
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.
NRES
408/808
Microclimate: The Biological Environment LINKCrosslisted as GEOG 408/808, METR 408/808, HORT 408/808, AGRO 408/808, WATS 408| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Junior standing, MATH 106 or equivalent, 5 hrs physics, major in any of the physical or biological sciences or engineering; or permission.
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.
NRES
452/852
Climate and Society LINKCrosslisted as GEOG 450/850, METR 450/850, AGRO 450/850| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years.
Impact of climate and extreme climatic events on society and societal responses to those events. Global in scope and interdisciplinary.
NRES
458/858
Soil Physical Determinations LINKCrosslisted as AGRO 458/858, SOIL 458| Credit Hours: | 2 |
| Course Format: | Lab 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Survey of measurement techniques and principles used in characterizing the physical properties of soils. Includes analysis of experimental design and sources of experimental error. Techniques include: particle size analysis, soil water content, pore size analysis, field sampling techniques, soil strength, and saturated hydraulic conductivity.
NRES
461/861
Soil Physics LINKCrosslisted as GEOL 461/861, AGRO 461/861, SOIL 461, WATS 461| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Recommended: Parallel AGRO/NRES/SOIL 458.
Principles of soil physics. Movement of water, air, heat, and solutes in soils. Water retention and movement, including infiltration and field water regime. Movement of chemicals in soils.
NRES
469/869
Bio-Atmospheric Instrumentation LINKCrosslisted as GEOG 469/869, METR 469/869, HORT 407/807, AGRO 469/869, MSYM 469/869| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 2, Lab 1 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Junior standing; MATH 106; 4 hrs physics; physical or biological science major.
Offered fall semester of odd-numbered calendar years.
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.
NRES
477/877
Great Plains Field Pedology LINKCrosslisted as GEOG 467/867, AGRO 477, SOIL 477| Credit Hours: | 4 |
| Course Format: | Lab, Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
AGRO/SOIL 153.
Spatial relationship of soil properties on various parts of landscape typical of the Plains, causal factors, and predictions of such relationships on other landscapes. Grouping these properties into classes, naming the classes, and the taxonomy that results from this grouping. Application of a taxonomy to a real situation through making a field soil survey in a region representative of the Plains border, predicting land use response of various mapped units as it affects the ecosystem, and evaluating the effectiveness of the taxonomic system used in the region surveyed.
NRES
484/884
Water Resources Seminar LINKCrosslisted as GEOG 484/884, GEOL 484/884, AGRO 484/884, WATS 484| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 1 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Junior or above standing, or permission.
Seminar on current water resources research and issues in Nebraska and the region.
NRES
920
Xenobiotics in the Environment LINKCrosslisted as ENTO 920, HORT 920, AGRO 920| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Campus: | |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
Recommend one course each in organic chemistry, soil science, biochemistry, plant physiology, microbiology and ecology
ENTO 920 is offered in odd-numbered calendar years.
Fate and ecotoxicological impacts of biologically foreign compounds in soil-water-plant environments; uptake, mechanisms of toxicity and metabolism in plants and other biota. Herbicides and other pesticides.
TLMT
414/814
Turfgrass Disease Management LINKCrosslisted as HORT 414/814, PLPT 414/814, AGRO 414/814| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 1 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs:
BIOS/PLPT 369 or one semester of introductory plant pathology.
Pathogens, epidemiology, and control of diseases specific to turfgrass.
TLMT
427/827
Turfgrass Systems Management LINKCrosslisted as HORT 427/827, AGRO 427/827| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lab 3, Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
| ACE Outcomes: | 10 |
Critical evaluation of turfgrass settings to create economical and environmentally friendly management systems for professionally managed turf areas.
TLMT
480/880
Modified Rootzones LINKCrosslisted as HORT 480/880, AGRO 480/880| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 1 |
| Course Delivery: | Web |
Offered as a five-week course.
Modified rootzones and their applications in the turfgrass and landscape management industry. Correct applications and construction techniques.
TLMT
880
Modified Rootzones LINKCrosslisted as HORT 880, AGRO 880| Credit Hours: | 1 |
| Course Format: | Lab 2, Lecture 1 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Modified rootzones and their applications in the turfgrass and landscape management industry. Correct applications and construction techniques.
Description
For a brief description of the program, application requirements and contact information, view the graduate program summary.
Interim Department Head: Roch Gaussoin, Ph.D.
Graduate Committee: Professors Lagrimini (chair), Arkebauer, Baenziger, Drijber, Ferguson, Holding, Waters
Graduate programs in agronomy may be developed in plant breeding and genetics, soil science, crop physiology and production, range and forage management, and weed science. Applicants must meet the admission requirements for graduate study and must submit to the Department a completed application form including the transcripts of course work, and three letters of recommendation supporting the application from persons qualified to evaluate the applicant’s potential for graduate college. Foreign applicants must, in addition, provide evidence of adequate financial resources for self-support during the term of graduate study and must submit English proficiency with minimum scores as outlined by the Graduate College. Applicants are required to send a letter to the chair of the Agronomy Graduate Committee describing their background (vita preferred), experience, and personal and academic goals in pursuing graduate study. A Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required. Previous academic training must indicate that the student has the scholastic potential to pursue graduate study. Although a background in the area of emphasis is desirable, promising students with degrees in other fields can usually complete basic prerequisites within one semester. A student admitted with deficiencies, as determined by the Graduate Committee, will be enrolled in a provisional status until the deficiencies are removed.
Specializations:
Agricultural Meteorology; Applied Ecology; Crop Physiology and Production; Environmental Studies; Great Plains Studies; Plant Breeding and Genetics; Plant Pathology; Range and Forage Science; Soil and Water Sciences; and Weed Science.