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| CS (HS) (PP) 502 | PLANT DISEASE: METHODS AND DIAGNOSIS | FALL |
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| CREDIT HOURS: | 2 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Grand | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | PP 315 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to the basic principles of disease causality in plants and the methodology for the study and diagnosis of plant diseases caused by fungi. Identification of plant-pathogenic fungi. Research project, disease profiles and field trips arerequired. | |
| CS 565 | TURF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | FALL |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 3 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Peacock | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS 400 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | Credit cannot be received for both CS 465 and CS 565 | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Integration of turfgrass management systems and the use of BMPs and IPM to protect environmental quality. Examination of water quality issues relative to turf. Application of Best Management Practice and Integrated Pest Management strategies. | |
| CS 590 | SPECIAL TOPICS | FALL/SPRING/SUMMER 1/SUMMER 2 |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 0 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Danehower | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | None. | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Credits Arranged Special problems in various phases of crop science. Problems may be selected or will be assigned. Emphasis on review of recent and current research. | |
| CS 590B/795B | COTTON, PEANUT, AND TOBACCO PRODUCTION SYSTEMS | SUMMER 1/SUMMER 2/ARRANGED |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 3 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Jordan | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | none | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | contact instructor | |
| DESCRIPTION: | The course CS 590B/CS795B entitled Cotton, Peanut, and Tobacco Production Systems will be offered this summer although enrollment will be for the fall semester. Main topics will be principles of production, pest management, and marketing of these crops. This course was taught in 2002 and 2004. The course will meet for six, one day sessions with two days devoted to each commodity. Current plans are to meet for three days in late May and early June and three days in mid to late July and early August. The course will be offered for credit only. Please contact me if you are interested in taking the class. david_jordan@ncsu.edu | |
| CS 590J | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN TURF MANAGEMENT | FALL |
| CREDIT HOURS: | no data | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Peacock | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | None. | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | To integrate issues concerning turf management impact on water quality and ecosystem function into sound environmental management for turf situations. | |
| CS 595S | SPECIAL TOPICS IN CROP SCIENCE | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 2 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Stalker | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | None. | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Offered as needed to present materials not normally available in regular course offerings or for offering of new courses on a trial basis. | |
| CS 601 | SEMINAR | FALL/SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Bowman | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | Graduate standing | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Maximum of two credits allowed toward master's degree; however, additional credits toward doctorate allowed Review and discussion of scientific articles, progress reports in research and special problems of interest to agronomists. | |
| CS (GN) (HS) 620 | SPECIAL PROBLEMS | FALL/SPRING/SUMMER 1/SUMMER 2 |
| CREDIT HOURS: | VARIES | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Danehower | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | None. | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Credits Arranged Special problems in various phases of crop science. Problems may be selected or will be assigned. Emphasis on review of recent and current research. | |
| CS 620C | CROP PHYSIOLOGY I. PLANT RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENT | FALL |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1-3 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Wells | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | None. | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | to be announced | |
| CS 620Q | INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN THE PLANT SCIENCES | FALL |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 3 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Danehower | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | None. | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Topics to be covered include laboratory safety, sampling, sample preparation, and sample storage techniques. Additional topics will include the theory of chromatography, chromatographic equipment and techniques, and methods development for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of plant primary and secondary metabolites. | |
| CS 620R | SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WEED MANAGEMENT | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Burton | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | An introductory course in Crop or Horticultural Science is required; previous completion of CS 414 (Weed Science) and a course in statistics (ST 311 or 511) will be helpful. | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | An in-depth examination of the scientific literature concerning the management of undesirable species in sustainable agriculture systems. | |
| CS 685 | MASTER'S SUPERVISED TEACHING | FALL/SPRING/SUMMER 1/SUMMER 2 |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 3 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Danehower | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | Master's student | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Teaching experience under the mentorship of faculty who assist the student in planning for the teaching assignment, observe and provide feedback to the student during the teaching assignment, and evaluate the student upon completion of the assignment. | |
| CS 690 | MASTER'S EXAMINATION | FALL/SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | VARIES | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Danehower | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | Master's student | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | For students in non thesis master's programs who have completed all other requirements of the degree except preparing for and taking the final master's exam. | |
| CS 693 | MASTER'S SUPERVISED RESEARCH | FALL/SPRING/SUMMER 1/SUMMER 2 |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1-9 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Danehower | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | Master's student | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graduate Faculty. | |
| CS 695 | MASTER'S THESIS RESEARCH | FALL/SPRING/SUMMER 1/SUMMER 2 |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1-9 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Danehower | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | Master's student | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Thesis research. | |
| CS 699 | MASTER'S THESIS PREPARATION | SUMMER 1/SUMMER 2 |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1-3 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Danehower | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | Master's student | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | For students who have completed all credit hour requirements and full-time enrollment for the master's degree and are writing and defending their thesis. | |
| CS 711 | TOBACCO TECHNOLOGY | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 3 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Smith | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | BO 421 or equivalent | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Special problems concerned with the tobacco crop. Latest research problems and findings dealing with this important cash crop. | |
| CS 713 | PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CROP PRODUCTION | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 3 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Patterson | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | BO 421 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Emphasis upon pertinent physiological processes associated with crops and crop management such as plant growth, maturation, respiration and photoperiodism. Relationship of environment to maximum crop yields. | |
| CS (HS) 715 | WEED SCIENCE RESEARCH TECHNIQUES | FALL |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Burton | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS 414 or equivalent | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Bioassay techniques for detection of herbicide residues in soils, chemical analytical (GLC, HPLC) techniques for identifying herbicide residues in soils and plants, procedures for studying adsorption and leaching in soils, procedures for measuring herbicide interference of photosynthesis and use of 14C-labeled herbicides for following uptake, transport and metabolism of herbicides in plants. | |
| CS (HS) 716 | WEED BIOLOGY | FALL |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Burton | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS 414 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Weed seed development and dispersal, seed dormancy, oil seed bank, seedling development, growth analysis, reproduction, community structure, population dynamics, species interactions, environmental effects on interactions and influence of man. Taught first 5 weeks of semester. (NOTE: Currently this course is not being offered. CS 495W is the reccommended replacement. Information on CS 495W can be found under the 4-yr degree course listings.) | |
| CS (HS) 717 | WEED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | FALL |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Monks | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS 414 or equivalent | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Weed management systems including integration of cultural, biological, mechanical and chemical methods for vegetables, fruits, ornamentals, turf, small grains, corn, tobacco, cotton, peanuts, aquatic and non-cropland settings. Taught second 5 weeks of semester. | |
| CS (BO) (HS) 718 | BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | ||
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS 414 or equivalent | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Concepts and methods in use of biological agents for control of weeds. Primary emphasis on weed biocontrol with insects and plant pathogens. Taught third 5 weeks of semester. | |
| CS (GN) 719 | ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF CULTIVATED PLANTS | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 3 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Stalker | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS (GN) (HS) 741 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Review of concepts of speciation and classification; origin and variation in plants; theories related to agricultural origins; variation patterns of cultivated species; evolution under domestication; utilization of wild and unadapted germplasm in plant breeding. | |
| CS (GN) (HS) 720 | MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN PLANT BREEDING | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 3 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Dewey | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS(GN,HS) 741, GN 701, GN 702, GN 703 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | CLASS=DR OR GR OR MR OR SP OR SR | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Theory and principles of molecular biology applied to plant breeding. Experimental approaches to induce genetic change, cytoplasmic recombination, haploid utilization and potentials of molecular techniques for solving breeding problems. | |
| CS (HS) (SSC) (TOX) 725 | PESTICIDE CHEMISTRY | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Weber | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS 201and 221 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Chemical properties of pesticides including hydration and solvation, ionization, volatilization, lipophilicity, molecular structure and size, and reactivity and classification according to chemical description, mode of action or ionizability. Taught during the first 5 weeks of semester. Drop date is last day of 3rd week of the minicourse. | |
| CS (HS) (SSC) (TOX) 727 | PESTICIDE BEHAVIOR AND FATE IN THE ENVIRONMENT | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 2 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Weber | HOMEPAGE |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS (HS) (SSC) (TOX) 725, SSC 200 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Sorption/desorption, soil reactivity, movement, volatilization, bioavailability, degradation and stability of pesticides in the environment. Taught during the last 10 weeks of semester. Drop date is last day of 3rd week of the minicourse. | |
| CS (HS) 729 | HERBICIDE BEHAVIOR IN PLANTS | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 2 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Burton | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | BO 751 and BO 752 and CS(HS,SSC) 725 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Chemical, physiological and biochemical actions of herbicides in plants including uptake, translocation, metabolism and mechanism of action. | |
| CS (GN) (HS) 741 | PLANT BREEDING METHODS | FALL |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 3 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Murphy | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | ST 711 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Advanced study of methods of plant breeding as related to principles and concepts of inheritance. | |
| CS (GN) (HS) 745 | QUANTITATIVE GENETICS IN PLANT BREEDING | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Burton | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS (GN) (HS) 741, ST 712 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | course in quantitative genetics recommended. Theory and principles of plant quantitative genetics. Experimental approaches of relationships between type and source of genetic variability, concepts of inbreeding, estimations of genetic variance and selection theory. | |
| CS (GN) (HS) 746 | BREEDING METHODS | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 2 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Isleib | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS (GN) (HS) 741, ST 535 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Theory and principles of plant breeding methodology including population improvement, selection procedures, genotypic evaluation, cultivar development and breeding strategies. | |
| CS (GN) (HS) 748 | BREEDING FOR PEST RESISTANCE | FALL |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 2 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Bowman | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS (GN) (HS) 741, PP 315, ST 512 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Theory and principles of breeding for pest resistance. Experimental approaches for examining genetics of host-parasite interactions, expression and stability of pest resistance and breeding strategies for developing pest-resistant cultivars. | |
| CS 795S | SPECIAL TOPICS IN CROP SCIENCE | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 2 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Stalker | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | None. | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Offered as needed to present materials not normally available in regular course offerings or for offering of new courses on a trial basis. | |
| CS 801 | SEMINAR | FALL/SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Bowman | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | Graduate standing | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Maximum of two credits allowed toward master's degree; however, additional credits toward doctorate allowed Review and discussion of scientific articles, progress reports in research and special problems of interest to agronomists. | |
| CS 820 | SPECIAL PROBLEMS | FALL/SPRING/SUMMER 1/SUMMER 2 |
| CREDIT HOURS: | VARIES | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Danehower | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | None. | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Credits Arranged
Maximum of two credits allowed toward master's degree; however, additional credits toward doctorate allowed | |
| CS 820B | BIOETH | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | VARIES | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Rufty | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | Doctoral student | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Offered as needed to present materials not normally available in regular course offerings or for offering of new courses on a trial basis. | |
| CS 820K | CHROM TECH PL | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | ||
| PRE-REQUISITES: | Doctoral student | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Offered as needed to present materials not normally available in regular course offerings or for offering of new courses on a trial basis. | |
| CS 820Q | INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN THE PLANT SCIENCES | FALL |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 3 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Danehower | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | None. | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Topics to be covered include laboratory safety, sampling, sample preparation, and sample storage techniques. Additional topics will include the theory of chromatography, chromatographic equipment and techniques, and methods development for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of plant primary and secondary metabolites. | |
| CS (GN) (HS) 860 | PLANT BREEDING LABORATORY | SPRING |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Bowman | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS (GN) (HS) 741 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Visitation of plant breeding projects in the Depts. of CS and HS at NC State, along with commercial seed companies. Discussion and viewing of breeding objectives, methods and equipment and teaching and practice of hybridization methods. | |
| CS (GN) (HS) 861 | PLANT BREEDING LABORATORY | FALL |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 1 | SYLLABUS |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Bowman | |
| PRE-REQUISITES: | CS (GN) (HS) 741 | |
| RESTRICTIONS: | None. | |
| DESCRIPTION: | Visitation of plant breeding projects in the Depts. of CS and HS at NC State, along with commercial seed companies. Discussion and viewing of breeding objectives, methods and equipment and teaching and practice of hybridization methods. | |
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