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HORT -- Horticulture
HORT 432 Greenhouse Crop Production (3) Prerequisite:
HORT 201; and HORT 202. Pre- or corequisite: PBIO 420. The commercial
production and marketing of ornamental plant crops under greenhouse, plastic
houses and out-of-door conditions.
HORT 433 Technology of Fruit and Vegetable Production (4) Three
hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
HORT 201; and HORT 202; and HORT 271; and AGRO 411. Corequisite: PBIO 420.
Recommended: AGRO 202. 60 semester hours. Junior standing. Credit will
be granted for only one of the following: HORT 411, HORT 422, or HORT 433.
A critical analysis of research work and application of the principles
of plant physiology, chemistry and botany to practical problems in the
commercial production of fruit and vegetable crops.
HORT 452 Principles of Landscape Establishment and Maintenance (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites:
HORT 202; and HORT 253; and HORT 254. For HORT majors only. Establishment
and maintenance of landscape plants, stressing the physiological determinants
of recommended practices.
HORT 456 Nursery Crop Production (3) Two lectures a week and
four all-day compulsory Saturday laboratories. Prerequisites: HORT 201;
and HORT 202; and HORT 271. The methods used for producing ornamental
plants and an introduction to the different types of commercial nurseries.
HORT 473 Advanced Plant Propagation II (1)
HORT 474 Physiology of Maturation and Storage of Horticultural Crops
(3) Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Pre-
or corequisite: PBIO 420. The physiological and biochemical changes
occuring during storage of horticultural commodities. Application of scientific
principles to handling and storage of fresh produce.
HORT 682 Methods of Horticultural Research (4) Two hours of
lecture and five hours of laboratory per week. The application of biochemical
and biophysical methods to problems in biological research with emphasis
on plant materials.
HORT 683 Light and Plant Development (3) Prerequisite: PBIO
420 or permission of instructor. Recommended: PHYS 263, PHYS 406, PBIO
410. Photobiology including: photochemistry, photosynthesis and photomorphogenesis.
How light (UV, visible and near infrared) interacts with plants to regulate
physiological responses such as stomatal function, carbon fixation, phototropism
and flowering.
HORT 689 Special Topics in Horticulture (1-3) Credit according
to time scheduled and organization of the course. Organized as a lecture
series on a specialized advanced topic.
HORT 699 Special Problems in Horticulture (1-3) Credit according
to time scheduled and organization of the course. Organized as an experimental
program other than the student's thesis problem. Maximum credit allowed
toward an advanced degree shall not exceed four hours of experimental work.
HORT 782 Chemical Regulation of Growth of Horticultural Plants (3)
Prerequisite: PBIO 420. A critical review of literature and current
research relating to the use of chemicals in controlling growth, and useful
in the production, ripening, and handling of horticultural plants and products.
Emphasis is placed on experimental procedures and the interpretation of
results, current usage and the potentials for future research.
HORT 783 Environmental Factors and Horticultural Plants (3) Prerequisite:
PBIO 420. A study of the literature and a discussion of current research
concerned with the effects of environmental factors on the growth and fruiting
of horticultural plants. Effects of temperature, light, and atmospheric
conditions will be considered.
HORT 785 Advanced Post-Harvest Physiology (3) Prerequisites:
(BCHM 461, and HORT 474); or permission of department. Physiological,
biochemical and molecular aspects of senescence of detached plant organs,
such as fruits, leaves and flowers.
HORT 798 Advanced Seminar (1) Repeatable to a maximum of 3
credits for M.S. degree. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 credits for Ph.D.
degree.
HORT 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6)
HORT 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8)
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