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Nov 28, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
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BIOT 6533 - Specialty Plants and Crop Improvement
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed for students to comprehend knowledge pertaining to the understanding of plants and their specialty uses e.g. medicinal plants, vegetable and nutritional plants and other crops. In this 3 course, students will learn about Specialty plants and crop improvement, field research, laboratory techniques and instruments used in conventional techniques and in modern agriculture. They will learn about ethno botany, agronomy, horticultural practices, hydroponic, aeroponic, and the like. They will gain an understanding through hands-on experiences on small group research projects. Students will grow crops and study their morphology and growth to select improved quality plants and plant products for various valuable crops. They will apply different techniques used in various researches for crop improvement, their uses and preservation through discussion of published literature. The will present their findings after 10th weeks before their final exam and submit their typed project reports for grade.
Prerequisite(s): BOTN 2001K, PSCI 4863, and Graduate Committee Consent
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