Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
AGRO 4008. TROPICAL CEREALS AND
LEGUMES. Three credit hours. Two hours of
lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: CFIT 3005 and AGRO 3005.
Adaptation, botany distribution, varieties, culture,
crop improvement, harvesting and marketing of
corn, rice, cotton and sweet potatoes. Field trips.
AGRO 4010. SILVICULTURE. Three credit
hours. Two hours of lecture and one three-hour
laboratory per week. Prerequisites: CFIT 3005 or
BIOL 3435 or BIOL 3051.
Study of the establishment, management and
conservation of forest resources with economical,
ecological and recreational purposes.
AGRO 4015-4016. SPECIAL PROBLEMS. One
to three credit hours. One to three research periods
per week. Prerequisite: Authorization of the
Director of the Department.
Problems in the production, improvement and
genetics of crop plants will be assigned, or may be
selected, subject to the approval of the professor in
charge.
AGRO 4018. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL
PROPERTIES OF SOILS. Three credit hours.
Two hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory
per week. Prerequisite: AGRO 3005.
An advanced course in the physical and chemical
processes of soils, with emphasis on their practical
application and significance. Laboratory practice
in the use of physical and physicochemical
techniques used in soil investigations.
AGRO 4019. SEMINAR. One credit hour per
semester. One hour of lecture per week each
semester. Prerequisite: Authorization of the
Director of the Department.
Reports and discussions of observations and
problems in farm practices and recent crop
investigations.
AGRO 4025. SEMINAR. One credit hour per
semester. One hour of lecture per week each
semester. Prerequisite: Authorization of the
Director of the Department.
AGRO 4026. CROP ECOLOGY. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: CFIT 3005 and AGRO 3005.
Study of the environmental conditions which
determine the adaptation, distribution and
productivity of crops.
AGRO 4029. MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL
SOILS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture
per week. Prerequisite: AGRO 3005.
Application of the principles of soil science and
crop science, in the evaluation of management
practices in tropical soils.
AGRO 4037. SOIL FERTILITY AND
FERTILIZERS. Three credit hours. Three hours
of lecture per week. Prerequisites: CFIT 3005 and
AGRO 3005.
Fundamental principles underlying the maintenance
of soil productivity; sources, manufacture, and
utilization of fertilizer materials and mixed
fertilizers, and their effect on the plant and on the
soil.
AGRO 4038. SUMMER PRACTICUM. Three
credit hours. Six weeks duration. Prerequisite:
Authorization of the Director of the Department.
Practical field experience and scientific work in
soils, crops, and farm practice, covering a period of
six or more weeks during the Summer, at the end of
the student's Junior year. The work will be carried
out under the supervision of various agricultural
agencies, such as experiment stations, extension
farms, Soil Conservation Service, sugar cane mills,
and others. Required for students majoring in Plant
Science.
AGRO 4045. MINERAL NUTRITION IN
PLANTS. Three credit hours. Two hours of
lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: AGRO 3005 and CFIT 4005.
The basic processes and principles of mineral
nutrition of higher plants will be covered. Special
emphasis will be given to the factors that affect
absorption and translocation as well as the function
of essential elements in higher plants.
Reports and discussions of observations and
problems in farm practices and recent crop
investigations.
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