Graduate Catalog: 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

improvement, treatments to improve productivityand selection of suitable home sites. Summer.NRE 505 Instrumental Techniques for Plant andSoil Science - Three semester hours. The principlesand practice of Atomic absorptionspectrophotometry, Kjeldahl digestion, gaschromatography, amino acid analysis,electrophoretic separation techniques, inductivecouple plasma mass-spectroscopy (ICPMS),inductive couple plasma (ICP), ion chromatography(IC), scanning electron microscopy, thermocouplepsychrometry, porometry, and immunoassay. Onehourlecture with a four-hour lab per week.(Prerequisite: Consent of instructor) Even Spring.NRE 506 Soil Microbiology - Four semester hours.A study of the properties and classes ofmicroorganisms as related to soil and cropproduction. Effects of microorganisms on thefertility, and chemical and physical properties ofsoil. (Prerequisite: BIO 101, 102, 330) OddSpring.NRE 510 Forage Management - Three semesterhours. A study of the soil-plant-animal complex asit relates to the morphology, physiology andutilization of forages. Emphasis will be onagronomic practices and physiologicalconsiderations in forage management in Alabama.(Prerequisite: NRE 101 or BIO 203-204) OddSpring.NRE 511 Weed Science and HerbicideTechnology - Three semester hours. Phenology ofweeds, habitat management by cultural, mechanical,biological and chemical means, dissipation andphytotoxicity of herbicides. Application andphysiological relationships of herbicides and recentadvances in weed control problems. (Prerequisite:NRE 101 or BIO 204 and BIO 204L) Odd Fall.NRE 512 Field Research Techniques inAgronomy - Two semester hours. Principles offield plot research, Hypothesis and treatments,procedures in large/small plot experimentation, suchas laying out of experiments, size and shape of plots,border effects, selection of valid error term,parameters, technique of data collection, theirsummarization and publication of results or researchpaper (Prerequisite: Consent of instructor) EvenSpring.NRE 514 Crop Production Technology - Threesemester hours. Emphasis on techniques fordifferent soil, climate, moisture, and temperaturerequirements for successful crop production.(Prerequisite: NRE 101 and NRE 310) Even Fall.NRE 515 Seed Biology - Four semester hours.Biological and physiological aspects of seeddevelopment, maturation, longevity, dormancy,storability, invigoration treatments, and process ofgermination in agriculture (crop, vegetable, and treeseeds will be emphasized). (Prerequisites: NRE 440and consent of instructor) Odd Fall.NRE 517Sustainable Crop Production – Threesemester hours. Principles of sustainable agriculturewith modern crop production practices, managementof biological, physical, and human resources tooptimize field crop production in a sustainable andcost-effective manner. Emerging biotechnologies,precision agriculture, etc. are highlighted.(Prerequisite: None)Spring.NRE 521 Plant Propagation - Three semesterhours. Principles, processes, methods and materialsinvolved in sexual and asexual propagation ofplants. (Prerequisite: NRE 101 or consent ofinstructor) Odd Spring.NRE 522 Landscape Design and Construction -Four semester hours. Advanced landscape design,including finished drawings, selection andarrangement of plants, design of constructionfeatures, preparation of bills of materials, and costestimates. (Prerequisite: NRE 423) Even Spring.NRE 523 Ornamentals I – Trees and Shrubs –Three semester hours. Type, characteristics,adaptation, maintenance, and functional uses ofornamental plants used in landscape design with aspecial emphasis on trees, shrubs, vines andgroundcovers. (Prerequisite: NRE 101 or consent ofinstructor) Odd Fall.NRE 524 Horticulture Marketing andManagement - Three semester hours. An analysisof produce marketing, pricing, postharvest handling,supply and demand, and marketing crops throughproduce outlets and differing management andscenarios. Resource "game playing." (Prerequisite:Consent of instructor) Even Summer.NRE 525 Lawn and Turf Management – Methodsand principles of establishing and maintainingresidential lawns as well as special-purpose turfgrasses for commercial landscapes, golf courses orathletic fields, including weed and pest control.Even Spring.142