Soils and cropping practices necessary for future crop production systems. Production of modern crops and their management, as well as the adaptation of major agronomic crops to varying edaphic and climatic conditions. Importance of crop production to the producer and the consumer. 1 credit, maximum 2. Identification and classification of agronomically important crop and weed species from seed and from seedling, vegetative, flowering or mature plants.
Plant ecosystems at the community level relative to optimum yields and quality.
Production, distribution, classification, utilization and improvement of the major cereal crops. Biotechnology research Honors and awards received 1997 Gerald O. Mott Graduate Student Award in Crop Science. H.K. Hayes Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota 1996 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. University of Minnesota 1991 Plant Breeding Fellowship.