Instructor: INTRODUCTION TO CROP SCIENCE CSEM 200 SPRING 2014 SYLLABUS April Vigardt, avigardt@siu.edu Room: Ag 161C Agriculture Building, Office: 453-1791; Main office: 453-2496 Office hours: MWF, 10-11 a.m. (or by appointment) Class: Lecture: Ag. 216: Monday and Wednesday: 9-9:50a.m. Laboratory: Ag. 171 Thursday Section 1: 8-9:50 a.m. Section 2: 10-11:50 a.m. Required Text: Introduction to Agronomy: Food, Crops, and Environment Craig C. Sheaffer and Kristin M. Moncada Course Description: This course is a general introduction to agronomy, plant and crop science. This will include a brief history of agriculture, the morphology, physiology, and identification of important agronomic crops, crop breeding, production and protection. Course Objectives: 1. Be able to define some key agronomic terms and understand the place of agronomy in agriculture. 2. Learn to identify and classify important agronomic crops, to understand their uses, and relative importance in the USA and World. 3. Understand some basics of plant anatomy and morphology, plant ecology, plant physiology, and plant genetics as it pertains to the production and utilization of agronomic crops. 4. Understand current crop production practices in relation to soil science and soil fertilization (such as: limestone application, tillage, planting and harvesting, crop pest control, etc.) of selected crop species.
Exams: These exams will include but are not limited to: True / False, Multiple Choice, Short-Answer, or Matching type questions. These exams will be 100-points each and will cover lecture and laboratory material. A final exam will be valued at 150 points and will also be given in the same format of the hourly exams. This final will be 80% new material and 20% comprehensive. If you have an excused absence during an exam period, you must make arrangements before the exam to make it up. Examination dates: Lecture: 100 pts Exam 1: February 19 - Material from Jan. 13 to Feb. 17 100 pts Exam 2: April 14 - Material from Feb. 24 to April 2 150 pts Final exam: May 7, Wed. 7:50-9:50 - Material from April 7 to May 1 (80%) comp. (20%) Laboratory: 100 pts Seed ID Exam: March 6, 2014 100 pts Plant ID Exam: May 1, 2014 100 pts Quizzes (10): Please refer to laboratory schedule 50 pts Laboratory Report Feb. 27, 2014 50 pts Crop Report: April 24, 2014 800 pts Total Grading: 90-100% = A = > 720pts. 80-90% = B = 640 pts. 70-80% = C = 560 pts. 60-70% = D = 480 pts. 0-60% = F = < 480 pts. All Students are expected to adhere to a strict code of academic honesty. The academic honesty policy enforced in this course will follow the Student Conduct Code, Section II, Article A.
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Lecture Syllabus January 13 Introduction to course, Instructor, Testing, Grading, Agronomy and Crop Science 15 Brief History of Agriculture (Ch. 1-2) 22 Brief History of Agriculture 27 Major Crops of the World (Ch. 19, 20, 21) 29 Major Crops of the World February 3 Major Crops of the World 5 Plant Growth and Development (Ch. 8) 10 Plant Growth and Development 12 No class 17 Plant Growth and Development 19 Exam 1 (Material from Jan. 13-Feb.17) 24 Respiration and Photosysnthesis (Ch. 8) 26 Respiration and Photosysnthesis March 3 Respiration and Photosysnthesis 5 Soil Water: Character and Behavior 10-14 Spring Break 17 Soil Water: Character and Behavior (Ch. 12) 19 Soil Water: Character and Behavior 24 Soil Fertility and Management 26 Soil Fertility and Management 31 Soil Fertility and Management April 2 Soil Fertility and Management 7 Crop Protection (Ch. 15, 16) 9 Crop Protection 14 Exam 2 (Material from Feb. 24 April 2) 16 Guest Lecturer: Nathan Johanning from Illinois Extension 21 Pest Control Methods (Ch. 16) 23 Pest Control Methods 29 Crop Improvement and Genetics (Ch. 9) 30 Crop Improvement and Genetics May 7 Final Exam 7:50-9:50 (Material from April 7 May 1(80%) Comprehensive(20%)
CSEM 200 Introductory Crop Science Laboratory Spring Semester 2014 Thurs: Section 001: 8:00 9:50 a.m. Section 002: 10:00 11:50a.m. Agriculture Building, Room 171 Instructor: April Vigardt, Office: Ag. 161 C, phone 453-1791, avigardt@siu.edu Office hours: MWF 10:00-11:00 a.m. (or by appointment) NOTE: ATTENDANCE TO THE LABORATORY IS MANDATORY. Unexcused absences will result in an 80% reduction in the obtainable points for missed laboratory exercise and associated quiz. The laboratory will be used as a supplemental lecture period. In some cases, this is the only exposure to essential material. From past experiences, most students having difficulty with the course were found to have poor laboratory attendance records late or absent. Quizzes will be given each laboratory period of the previous week s material. Each quiz will be worth 10 points. There will a total of 11 quizzes total with the lowest grade dropped. There will be two exams on seed and plant identification of 36 important agronomic crops. Seed packets will be given out and plants will be grown in the teaching greenhouse throughout the semester. We will be bringing some plants in to the lab and during school hours the teaching greenhouse will be open for you to practice the plant ID. There will also be a lab report worth 25 points and a 2 page crop report which is worth 50 points. Details will be given during lab.
LAB SCHEDULE Jan 16 Introduction to the Laboratory and Plant Classification (Quiz 1 take home) 23 Plant Anatomy (Quiz 1 due) 30 Seed Germination and Emergence Seed depth experiment (Quiz 2) Feb 6 Crop Growth, Development, and Reproduction Seeds ID #1 (Quiz 3) 13 Crop Physiology: Photosynthesis and Respiration Seeds ID #2 (Quiz 4) 20 Importance of Light, Temperature, and Water Seeds ID #3 (Quiz 5) Review for seed ID Exam 27 Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition (seed depth report due) (Quiz 6) Review for seed ID Exam Mar 6 SEED IDENTIFICATION EXAM (100 pts) 13 Spring Break March 8-16 20 Cultural Practices, Cropping Systems and Tillage (Quiz 7) 27 Corn and the Cereal Crops (Quiz 8) April 3 Soybean and Forages (Quiz 9) 10 Plant Identification Laboratory (Quiz 10) 17 Precision Farming, Crop Science Careers and Research -Guest Lecturer Terry Wyciskalla (No Quiz) 24 Crop Pests, Crop Scouting, and Pesticides (Crop report due) (Quiz 11) May 1 PLANT IDENTIFICATION EXAM (100 pts)