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Courses:
[CSS/INTAG
314]
Tropical
Cropping Systems:
biodiversity,
social and environmental
impacts.
Fall.
3 credits. Prerequisite:
an introductory
course in crop
science or soil
science or biology
or permission
of instructor.
Lec, T R 8:40-9:55.
Characterization
and discussion
of: traditional
shifting cultivation;
lowland rice based
systems; upland
cereal based systems;
smallholder mixed
farming including
root crops and
livestock; plantation
fruit and oil
crop systems;
and agroforestry.
In addition to
species diversity
and domestication,
factors such as
climate, land
quality, soil
management, land
tenure, labor,
and markets are
considered. The
impact of tropical
cropping systems
on the environment
are evaluated.
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[SCAS
691]
Integrated
Nutrient Management
in Agroforestry
Systems.
[CSS/NTRES/HORT
415]
Principles
and Practice of
Agroforestry.
--Offered every
other Fall--
NOT OFFERED THIS
YEAR Fall. 3 credits.
Prerequisites:
senior or graduate
standing or permission
of instructor.
S-U option. Lec,
M W F 10:10-11:00.
Optional laboratory,
CSS [SCAS 416
(also NTRES 416
and HORT 416).
Offered alternate
years. Offered
2003. E. Fernandes,
K. Mudge, L. Buck,
J. Lassoie.
An introduction
to modern and
traditional agroforestry
systems which
involves spatial
or temporal integration
of multipurpose
woody plants (trees
and/or shrubs)
with annual or
perennial crops
and/or with livestock.
Interactions between
woody and nonwoody
components of
agroforestry systems
are considered,
based on above
and below ground
processes. The
sustainability
of agroforestry
systems is critically
examined from
biophysical, socio-economic,
and policy perspectives.
[CSS/BIOEE
473]
Ecology
of Agricultural
systems.
--Offered every
other Fall--
NOT OFFERED THIS
YEAR Fall. 3 credits.
Limited to 45
students. Prerequisite:
BIOEE 261 or permission
of instructor.
S-U grades optional.
Lec and disc,
T R. During the
first 6 weeks
of class, the
Thursday meetings
may run to 5:30
because of field
trips. T R 2:30-3:45.
Offered fall 2003.
A. G. Power and
E. C. Fernandes.
Analysis
of the ecological
processes operating
in agricultural
systems, with
an emphasis on
the interactions
between organisms.
Topics include
nutrient dynamics
in agroecosystems,
plant competition
and facilitation,
intercropping,
the ecology of
species invasions,
mutualism in agroecoystems,
plant-herbivore
relations, plant-pathogen
interactions,
biological pest
control, and evolutionary
processes in agriculture.
Case studies from
both the tropics
and the temperate
zone are used
to illustrate
important concepts. |
