A study of important plant practices associated with horticulture and agronomic crop production, including classification of plants, the role of soil and the environment, plant management, cropping systems, and integrated pest management and harvest methods. Principles and practices in propagation of plants and sexual and asexual reproduction methods. Lecture three hours, laboratory two hours.

Selection, culture, production, distribution and uses of pasture and forage plants; management problems in hay and silage; emphasis on utilization and improvement of pasture.

A study of the principles and practices in the propagation of herbaceous and woody indoor plants and flowers. Lecture three hours, laboratory two hours.

The application of scientific facts and principles that are involved in the successful production of vegetables under cover and/or in the open. Lecture three hours, laboratory two hours.

Commercial production and marketing of major cut flower crops, bedding plants, and flowering pot plants under cover and/or in the open. Lecture three hours, laboratory two hours.

A study of the factors underlying the commercial and home production of small fruits and nuts, including a study of varieties, propagation, pruning, spraying, harvesting, and marketing.

Greenhouse construction and management of heating, cooling, moisture, fertilization, lighting, insect and disease control in the growth of major greenhouse crops.

Introductory course in plant diseases. A study of the causes, symptoms, spread and control of plant diseases. The emphasis is placed on the interaction between disease causing agents and the diseased plant and the way in which environmental conditions influence the mechanisms by which factors produce plant disease. Lecture three hours, laboratory two hours.

Anatomy, physiology, ecology, life history, and control of insects affecting crops and garden plants.