College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Distance Education....Fall 2008
Crop Management & Ecology
AGRON 531, Section XW
Credit Hours 3 non-major graduate or 3 graduate
Dates August 25 - December 19, 2008
Registration Deadline August 11, 2008
Off-Campus Program Master of Science in Agronomy
Instructor: Byron Sleugh
E-mail: bbsleugh@iastate.edu
Phone: 515-226-2165
FAX: 515-294-5506
Tuition/Fees $1,077 G / Other fees that will be assessed
Prerequisites Agron 512 (Soil Plant Environment) and 514 (Integrated Pest Management).
Course Description Environmental factors affecting crop growth and yield. Climatic and edaphic adaptation of crop species. Management systems for crops with an emphasis on the ecology of row and forage crops common to the Midwest. Restricted to graduate students admitted to specific programs at Iowa State University. Enrollment priority given to M.S. Agronomy Degree students.
Prerequisites: Agron 501 (Crop Growth and Development) and 502 (Chemistry, Physics, and Biology of Soils), and 503 (Climate and Crop Growth) and admission into the MS in Agronomy Distance Education Program.
Course Website

http://masters.agron.iastate.edu
** Access to the website may be restricted to registred students or not available until the start of the course.
Delivery Format WWW & CD-ROM
Technology Requirements Email - Computer/Software Requirements
Text National Research Council. 1989. Alternative Agriculture. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0309039851.
Register for this class, please visit:
New Students - Complete registration form
Returning Students - AccessPlus
Registration Questions - Call 515-294-1889 (Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST).

Brenton Center for Agricultural Instruction & Technology Transfer, 004 Curtiss Hall, Ames, Iowa 50011.
Voice: 515-294-1862 / FAX: 515-294-1924.
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