| COURSE TITLE: | Weed Biology & Ecology |
| COURSE: | Agronomy 517 |
| COURSE DESCRIPTION: | Invasive
plant species and weed evolution and biodiversity for exploitation of
distributed and managed habitats. Selection and adaptation of weeds in
agro-ecosystems: soil weed seed banks, population shifts, and crop-weed
interactions. Life history and trait basis for colonizing plant species.
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| PREREQUISITES: | Agron 317, Biol 474 |
| CREDITS: | 3 undergraduate, 3 non-major graduate or 3 graduate credits |
| COMPUTER REQUIREMENT: | See College of Agriculture Computer Requirements |
| DATES: | January 14-May 9, 2008 |
| DELIVERY METHOD: | Pod-casts via the web |
| LOCATION: | http://www.agron.iastate.edu/~weeds/ag517/ag517hp.html |
| TUITION: | $223 per credit (undergraduate) or $347 per credit (graduate) / Other fees that will be assessed |
| OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAM: | Master of Agriculture, Master of Science in Agronomy |
| INSTRUCTOR: | John Dekker, Associate Professor, jdekker@iastate.edu |
| REGISTRATION DEADLINE: | January 14, 2008 |
| TEXT: | Silvertown and Charlesworth, Introduction to Plant Population Biology, 2001, 4th Edition, Blackwell Science. |
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