College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Distance Education....Summer 2008
Seed and Variety, Testing and Technology
STB/Agron 534
Credit Hours 2 graduate credits
Dates June 16 -August 8, 2008
Registration Deadline June 2 , 2008
Off-Campus Program Master of Science in Seed Technology and Business; Master of Agriculture
Instructor: Paul Christensen
E-mail: intlcorn@iastate.edu
Phone: 515-294-8745
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Tuition/Fees

$467/credit /Other fees that will be assessed
Prerequisites Admission to the Seed Technology and Business Program or approval of the instructor
Course Description The components of seed quality and how they are assessed in the laboratory, including traits derived from modern biotechnology. The impact of new technologies on seed quality and testing. Variety and maintenance procedures and breeder seed. Variety identification: phenotype and grow-out trials, isozyme testing and DNA marker testing. Procedures for evaluating varieties. The variance tests appropriate for fixed effects analysis of variance. Statistical inference and stratification for yield trials. Use of strip plot testing.
Course Website

http://www.celt.iastate.edu/webct/
** Access to the website may be restricted to registered students or not available until the start of the course.
Delivery Format Web/CD
Technology Requirements Email - Computer/Software Requirements
Text

Clewer, A.G. and D.H. Scarisbrick. 2001. Practical Statistics and Experimental Design for Plant and Crop Science. John Wiley & Sons, LTD. ISBN: 0471899097.

Lawrence O. Copeland and Miller F. McDonald. Principles of Seed Science and Technology - Third Edition Springer; 3rd ed. edition 1995. ISBN-10: 0412063018 or ISBN-13: 978-0412063015.

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