AgHrt 100 Lectures
- Chapter 1 - Introduction: Plants and People
Development of
Agriculture-Based Civilizations
Agronomic
and Horticultural Plant Categories
- Chapter 2 - Vegetative Growth
Four Phases of
Plant Life
Plant Cell
Components
Vegetative
Plant Structures
Absorption,
Translocation, Photosynthesis, and Respiration
- Chapter 3 - Reproductive Growth
Flower Types,
Double Fertilization, and Self-Incompatibility
Genetic Segregation and Inbreeding
Qualitative
Traits, Quantitative Traits, and Tetraploids
Seed Germination
and Fruit Types
- Chapter 4 - Propagation of Garden Plants: Sexual and
Asexual
Seed Dormancy
Planting Seed
Asexual
Propagation
Asexual
Propagation Methods Page
- Special Section - Origin, Domestication and
Improvement of Cultivated Plants
Vavilov's
Eight Centers
Characteristics
of Domesticated Plants
Crop Mimicry
Wheat
Genealogy
Domestication
of Corn, Rice, Soybean, and Sugarbeet
Evolution and
Breeding
Online Demonstration - How to make a new rose variety (Weeks Roses) (click link, "The Making of a New Rose")
- Chapter 5 - Soil and Soil Fertility
Soil
Classification
Soil Chemistry
and Fertility
Cultivation
Practices
- Chapter 6 - Water and Irrigation
Soil Water
Water, Plant
Growth, and Water Pollution
Irrigation
Methods
Xeriscapes
- Chapter 7 - Climate, Temperature, and
Light
Macroclimates
World Climatic
Zones
Microclimates
Effects of
Temperature Extremes
Light and
Plant Growth
- Chapter 8 - Regulating Plant Growth
Pruning
Plant Growth
Regulators
Pest Control
Methods and IPM
Weeds
Diseases
Insects, Mites,
and Nematodes
Genetics:
Resistance Breeding
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