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ENVIRONMENT OF CULTIVATED PLANTS

PLANTSCI 320
Course Description

An exploration of major environmental factors that regulate plant growth and development - temperature, water availability, light, and carbon dioxide. Patterns are studied temporally at the daily, seasonal (yearly), and long-term (climate) time scales, geographically at the local and global scales, and contextually in natural, agricultural, and controlled environment conditions. Includes effects of environmental conditions on plant growth and development, including adaptive mechanisms to stress conditions at the physiological level.

Prerequisties

BIOLOGY/BOTANY 130 , BIOLOGY/BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 152 , AGRONOMY 100, HORT 120, PLANTSCI 110 , or graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Fall

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