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Field Crop Production

This document provides information about a field crop production course. The course is Pl.Sci. 407, which meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11:30-12:20 in room Ag Sci 339. The instructor is Jack Brown and can be contacted at his email and office. The course will introduce principles of field crop production worldwide and in the US and Idaho. It will cover topics like crop rotations, sustainable agriculture, plant morphology, and production of major food and non-food crops. Required textbooks and lecture notes will be available online. The course will include exams, a term paper, and class

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Field Crop Production

This document provides information about a field crop production course. The course is Pl.Sci. 407, which meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11:30-12:20 in room Ag Sci 339. The instructor is Jack Brown and can be contacted at his email and office. The course will introduce principles of field crop production worldwide and in the US and Idaho. It will cover topics like crop rotations, sustainable agriculture, plant morphology, and production of major food and non-food crops. Required textbooks and lecture notes will be available online. The course will include exams, a term paper, and class

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Field Crop Production

Pl.Sci. 407

Lectures: M,W & F 11:30-12:20


Ag Sci 339
Field Crop Production
Pl.Sci. 407

Jack Brown
[email protected]
208-885-7078
AgSci 319A
To introduce the general principal of field crop
production. Provide knowledge base of world,
USA and Idaho crops production methods,
crop rotations, and sustainable and
environmentally sound agricultural systems.
Overview the impacts of world and local
agricultural. Provide a basic knowledge of the
processes by which our major food and non-
food agricultural crops are produced.
 Principles of Crop Production: Theory,
Techniques, and Technology (2nd
Edition)
 George Acquaah
 Pearson Prentice Hall 2005
 ISBN 0-13-114556-8
 Principles of Field Crop Production
(4th Edition)
 Martin, Waldren, and Stamp
 Pearson Prentice Hall 2006
 ISBN 0-13-025967-5
Lecture Notes

http://webpages.uidaho.edu/jbrown/plsc407
•Evolution and history of crop production.
•Plant Morphology.
•Plant Growth Process.
•Plant breeding.
Evolution of Crop Species
What, Where
and How
USA Agriculture
Idaho Agriculture
 Evolution of Plant.
 Evolution of Crop species.
 Where, When, Who’s responsible?
 World crop production.
 What, What for, How?
 USA Crop Production.
 What, What for, How?
 Idaho (PNW) Crop Production.
 What, What for, How?
 Impacts of Agriculture on human society.
 Impact of Plant Breeders.
 Ancient and Recent.
 Objectives on plant breeders.
 Process of developing new
cultivars.
 Hurdles to be overcome.
 New technologies.
 Recombinant DNA and Society.
Pre-Planting/ Nutrients Planting/
Cultivation Seeds, etc.

Harvest,
Pests &
Storage, Weeds
Diseases
Marketing
•Evolution and history of crop production.
•Plant Morphology.
•Plant Growth Process.
•Plant breeding.

•Climate, Soils, Soils and Water.


•Nutrients and Fertilizer.
•Pests and Diseases.
•Agricultural production systems.
•Tillage, seeding, harvest, storage, marketing.
Climate

• Light • Temperature
• Day length • Rainfall
 Soil formation.
 Soil structure and types.
 Soil PH.
 Organic Matter.
 Soil drainage and erosion.
 Soil capacity.
 Soil/Water relationships.
 Water movement in soils.
 Irrigation systems.
Irrigation
Cultivation
Nutrients
 Micro nutrients.
 Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, Nitrogen,
Sulfur, Phosphorous.
 Macro nutrients.
• Boron, Iron, Copper, Nickel, Chlorine, Zinc,
Manganese.
 Nutrient Deficiencies.
 Fertilizer types, application methods.
 Types of Diseases that affect crop
plants.
 Fungi, Virus, Bacteria, Insect and eel
worm, Nematode, mamanl
 Impact of Diseases.
 Disease control mechanisms.
 Weeds.
 Types.
 Impact.
 Control methods.
Harvest
Marketing
 Tillage and cultivation.
 Planting.
 Seeding, planting, transplanting.
 Crop health and management.
 Harvest.
 Pre-harvest, harvest, post harvest.
 Storage.
 Grains
 Non-grains
 Marketing
Production Systems
 What are agricultural production
systems?
 Monoculture agriculture.
 What do this?
 Crop Rotation.
 Benefits
 Disadvantages.
 Crop inputs v Outputs.
 Environmental concerns.
 Integrated Pest Management.
•Evolution and history of crop production
•Plant Morphology
•Plant Growth Process,
•Plant breeding.

•Climate, Soils, Soils and Water.


•Nutrients and Fertilizer.
•Pests and Diseases.
•Agricultural production systems. Mid-term
•Tillage, seeding, harvest, storage, marketing. Exam
•Evolution and history of crop production
•Plant Morphology
•Plant Growth Process,
•Plant breeding.

•Climate, Soils, Soils and Water


•Nutrients and Fertilizer
•Pests and Diseases
•Agricultural production systems Mid-term
•Tillage, seeding, harvest, storage, marketing Exam

•Corn, Rice & Soybean Production


•Legume and Brassicaceae Production
•Wheat & Barley Production
•Alfalfa and other hay and silage Production
•Potato and other vegetable Production
Corn
(Zea Mays L.)
Soybean
Rice
Wheat
Potato
Canola, Rapeseed
& Mustard
Alfalfa
Sugar beet
(Beta vulgaris)
Onion
Grain Legumes
Peppers and Tomato
Energy Crops
Pickles
 Corn, Rice & Soybean Production.
 Legume and Brassicaceae Production.
 Wheat & Barley Production.
 Alfalfa and other hay and silage
Production.
 Potato and other vegetables.
 Evolution.
 Regions of Production.
 Production, world wide, USA, locally.
 End Use and processing.
•Evolution and history of crop production.
•World Agriculture
•US and Idaho Agriculture.
•Plant breeding.

•Climate, Soils, Soils and Water.


•Nutrients and Fertilizer.
•Pests and Diseases.
•Agricultural production systems. Mid-term
•Tillage, seeding, harvest, storage, marketing. Exam

•Corn, Rice & Soybean Production.


•Legume and Brassicaceae Production.
•Wheat & Barley Production.
•Alfalfa and other hay and silage Production. Final
Term Paper •Potato and other vegetable Production. Exam
Mid-Term Exam ..…………. 300 points
Final Exam ………………… 300 points
Term Paper ………………... 400 points
Total 1000 points

90-100 % ….. A
80-89 % …... B
70-79 % ….. C
60-69 % …... D
<60 % ….. F

Class participation
additional 10% of total grade.
Field Crop Production
Pl.Sci. 407

Lectures: M,W & F 11:30-12:20


Ag Sci 339

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