August 25, 2004
Agronomy and Horticulture Online Classes, Campus Workshops Offered This Fall
LINCOLN, Neb. — Five University of Nebraska-Lincoln online classes and workshops offered this fall will focus on the latest practices in crop and weed genetics, pesticide resistance, perennials and plant breeding.
UNL's Department of Agronomy and Horticulture offers the classes, which are taught by Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources faculty. They can help students who need continuing education credits, those working toward academic credit or others who may enroll as non-credit for professional development, said Deana Namuth, a distance education senior lecturer in the department.
Agribusiness professionals, nursery owners, master gardeners and graduate students enrolled in UNL's master of agriculture program are among those who can benefit from these classes or workshops, Namuth said.
For more information about these and future offerings, including cost and registration information, visit the Web at Distance Education Program, contact Namuth at (402) 472-1549 or e-mail dnamuth@unl.edu.
Those registering for non-credit or continuing education credit can receive a discounted price by registering one week before a class or workshop starts.
Dates, class/workshop titles, instructors, location/delivery method and class topics follow:
– Sept. 27-Nov. 2, Germplasm and Genes. This class is taught online by Stephen Baenziger, plant breeder. It covers crop diversity, modern biotechnology and its ability to move genes from one species to another, genetic variation, the origin of crops and how crop ancestors have co-evolved with many crop diseases and pests.
– Oct. 25-Dec. 11, Crop and Weed Genetics. This online class is taught by Don Lee, plant geneticist, and Namuth. It's designed to help agronomy professionals understand the genetic basis for variation observed in the field among crop varieties or weed populations and the development of new traits in crop varieties.
– Nov. 4-Dec. 11, Cross-Pollinated Crop Breeding. Baenziger teaches this online class. It will help students learn breeding methods and theories associated with improving cross-pollinated or self-pollinated crops that are forced to cross-pollinate.
– Nov. 10-11, Herbaceous Perennials and Grasses in Sustainable Landscapes. Horticulturists Kim Todd and Dale Lindgren will teach this two-day workshop on UNL's East Campus. This session will help participants identify, grow and manage perennials and grasses that can be used to create interesting, sustainable landscapes.
– Dec. 8-9, Pesticide Resistance Management. Alex Martin, weed scientist; Loren Giesler, plant pathologist; Blair Siegfred, entomologist; and Tom Hunt, entomologist, will teach this two-day workshop on East Campus. It will cover resistance of crop insect pests, pathogens and weeds to pesticides and other management techniques. It will cover the evolutionary biology, genetic and pest biology principles underpinning pest resistance and management, including the role of transgenic crops in pest resistance management. Participants will learn to evaluate and design pest resistance management strategies.
8/25/04-SA
Deana Namuth - Ph.D.
Agronomy and Horticulture
Senior Lecturer
(402) 472-1549
Sandi Alswager Karstens IANR News and Photography (402) 472-3030
Department: Agronomy & Horticulture
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