PLHRT 4025 - [Horticultural Crop Improvement]

(CU-SBY)

Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 2 credits. Letter grades only.

Recommended prerequisite: PLHRT 1101 and PLBRG 2250 or equivalent.

P. Griffiths.

Provides insight into and exposure to the unique challenges associated with the improvement of horticultural crops and is intended for plant science majors, graduate students and those in other disciplines with an interest in horticulture. Areas covered focus on real-world issues addressing changes in production environments, aesthetics, markets, postharvest quality and consumer demands and how they impact marketable yield. Horticultural crops have diverse challenges from the development of seedless crops, the selection and propagation of clonal genotypes to high-quality expectations, year-round consistency, consumer acceptance and targeting of new controlled-environment production.

Outcome 1: Integrate and analyze the diverse challenges and requirements of horticultural crop improvement and their real world application.

Outcome 2: Apply quantitative solutions to qualitative problems associated with marketable yield in fresh market crops.