AGRICULTURE GENERAL / 57 AGE 6442-Advanced Agricultural Process Engineering (3) Engineering problems in handling and processing agricultural products. AGE 6615-Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer in Biological Systems (3) Prereq: CNM 3100, AGE 3612C. Analytical and numerical technique solutions to problems of heat and mass transfer in biological systems. Emphasis on nonhomogenous, irregularly shaped products with respiration and transpiration. AGE 6644-Agricultural Decision Systems (3) Computerized decision systems for agriculture. Expert systems, decision support systems, simulations, and types of applications in agriculture. AGE 6905-Individual Work in Agricultural Engineering (1-4; max: 6) Special problems in agricultural engineering. AGE 6910-Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) S/U. AGE 6931-Seminar (1; max: 2) Discussions of research, current trends, and practices in agriculture engineering. S/U. AGE 6933-Special Topics in Agricultural Engineering (1-4; max: 6) Lectures, laboratory, and/or special projects covering special topics in agricultural engineering. AGE 6940-Supervised Teaching (1-5; max: 5) S/U. AGE 6971-Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U. AGE 6972 -Research for Engineer's Thesis (1-15) S/U. AGE 6986-Applied Mathematics in Agricultural Engineering (3) Mathematical methods, including regression analysis, graphical techniques, and analytical and numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations, relevant to agricultural engi- neering. AGE 7979-Advanced Research (1-9) Research for doctoral students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy. S/U. AGE 7980-Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U. AOM 5045-Appropriate Technology for Agricultural Mechani- zation (3) Prereq: baccalaureate degree in agriculture or equiva- lent. Selection, evaluation, and transfer of appropriate mechani- zation technology for agricultural development. Agricultural power sources; field, processing, transportation, water pumping, and other farmstead equipment and structures. AOM 6312C-Advanced Farm Machinery Management (3) Pre- req: AOM 3312; COP 3110 or consent of instructor. The func- tional and economic applications of machine monitoring and robotics. Analysis of farm machinery systems reliability perform- ance. Queueing theory, linear programming, and ergonomic considerations for machine systems optimization. AGRICULTURE-GENERAL College of Agriculture Acting Dean: H. E. Drummond. Assistant Dean:J. L. Fry. The College of Agriculture offers academic programs and grants advanced degrees in 16 departments, the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, and the College of Veterinary Medicine. These academic units are all a part of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS). Additional components of IFAS include 22 re- search centers located throughout the state and coopera- tive extension offices in each of the 67 counties of the state. The following courses are offered under the supervision of the office of the dean by an interdisciplinary faculty and deal with material of concern to two or more IFAS academic units. The courses are also open to students of other colleges, with the permission of the course instructor. AGG 5505-Plant Protection in Tropical Ecosystems (4) Con- cepts of farming systems,, integrated pest management and the design of viable plant protection strategies in human and agricul- tural systems of the worldwide tropics. Comparison of accept- able methods of managing pest organisms. AGG 5813-Farming Systems Research and Extension Methods (3) Multidisciplinary team approach to technology generation and promotion with emphasis on small farms. Adaptations of an- thropological, agronomic, and economic methods. Field work required. AGG 5905-Individual Study (1-4; max: 6) Supervised study or research not covered by other courses. AGG 5932-Special Topics (1-4; max: 6) AGRONOMY College of Agriculture GRADUATE FACULTY 1989-90 Chairman: C. E. Dean. Graduate Coordinator: K. H. Quesenberry. Professors: L. H. Allen, Jr.; R. D. Barnett; K. J. Boote; L. V. Crowder; C. E. Dean; A. E. Dudeck; J. R. Edwardson; R. N. Gallaher; F. P. Gardner; D. W, Gorbet; W. T. Haller; K. Hinson; J. C. Joyce; R. S. Kalmbacher; A. E. Kretschmer, Jr.; D. E. McCloud; P. Mislevy Ill; P. L. Pfahler; H. L. Popenoe; G. M. Prine; K. H. Quesenberry; 0. C. Ruelke; S. C. Schank; T. R. Sinclair; R. L. Smith; R. L.Stanley; I. D.Teare;S. H.West; E. B.Whitty;M: Wilcox; D. L. Wright. Associate Professors: S. L. Albrecht; D. L. Anderson; J. M. Bennett; B. J. Brecke; J. B. Brolman; C. G. Chambliss; P. S. Chourey; L. S. Dunavin; EC. French; G. J. Fritz; C. K. Hiebsch; D. B. Jones; D. A. Knauft; F. le Grand; W. D. Pitman; D. L. Sutton. Assistant Professors: K. L. Buhr; D. L. Colvin; K. A. Langeland; D. G. Shilling; L. E. Sollenberger; M. J. Williams; D. S. Wofford. The Department offers the Doctor of Philosophy and the Master of Science degrees in agronomy with speciali- zation in crop ecology, crop nutrition and physiology, crop production, weed science, genetics, cytogenetics, or plant breeding. A nonthesis degree, Master of Agriculture, is offered with a major in agronomy. Graduate programs emphasize the development and subsequent application of basic principles in each spe- cialization to agronomic plants in Florida and throughout the tropics. The continuing need for increased food sup- plies is reflected in departmental research efforts. When compatible with a student's program and permitted by prevailing circumstances, some thesis and dissertation research may be conducted wholly or in part in one or more of several tropical countries. A science background with basic courses in mathemat- ics, chemistry, botany, microbiology, and physics is re- quired of new graduate students. In addition to graduate courses in agonomy, the following courses in related areas are acceptable for graduate credits as part of the student's major: AGE 5643- Biological and Agricultural Systems Analysis; AGE 5646-Biological and Agricultural Systems Simulation; ANS 6368-Quantitative Genetics; ANS 6388- Genetics of Animal Improvement; ANS 6715-The Rumen and Its Microbes;ANS 6452-Principles of Forage Quality Evaluation; BOT 5225-Plant Anatomy; BOT 6516-Plant Metabolism; BOT 6526-Plant Nutrition; BOT 6566-Plant Growth and Development; HOS 6201-Breeding Perennial Cultivars; HOS6231-Biochemi- cal Genetics of Higher Plants; HOS 6242-Genetics and Breeding of Vegetable Crops; HOS 6345-Environmental Physiology of Horticultural Crops; PCB 5307-Limnology; PCB 6356-Ecosystems of the Tropics; PLS 5652-Herbi- cide Technology; PLS 6623-Weed Ecology; PLS 6655-Plant/ Herbicide Interaction; SOS 6136-Soil Fer- tility. AGR 5266-Field Plot Techniques (2) Prereq: STA 3023. Tech- niques and procedures employed in the design and analysis of field plot, greenhouse, and laboratory research experiments. Application of research methodology, the analysis and interpre- tation of research results. AGR 5277-Tropical Crop Production (3) Prereq: consent of instructor. The ecology and production practices of selected crops grown in the tropics.