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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 6315-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.
CWR 6527-Stochastic Subsurface Hydrology (3) Prereq: se-
nior-level course in probability and statistics, calculus through
differential equations, soil physics, and/or subsurface hydrology.
Stochastic modeling of subsurface flow and transport including
geostatistics, time series analysis, Kalman filtering, and physically
based stochastic models.






AGRICULTURE-GENERAL
College of Agriculture

Dean: L. C. Connor. Assistant Dean:J. L. Fry.

 The College of Agriculture offers academic programs and
grants advanced degrees in 16 departments and the School
of Forest Resources and Conservation. These academic
units are all a part of the Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences (IFAS). Additional components of IFAS include 22
research 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 permis-
sion of the course instructor.

AGG 5425-Sustainable Agriculture (3) Growing global de-
mands for agricultural products and sustainable methods for
meeting, i.e., without degrading environment and natural re-
source base.
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 acceptable
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
anthropological, 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)
AGG 6830-Grant Writing for Agriculture and Natural Re-
sources (2) Prereq: admitted to doctoral program. Preparation,
submission, and management of competitive grants, including
operations of national review panels and finding sources of
extramural funding.


AGRONOMY
College of Agriculture

 GRADUATE FACULTY 1992-93
Interim Chairman:J. M. Bennett. Graduate Coordinator: K.
H. Quesenberry. Professors: L. H. Allen, Jr.; R. D. Barnett;
J. M. Bennett; K. J. Boote; A. E. Dudeck; J. R. Edwardson; R.
N. Gallaher; D. W. Gorbet; W. T. Haller; K. Hinson; J. C.
Joyce; R. S. Kalmbacher; D. A. Knauft; A. E. Kretschmer, Jr.;
P. Mislevy III; P. L. Pfahler; H. L. Popenoe; G. M. Prine; K.
H. Quesenberry; 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: D. L. Anderson; B. J.
Brecke; J. B. Brolman; C. G. Chambliss; P. S. Chourey; D.
L. Colvin; C. W. Deren; L. S. Dunavin; E. C. French; C. K.
Hiebsch; D. B. Jones; K. A. Langeland; F. le Grand; W. D.
Pitman; D. G. Shilling; L. E. Sollenberger; D. L. Sutton; D.
S. Wofford. Assistant Professors: K. L. Buhr; M. J. Williams.

 The Department offers the Doctor of Philosophy and the
Master of Science degrees in agronomy with specialization
in crop ecology, crop nutrition and physiology, crop pro-
duction, 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 speciali-
zation to agronomic plants in Florida and throughout the
tropics. The continuing need for increased food supplies is
reflected in departmental research efforts. When compat-
ible 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 5643C- Biological and Agricultural Systems
Analysis; AGE 5646-Biological and Agricultural Systems
Simulation;ANS6368-Quantitative Genetics;ANS6388-
Genetics of Animal Improvement; ANS 6452-Principles
of Forage Quality Evaluation; ANS 6715-The Rumen and
Its Microbes; BOT 5225C-Plant Anatomy; BOT 6516-
PlantMetabolism; BOT 6526-Plant Nutrition; BOT 6566-
Plant Growth and Development; HOS 6201-Breeding
Perennial Cultivars; HOS 6231-Biochemical Genetics of
Higher Plants; HOS 6242-Genetics and Breeding of Veg-
etable Crops; HOS 6345-Environmental Physiology of
Horticultural Crops; PCB 5307-Limnology; PCB 6356C-
Ecosystems of the Tropics; SOS 6136-Soil Fertility.

AGR 5266C-Field Plot Techniques (3) 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 interpreta-
tion of research results.
AGR 5277C-Tropical Crop Production (3) Prereq: consent of
instructor. The ecology and production practices of selected crops
grown in the tropics.
AGR 5307-Molecular Genetics for Crop Improvement (2)
Prereq: AGR 3303, 4321, or ASG 3313. Overview of molecular
genetics and plant transformation methodologies used in crop
improvement.
AGR 6233-Tropical Pasture and Forage Science (4) Prereq:
AGR 4231 and ANS 5446, or consent of instructor. Potential of