Graduate Courses - Fall 2009

PCB 5065 - Advanced Genetics
4 credits
Instructor: Drs. Christine Chase / Curt Hannah / Gloria Moore
Offered every fall
Lectures, classroom discussion, readings from classical and current literature; problem-oriented, take-home exams.
Topics: definition, regulation, and mutation of genes; linkage, recombination, and mapping; non-Mendelian population, quantitative and developmental genetics.

HOS 6201 - Breed Perennial Cultivars
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Jose Chaparro
Offered odd-numbered years in fall
Prereq: AGR 3303 (genetics)
Methods of breeding perennial fruit and ornamental cultivars using mutations, cell and tissue culture, polyploidy, wide hybridization, and recurrent selection. The conservation and domestication of wild plants

HOS 6545 - Citriculture I
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Gene Albrigo
Offered odd-numbered years in fall at Lake Alfred CREC
Prereq: FRC 3212 and 4223, HOS 5544C or equivalent
Regulation of citrus vegetative growth including climactic, physiological and cultural factors.

HOS 6905 - Problems in Horticulture
variable credits
Instructor: Curtis Smyder

HOS 6910 - Supervised Research
variable credits
Instructor: Curtis Smyder

HOS 6932 - Horticultural Physiology
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Rebecca Darnell
Basic concepts and processes of physiology as they relate to plant growth and development.

HOS 6932 - Molecular Marker Plant Breeding
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Eileen Kabelka
Offered odd-numbered years in fall - not offered 2009
Hands-on laboratory experience of molecular marker techniques used to study plants. Genetic diversity/relatedness, linkage mapping, and tapping traits of interest performed using various software packages.

HOS 6932 - Seminar Preparation
1 credits
Instructor: Drs. Donald Huber / Jeff Williamson
Offered every fall

HOS 6932 - Special Topics in Horticultural Sciences
variable credits
Instructor: Curtis Smyder

HOS 6940 - Supervised Teaching
variable credits
Instructor: Curtis Smyder

HOS 6941 - Practicum Horticultural Sciences
variable credits
Instructor: Curtis Smyder

HOS 6971 - Masters Research
variable credits
Instructor: Curtis Smyder

PCB 6971 - Masters Research
variable credits
Instructor: Eliana Kampf

HOS 7979 - Advanced Research
variable credits
Instructor: Curtis Smyder

HOS 7980 - Doctorial Research
variable credits
Instructor: Curtis Smyder

PCB 7922 - Journal Colloq Plant
variable credits
Instructor: Staff

PCB 7979 - Advanced Research
variable credits
Instructor: Eliana Kampf

PCB 7980 - Doctorial Research
variable credits
Instructor: Eliana Kampf