241B Agricultural Science and Policy II, Spring 2007

Calendar

Session	Type	Title
1	Lecture	Overview
2	Lecture	Plant Pest Interaction - History and Overview; Basic Chemistry of Pesticides
3	Lecture	Plant Pest Interaction - Regulatory System
4	Lecture	Plant Pest Interaction - Problems and Alteratives to Pesticides
5	Lecture	Plant Pest Interaction - Pesticide Controversies
6	Lecture	Plant Pest Interaction - Economics of Pesticide Use
7	Lecture	Crop Breeding - Conventional Breeding
8	Lecture	Crop Breeding - GMOs: Technology and Regulation
9	Lecture	Crop Breeding - Markets, Perceptions, Politics, and Intellectual Property Rights
10	Lecture	Crop Breeding - Genetics Diversity
11	Lecture	Plant Nutrients - Fertilizer History and Technology
12	Lecture	Plant Nutrients - Environmental Impacts; Nitrogen Cycle
13	Lecture	Plant Nutrients - Manures and Other Alternative Nutrient Resources
14	Lecture	Plant Nutrients - Safety and Health Consequences
15	Lecture	Plant Nutrients - Fertilizer Economics; Yield Response
16	Lecture	Plant Nutrients - Rethinking the Green Revolution
17	Lecture	Livestock - Conventional Production Systems
18	Lecture	Livestock - Global Meat Trade, Mad Cow, Country-of-Origin Labeling
19	Lecture	Livestock - Health Issues
20	Lecture	Livestock - Alternative Livestock Production Systems
21	Lecture	Livestock - Animal Health and Welfare
22	Lecture	Livestock - Contracting and Consolidation
23	Lecture	Livestock - In the News
24	Lecture	Wrap-Up Session: Organic Systems
25	Lecture	Class Presentation
26	Lecture	Class Presentation