Plant Sciences 320
| Instructor: | Dr. Dwain W. Meyer |
| Telephone: 231-8154; e-mail: dwain.meyer@ndsu.edu | |
| Office: | 166E Loftsgard Hall |
| Office Hours: | MWF 12:00-1:00 and by appointment before or after class. See Ryan Hunt for lab quizzing time in Loftsgard Room 460B. Since I'm interim chair of Plant Sciences, appointments should be made to ensure I'm available. |
STUDENTS with disabilities needing special arrangements are encouraged to identify themselves to the instructor so appropriate action can be taken.
Academic Honesty: All work in this course must be completed in a manner consistent with NDSU University Senate Policy, Section 335: Code of Academic Responsibility and Conduct (http://www.ndsu.edu/policy/335.htm). All students in this course are governed by the College of Agriculture's Honor System. It is the responsibility of the students to report any violations of the honor pledge to the instructor, honor commission, or the Dean of the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources.
| TENTATIVE LECTURE OUTLINE | ||
|---|---|---|
| DATE | TOPIC |
|
| August 27 | Intro to course - Quiz | |
| 29 | Forage terminology | |
| September 1 | Labor Day Holiday | |
| 3 | Forage quality terminology | |
| 5 | Classification of forages | |
| 8 | Reason for and obstacles to forages on farms | |
| 10 | Resources for forage production in USA and ND | |
| 12, 15 | Ideal characteristics of a forage crop | |
| 17, 19, 22 | Value of legumes in crop sequences | |
| 24, 26 | Establishment of forages, plant density | |
| 29 | Sod seeding | |
| October 1 | Weed control in forages | |
| 3 | History, insect & diseases of alfalfa | |
| 6 | No class, CSSA/ASA National Meeting | |
| 8 | EXAM 1 | |
| 10 | Alfalfa varieties | |
| 13, 15 | Alfalfa mgt, factors to consider in determining when to harvest | |
| 17 | Winter injury in alfalfa and seedling morphology | |
| 20, 22, 24 | Ten reasons why alfalfa yields lower than expected (stand rotation, stubble height, harvest losses, fall management) | |
| 27 | EXAM II | |
| 29 | Sweetclover and its management | |
| 31 | Red clover, field pea, other legumes | |
| November 3 | Inoculation and dinitrogen fixation | |
| 5 | Morphology of perennial grasses, harvest mgt | |
| 7 | Bromegrass, crested wheatgrass, others | |
| 10 | Nitrogen fertilization of grasses | |
| 12 | EXAM III | |
| 14 | Grass-alfalfa mixtures | |
| 17 | Cereals as forages; corn silage | |
| 19 | Forage preservation as silage | |
| 21 | Sorghum-sudangrass, millet, other emergency forage crops | |
| 24 | Sorghum-sudangrass, millet, othere emergency forage crops | |
| 26 | Open | |
| 27-28 | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| December 1 | Silage and hay preservatives | |
| 3, 5 | Forage preservation as hay, drying agents | |
| 8, 10, 12 | Open for other topics | |
| 19 | FINAL EXAM (EXAM IV) 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | |