{"id":30,"date":"2015-10-05T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T07:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsmrau.edu.bd\/aer\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-10-16T04:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T04:44:20","slug":"post-graduate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gau.edu.bd\/agr\/post-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The department of agronomy offers graduate programs leading to MS and PhD degrees.<\/span><\/p>\n

Faculty Members<\/strong>: Md. Nasimul Bari, Professor; Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam, Professor; Dr. M. A. Mannan, Professor; Dr. Md. Moshiul Islam, Professor; Dr. Md. Arifur Rahman Khan, Professor; Dr. Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Professor, Dr. Nurunnaher Akter, Associate Professor, Erin Zaman, Assistant Professor; Munny Akter, Assistant Professor; Uttam Kumar Ghosh, Assistant Professor; Md. Saddam Hossain, Assistant Professor and Apple Mahmud, Lecturer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Supervisor:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Dr. Abdul Hamid, Former Prof., Department of Agronomy, GAU; Dr. Qazi Abdul Khaliq, Former Prof., Department of Agronomy, GAU; Dr. M. Abdul Karim, Former Prof., Department of Agronomy, GAU; Dr. M. Moynul Haque, Former Prof., Department of Agronomy, GAU; Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam Mondal, Ex-DG, BARI; Dr. Md. Abdul Qayium, Ex-CSO, OFRD, BARI; Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque (2), Member Director (Crops), BARC; Dr. Altab Hossain, Ex-CSO, Agronomy Division, BARI; Dr.\u00a0 Md. Azizur Rahman, Ex-CSO, BARI; Dr. Md. Abdul Aziz, Ex-Director, TCRC, BARI; Dr. Md. Abul Kashem, PSO, BARC; Dr. Faruque Ahmed, PSO, Plant Physiology Div. BARI; Dr. Shaikh Abdus Sattar, Ex-PSO, Agronomy Division, BARI; A. B. M. Mafizur Rahman, CSO, BSFIC, Dhaka; Dr. Chris Johansen, Principal Scientist, Agronomy, ICRISAT; Dr. S. Sunmugasundaram, Dy DG, AVRDC; Dr. Gazi Jashimuddin, Ex-CSO, Agronomy Division, BRRI; Prof. Dr. Md. Harunur Rashid, VC, PSTU; Prof.\u00a0 Dr. Md. Shafiul Alam, BOU; Dr. Mohammad Amin, PSO, OFRD, BARI; Dr. Nazmul Huda, Consultant, SID\/CDP, Dhaka; Dr. C. A. Meisner, Agronomist, CIMMYT; Dr. Md. Yusuf Ali, Consultant in Agril. Dev. and Res. Ex PSO BARI; Md. Altaf Hossain, SSO, SRDI; Dr. J. K. Ladha, Co-ordinator, IRRI Rice-Wheat Program in Asia; Dr. M. Murshedul Alam, Senior Scientist and Research Platform Coordinator, CSISA, IRRI; Dr. Mian Sayed Hassan, PSO, BARC; Dr. Biswajit Karmakar, PSO, BRRI; and Dr. A. T. M. Morshed Alam, CSO, BJRI.<\/p>\n

COURSES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. AGR 501 Principles of Crop Production (3 cr.): <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Scenario of food security in Bangladesh; Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) & future roadmap of Bangladesh Agriculture; Agricultural statistics- resource constraints and utilization; yield gap; domain of agronomy; organization of plants; plant genetic resource and genetic diversity; plant environment; soil physical constraints to crop production; soil and climate change drivers relationships; yield components and determining crop yield; radiation effects on plants & economics of gas exchange; improving photosynthesis & designing cereal ide types; abiotic stress management of crops; biodiversity in relation to climate change and food security; agronomic research vision.<\/li>\n
  2. AGR 505 Crop Physiology (3 cr.): <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Importance of crop physiology in relation to crop productivity; Photosynthesis and crop yield: photosynthetic classification of crops; photosynthesis in C3, C4 and CAM plants; factors affecting crop photosynthesis; crop photosynthesis under elevated CO2; crop nutrition and crop productivity; crop respiration: factors affecting respiration, photorespiration and crop productivity; crop growth and development: factors affecting vegetative and reproductive growth, crop growth analysis; photoperiodic sensitivity of crops; source-sink relationship and crop productivity; assimilate translocation and dry matter partitioning in crops, Physiological analysis of crop yield.<\/li>\n
  3. AGR 506 Crop Growth and Culture (3 cr.): <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Modern concept of crop improvement; establishment of a seedling; mechanism and estimation of dry matter production; factor affecting dry matter accumulation, leaf development, floral characteristics, and seed development; thermal time and crop adaptation; light management in crop; influence of cultural management on the growth and yield of crops; laboratory practices.<\/li>\n
  4. AGR 507 Principles and Practices of Irrigation (3 cr.): <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Review of soil physical properties; Soil water: soil moisture content, saturation, field capacity, permanent wilting point, forms of soil water, available water content, capillary rise; Movement of soil water: Infiltration, seepage and percolation, flow of water, Darcy\u2019s law, permeability of Bangladesh soil; measurement of soil water; Basic principles of irrigation;\u00a0 Determining crop water requirements: evapotranspiration (ET), crop ET, reference ET, crop coefficient, determination of ET; Crop water needs; Irrigation water need; Pumping water for irrigation; Land and water resources of Bangladesh; Present status of irrigation in Bangladesh;\u00a0 Irrigation systems: conveyance and distribution system, field application system; Drainage of agricultural lands; Irrigation efficiencies; Measurements of different on farm losses; Irrigation management, minimizing water loss and soil moisture monitoring; Irrigation water saving technologies<\/li>\n
  5. AGR 512 Forage Crop Production (3 cr.):<\/strong> Importance and scope of forage production; concept of forage production; production of cereal and legume forage crops; nutritive aspects of forage crops; planning and evaluation of forage crop production; laboratory practices on introduction, planning, cutting management, and evaluation of forage crops.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. AGR 516 Principles of Weed Science (3 cr.): <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Concept, definition, characteristics, harmful and beneficial effects of weed; classification of weeds; persistence of weeds; distribution and dispersal of weeds; crop-weed interference; allelopathy, types and mechanisms; principles and components of weed management; physical, cultural, biological and chemical methods of weed control; basic chemistry of herbicides; herbicide formulations and additives; behavior of herbicide in plant and soil; mode of action of herbicide, herbicide selectivity; herbicide-environment interactions; integrated weed management; experimental techniques in weed research.<\/li>\n
  7. AGR 520 Cropping Systems (3 cr.): <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Concepts and evolution of cropping systems; physical resources and cropping systems: physicals and biological considerations in selecting crops for multiple cropping; nutrient management in cropping systems; pest management: weeds, insects and diseases; cropping system economics; intercropping: processes determining intercrop productivity; plant interrelationship and crop competition; productivity evaluation at different cropping systems; improvement of cropping systems and sustainable agriculture.<\/li>\n
  8. AGR 525 Principles of Seed Science and Technology (3 cr.): <\/strong>Origin, evolution, ecology and physiology of seed development; morphology, chemical composition and seed quality; seed dormancy: biological significance, dormancy, types and implication; seed quality: genetic, physical, physiological and pathological quality; seed moisture: isotherm relationship, seed moisture test; pure seed definition, purity test; seed viability, estimation; germination test, physiology of seed germination; seed and seedling vigor, stimulation, estimation; germination under stress conditions; hardseededness, seed priming; seed health; seed quality control during production, processing and storing; hybrid seed production; custom seed production; seed deterioration, physiology of seed deterioration; seed certification; seed legislation; seed marketing.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. AGR 530 Microclimate (3 cr.): <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Concepts and principles of microclimate; Plants and its physical environment; atmosphere; energy exchange, energy budget, heat and temperature of leaf; gas exchange; atmospheric humidity and moisture; plant processes; fundamental aspects of radiation and temperature relations of crop plants; climatic influence on crop performance, crop water requirement.<\/li>\n
  10. AGR 540 Irrigation Agronomy (3 cr.):<\/strong> Soil moisture: constraints and measurement; relationships between soil moisture and soil physical properties; soil water movement; ground water: fluctuation and measurements; atmospheric parameters regulating crop production; plant water status, water losses and water requirements of crops; conveyance and measurements of irrigation water; evaluation of land for irrigation; sources and quality of irrigation water, planning for a farm for irrigation, agronomic evaluation and choice of irrigation methods, economics and costing of irrigation; scheduling and practices of irrigation for crops and orchards; drainage of irrigated fields.<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. AGR 550 Cereal Crop Production (3 cr.):<\/strong> Crop production concepts & constraints in Bangladesh; rice: origin and botany of rice, rice growing environments, morphology, growth and development of rice plant, anatomy of rice grain, climatic requirements of rice production, mineral nutrition of rice, physiological analysis of rice production; wheat: origin and botany of wheat, morphology, growth and development of wheat plant, climatic effects on wheat production, varietal improvement in wheat; maize: origin of maize; mineral nutrition of maize; physiology of maize; environmental influence on maize.<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. AGR 560 Laboratory Methods in Agronomy (3 cr.): <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Crop growth analysis; measuring light interception and radiation use efficiency by crop canopy; gas exchange measurement: photosynthesis, respiration & transpiration; determining oxygen evolution & plant water relations i.e. xylem exudation, relative water content, leaf water potential and osmotic potential; root growth analysis: root length density & root porosity; determining crop tolerance to abiotic stresses viz. water, salinity and soil flooding; measuring cell membrane thermostability; estimating stomatal frequency; determining seed moisture content & seed vigor.<\/li>\n
  13. AGR 580 Photosynthesis and Crop Production (3 cr.): <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Study of primary productivity of crops and vegetation; crop and radiation environment; principles and techniques of photosynthesis; canopy architecture and photosynthesis in relation to increasing crop yield.<\/li>\n
  14. AGR 596 Reading and Conference (Credit to be arranged but not more than 3 cr.):<\/strong> Special study assigned by the Major Professor on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee and\/or interest of the student.<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. AGR 597 Special Problems (Credit to be arranged but not more than 3 cr.): <\/strong>Investigation of special problems in agronomy not related to a thesis problem. The investigations may consist of original research and\/or literature survey.<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. AGR 598 Seminar (1 cr.):<\/strong> Discussion on assigned topics in the field of Agronomy.<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. AGR 599 Thesis Research<\/strong> (Credit to be arranged but not less than 12 cr.): <\/strong>Original thesis research.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  18. AGR 601 Crop Ecology (3 cr.):<\/strong>Ecological concepts; ecosystems: attributes, ecological pyramid, metabolic, production and turnover processes; concepts of species; species interaction; population dynamics and resource allocation; community concepts and attributes; proximity factors; methods of ecological sampling; reproductive ecology: genetic resource, sexual system, mating, offspring; measurement of intercrop performance; environment and crop: radiation absorption pattern by crop canopies, photosynthetic productivity of crops, energy exchange; resource management; crop productivity: carbon cycle, energy flow model and measurement of productivity; ecosystem agriculture.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. AGR 610 Climate Change and Crop Production (3 cr.): <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Scenarios of climate change; global warming: causes and effects on agriculture; climate data for agricultural planning and management; land use change: threats and opportunities; ecosystem change and management; resource management and programs to mitigate the risk of crop production associated with climate change; crop development: agronomic options and genetic adaptation of crops to drought, salinity, excess moisture\/flooding, temperature etc; climate resilience cropping systems for the climatically vulnerable area of Bangladesh; climate change research strategies.<\/li>\n
  20. AGR 615 Soil Management and Crop Production (3 cr.):<\/strong> Organization levels of the soil materials; soil physical properties; criteria of soil classification; soil structure and aggregate stability; water retention and water movement in soil, soil erosion problem, soil and water conservation technology, tillage and no-tillage crop production; agro-ecological zones: concept, characteristics and implications; land evaluation and land use planning: land qualities, land capability and crop suitability classification, land use requirement; soil management: issues of soil management, soil health conservation policy and implications, physical aspect of soil management in Bangladesh; problem soils: extent and management.<\/span><\/li>\n
  21. AGR 636 Physiological Ecology (3 cr.):<\/strong> Photo synthetically active radiation; responses to different quantum flux densities; ecological significance of photo-inhibition; responses of photoperiod: varieties of plant response to photoperiod, ecological aspects of photoperiodism, photoperiodism mechanisms; plant responses to extreme temperature-cellular and sub-cellular bases; ecological significance of crop resistance to high temperature; physiological responses of crops to moderate water stress; physiological response of crops to flooding.<\/span><\/li>\n
  22. AGR 640 Seed Production of Field Crops (3 Cr.):<\/strong> Agro-ecological and climatic considerations; types of seed production; classes of seed production; inputs and equipment requirements, cost analysis in seed production; seed production planning; environmental and management factors influencing seed yield and quality; principles of seed production; methods of seed production: land selection, crop alteration, isolation, land preparation, spacing, planting, nutrition, irrigation, weed control, rouging, fertilization control, plant protection, field inspection, maturation and seed harvesting; seed production technology of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, jute and sugarcane.<\/span><\/li>\n
  23. AGR 650 Soil-Plant-Water Relations (3 cr.):<\/strong> Introduction to soil-plant-water relations; properties of water and aqueous solution; plant water potential; water movement in soil-plant-atmosphere continuum; soil water content and water balance in soil; water movement pathways; mechanism of water absorption; root and stem pressure; ascent of sap: pathways and mechanism; pathways of water movement in leaf; stomata physiology; transpiration: factors and measurement; crop water balance; plant water status: deficit or excess and plant growth; water use efficiency; feature of crops to avoid drought.<\/span><\/li>\n
  24. AGR 656 Rainfed Agronomy (3 cr.):<\/strong> Agro-climatic, moisture & rainfall regimes, water balance model, agro-ecological zones (AEZ) of Bangladesh, rainfed environments in the AEZs; climatic factors and their effects on crop production; moisture supply and crop productivity relations; water use efficiency; plant response to drought, mechanisms of stress injury and resistance; drought, physiological processes and grain yield; effective drought control, drought hardening; roots in relation to drought; crop productivity in rainfed\/dryland farming; efficient water use for increasing yield; dryland farming; time of harvest; management practices for increasing yield in rainfed farming; improving water availability to crop, increasing WUE; farming under rainfed environments in Bangladesh.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  25. AGR 660 Plant Population Biology (3 cr.):<\/strong> Population dynamics and evolution; energy budget-costs and allocation; plant interaction with special emphasis on competition and allelopathy; population models; strategies for growth, development, reproduction, and dispersal of crop plants.<\/span><\/li>\n
  26. AGR 662 Weed Management (3 cr.):<\/strong> Management concept: risks, decision, weed science, weed ecology, empiricism\/reductionism\/holism; crop loss due to weed; ecosystem structure: productivity, dominance, suppression, dynamics, succession; anthromorphic and taxonomic concept of weeds; Evolution of weeds: principles and patterns of weed evolution ; survival strategies; r and k selection; reproduction and seed biology; seed bank dynamics: dispersal and dormancy; safe site; concept of space capture; limiting factors; competition hierarchies and species shift; role of mechanization and herbicides on weed management.<\/span><\/li>\n
  27. AGR 665 Research Methods in Agronomy (3 cr.):<\/strong> Understanding the research process in the field of agronomy; fundamental principles of experimental design; methodology of agronomic study; appropriate experimental techniques, technologies, research methods and data presentation analysis in relation to agronomic problems and situations;<\/em> collection of data and statistical analysis, presentation of data; conclusions and recommendations; writing a research paper and present it at a department seminar; understanding the publication and reviewing process.<\/span><\/li>\n
  28. AGR 696 Reading and Conference<\/strong> (Credit to be arranged but not more than 3 cr.): <\/strong>Special study assigned by the Major Professor on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee and\/or interest of the student.<\/span><\/li>\n
  29. AGR 697 Special Problems<\/strong> (Credit to be arranged but not more than 3 cr.): <\/strong>Investigation of special problems in agronomy not related to a thesis problem as assigned by the Major Professor to be taken once in the program period but not more than 2 units at a time. The investigations may consist of original research and\/or literature survey.<\/span><\/li>\n
  30. AGR 698 Seminar (2 cr. not more than 1 cr. per term):<\/strong> Discussion on assigned topics in the field of Agronomy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  31. AGR 699 Dissertation Research<\/strong> (Credit to be arranged but not less than 30 cr.): <\/strong>Original thesis research.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note. Students having CGPA below 3.00 will not be allowed to enroll AGR 596, AGR 597, AGR 696 or AGR 597 until he\/she raised the CGPA to 3.00 or above.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Table 1. Minimum Course and Research Requirement for MS Degree1<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    A. Major Courses<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nCredit<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nMinor Courses<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nCredit<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    1a. Core:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n12<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2a. Core:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 501<\/span><\/td>\nPrinciples of\u00a0 Crop Production<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nSSC 538<\/span><\/td>\nSoil Fertility<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 505<\/span><\/td>\nCrop Physiology<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nSTT 510<\/span><\/td>\nDesign of Experiment<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 516<\/span><\/td>\nPrinciples of Weed Science<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 525<\/span><\/td>\nPrinciples of Seed Science and Technology<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    1b. Elective:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2b. Elective:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 506<\/span><\/td>\nCrop Growth & Culture<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nAER 501<\/span><\/td>\nAgricultural Extension Communication<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 507<\/span><\/td>\nPrinciples & Practices of Irrigation<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nCBT 503<\/span><\/td>\nPlant Physiology I<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 512<\/span><\/td>\nForage Crop Production<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nCBT 541<\/span><\/td>\nPlant Biochemistry I<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 520<\/span><\/td>\nCropping Systems<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nCBT 610<\/span><\/td>\nStress Physiology<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 530<\/span><\/td>\nMicroclimate<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nGPB 521<\/span><\/td>\nPlant Breeding<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 540<\/span><\/td>\nIrrigation Agronomy<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nHRT 541<\/span><\/td>\nResearch Methodology<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 550<\/span><\/td>\nCereal Crops Production<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nHRT 591<\/span><\/td>\nPlant Propagation<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 560<\/span><\/td>\nLaboratory Methods in Agronomy.<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nSSC 501<\/span><\/td>\nSoil Chemistry<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 601<\/span><\/td>\nCrop Ecology<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nSSC 514<\/span><\/td>\nSoil Plant Analysis<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 615<\/span><\/td>\nSoil Management and Crop Production<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nSSC 556<\/span><\/td>\nSoil and Water Conservation<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 656<\/span><\/td>\nRainfed Agronomy<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nSTT 501<\/span><\/td>\nMethods of Statistics<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 662<\/span><\/td>\nWeed Management<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nOther Courses2<\/sup><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    B. Seminar<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 598<\/span><\/td>\nSeminar<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    C. Thesis Research<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n12<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AGR 599<\/span><\/td>\nThesis Research<\/span><\/td>\nVariable<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Total<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n43<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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    1. Degree requirements may be changed on the recommendation of the Board of Studies and the Advisory Committee.<\/li>\n
    2. To be approved by the Student\u2019s Advisory Committee.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Table 2. Minimum Course and Research Requirement for PhD Degree1<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
      A. Major Courses<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nCredit<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nMinor Courses<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nCredit<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      1a. Core:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n18<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2a. Core:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n9<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 601<\/span><\/td>\nCrop Ecology<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nCBT 541<\/span><\/td>\nPlant Biochemistry I<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 610<\/span><\/td>\nClimate Change and Crop Production<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nSSC 514<\/span><\/td>\nSoil Plant Analysis<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 640<\/span><\/td>\nSeed Production of Field Crops<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nSST 505<\/span><\/td>\nRegression Analysis<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 650<\/span><\/td>\nSoil-Plant-Water Relations<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 662<\/span><\/td>\nWeed Management<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      1b. Elective:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n12<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2b. Elective:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n9<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 501<\/span><\/td>\nPrinciples of Crop Production<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nCBT 531<\/span><\/td>\nPlant Nutrition 1<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 505<\/span><\/td>\nCrop Physiology<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nCBT 610<\/span><\/td>\nStress Physiology<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 507<\/span><\/td>\nPrinciples & Practices of Irrigation<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nENT 518<\/span><\/td>\nIntegrated Pest Management<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 520<\/span><\/td>\nCropping System<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nAFE 512<\/span><\/td>\nFarming System<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 525<\/span><\/td>\nPrinciples of Seed Science and Technology<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nPLP 507<\/span><\/td>\nSoil-born Diseases<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 530<\/span><\/td>\nMicroclimate<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nHRT 541<\/span><\/td>\nResearch Methodology<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 540<\/span><\/td>\nIrrigation Agronomy<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nGPB 521<\/span><\/td>\nPlant Breeding<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 550<\/span><\/td>\nCereal Crops Production<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nSTT 510<\/span><\/td>\nDesign of Experiment<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 560<\/span><\/td>\nLab. Methods in Agronomy.<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nGPB 640<\/span><\/td>\nAdvanced Plant Breeding<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 580<\/span><\/td>\nPhotosynthesis & Crop Production<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nSSC 538<\/span><\/td>\nSoil Fertility<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 615<\/span><\/td>\nSoil Management & Crop Production<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nOther Courses2<\/sup><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 636<\/span><\/td>\nPhysiological Ecology<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 656<\/span><\/td>\nRainfed Agronomy<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 660<\/span><\/td>\nPlant Population Biology<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 665<\/span><\/td>\nResearch Methods in Agronomy<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      B. Seminar<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 698<\/span><\/td>\nSeminar<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      C. Dissertation Research<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n30<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      AGR 699<\/span><\/td>\nDissertation Research<\/span><\/td>\nVariable<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Total<\/span><\/td>\n77<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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      1. Degree requirements may be changed on the recommendation of the Board of Studies and the Advisory Committee.<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Approved by the Student\u2019s Advisory Committee.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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