Date
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Instructor
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Lecture
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Lecture Topic
|
|
August 31
|
Staskawicz
|
1
|
Course Introduction: Overview and Websites
|
|
September2
|
Staskawicz
|
2
|
Agricultural Diversity: The Many Uses of Plants
|
|
7
|
Staskawicz
|
3
|
Population and Limits to Agricultural Productivity
|
|
9
|
Staskawicz
|
4
|
Farming Systems: Development, Productivity, and Sustainability
|
|
14
|
Staskawicz
|
5
|
Introduction to Plant Life: Form and Function I
|
|
16
|
Staskawicz
|
6
|
Introduction to Plant Life: Form and Function II
|
|
21
|
Staskawicz
|
7
|
Plants as a Source of Food: Human Nutrition
|
|
23
|
Staskawicz
|
8
|
Origins of Crop Plants and Agriculture
|
|
28
|
Staskawicz
|
9
|
Grasses and Legumes as Sources of Food
|
|
30
|
Staskawicz
|
10
|
Commercial Products Derived from Plants.
|
|
October5
|
Staskawicz
|
11
|
Plants and Human Health: Medicinal Applications
|
|
7
|
Staskawicz
|
|
Midterm Exam
|
|
12
|
Staskawicz
|
12
|
Fungi as a Source of Food, Beverage, and Disease
|
|
14
|
Staskawicz
|
13
|
Genetic Basis of Plant Breeding
|
|
19
|
Staskawicz
|
14
|
Breeding for Crop Improvement
|
|
21
|
Staskawicz
|
15
|
Recombinant DNA Technology and Plant Biotechnology
|
|
26
|
Staskawicz
|
16
|
Agricultural Genetic Engineering: Plant Transformation with New Traits
|
|
28
|
Staskawicz
|
17
|
Agricultural Genetic Engineering: Applications of the Technology
|
|
November2
|
Zilberman
|
18
|
What is Economics?
|
|
4
|
Zilberman
|
19
|
Incentives and Markets
|
|
9
|
Zilberman
|
20
|
Evaluation and Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology
|
|
11
|
Veteran's Day
|
|
No class
|
|
16
|
Zilberman
|
21
|
Evolution of U.S. Agriculture
|
|
18
|
Zilberman
|
22
|
Biodiversity and Biotechnology
|
|
18
|
Zilberman
|
23
|
Biotechnology and Developing Countries
|
|
23
|
Zilberman
|
24
|
Globalization, Trade, and the WTO
|
|
25
|
Thanksgiving Holiday
|
|
No class
|
|
30
|
TBA
|
25
|
Intellectual Property in Agriculture: Does it Serve Societal Interests?
|
|
December 2
|
Zilberman
|
26
|
Technology Transfer: Biotechnology and Agricultural Biotechnology
|
|
7
|
Zilberman
|
27
|
A Clearinghouse for Biotechnology Intellectual Property
|
|
9
|
Staskawicz/Zilberman
|
|
Course Review
|