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Floriculture

(faculty, see Department of Horticultural Sciences)

The field of research in floriculture with ornamental crops affords excellent opportunities for original work. Studies in the propagation, nutrition, culture, harvesting, grading, marketing and improvement of ornamental plants may be undertaken. Also, monographic studies of ornamental groups and their adaptability to use are suitable problems for investigations.

Many of the problems in this field are basically those of plant response in relation to environment, and students should have adequate preparation in botany, plant physiology, genetics, agronomy, plant pathology, entomology, chemistry and floriculture or horticulture. Programs of study are available leading to the degrees of Master of Agriculture and Master of Science.

(FLOR)

609. Taxonomy of Ornamental Plants. (2-2). Credit 3.

Families, genera, species and cultivars of horticultural plants; identification, morphological variation, use and adaptability to climatic conditions in the Southwest; specific problems in horticultural taxonomy, geography, biosystematics and genecology. Prerequisites: BOTN 301 and HORT 206 or approval of instructor.*

691. Research. Credit 1 or more each semester.

Research for thesis or dissertation.

693. Professional Study. Credit 1 to 9.

Approved professional paper undertaken as the requirement for the Master of Agriculture. May be taken more than once, but not to exceed 3 hours of credit towards a degree. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross-listed with HORT 693.

* Field trips required for which departmental fee may be assessed to cover costs.