PLNTSOIL 520: Physiology of Crop Yield Instructor: Stephen Herbert Semester: Fall Lecture: TuTh 9:30-10:45 Laboratory: None Credits: 3 Required Work: Assignments, Midterm Exam, Final Exam Course Description: Yield relationships with specific crops and management factors influencing the upper limit to yields. Investigations in crop systems and computer applications. Prerequisite: PLNTSOIL 325 or 350 or consent of instructor. Course Schedule: Week:* Discussion Topic       1 Crop Yield; Components of Yield 2 Yield Component Interpretation; Photosynthesis and Maximum Crop Productivity Estimate 3 Growth Analysis-Definitions & Regression 4 Growth Analysis-Crop Growth Rate 5 Upper Limits to Yield-Crop Growth Rate & Light Relations 6 Upper Limits to Yield-Crop Ideotype & Aerial Envir. 7 Upper Limits to Yield-Soil-Root Envir. 8 Plant Competition-Density and Crouding, Yield Compensation 9 Plant Competition-Intercropping 10 Plant Competition-Intercropping Yield Criteria 11 Cultural Manipulation for Higher Yields; Experimental Design-Field Experiments 12 Experimental Design-Statistical; Yield Measurement-Sampling, DM & N Determination 13 Yield Measurement-Perennial Forages   *Time devoted to each topic is approximate Back to the Top   Back to the Courses Page   Copyright© 2003 University of Massachusetts Amherst. Site Policies. This page is produced by The Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, designed by Phyllis M. Berman, Nicholas B. Connor, and Huan Zhang and maintained by Emily Bellegarde. Page last updated Sun, November 2, 2003 Plant & Soil Sciences is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Department