CSS 330 - World Food Crops

Oregon State University

Crops 122, 10:00-11:20 Tu, Th

Crop & Soil Science


  

Syllabus 


References  


CGIAR Assignment


Termpaper 


Lectures


Lecture 1 - Global Food Security

Lecture 2 - Origins of Agriculture

Lecture 3 - Genetics & Evolution

Lecture 4 - Centers of Diversity

Lecture 5 - Environmental Adaptation, Biomes & Photosynthesis

Lecture 6 - Genetic Resources

Lecture 7 - Intellectual Property Rights & Plant Variety Protection

Lecture 8 - Maize Production & Utilization

Lecture 9 - International Agricultural Resource Centers CGIAR

Lecture 10 - Food Labeling of genetically engineered (GE, GM, GMO) and organic crops

Lecture 11 - Rice: Origin, genetics, growth, production and pests

Lecture 12 - Wheat: Origin, genetics, growth, production and pests

Lecture 13 - Barley: Origin, genetics, growth, production and pests

Lecture 14 - Rye, Triticale & Oat: Origin, genetics, growth, production and pests

Lecture 15 - Sorghum: Origin, biology, production and pests

Lecture 16 - Pearl Millet: Origin, biology, diseases and world production

Lecture 17 - Soybean: the most widely grown legume

Lecture 18 - Oil composition and utilization

Lecture 19 - Amaranth: botany, history, production and utilization

Lecture 20 - Potato biology, diseases and world production

Lecture 21 - Starchy staple food crops for the tropics

Lecture 22 - Legume crops

Lecture 23 - Canola & Rapeseed

Lecture 24 - Oil Palm botany, processing and production

Lecture 25 - Peanut: the third leading oilseed crop of the world

Lecture 26 - Sunflower world's fourth most important oil crop

Lecture 27 - Sugarcane & Sugarbeet providing the world with sugar

Lecture 28 - Coffee: botany, production and consumption

Lecture 29 - Cocao: botany, production and products

Summary Notes - Oil Crops

Summary Notes- Sugar, coffee and cocoa

Summary Notes- Guest lectures

Examinations 


Midterm I

Example questions for 1st Mid-term Exam

Answer Key for 1st Mid-term Exam

Midterm II

Summary notes for 2nd Mid-term

Example questions for 2nd Exam

Answer Key for 2nd Mid-term Exam

Final Exam - week of March 17 (time TBA)

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