2014 CEREAL, OILSEED AND PULSE CROPS PL SC (1ST TERM )

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1 2014 CEREAL, OILSEED AND PULSE CROPS PL SC (1ST TERM ) INSTRUCTOR (LECTURE AND LAB): Krista Zuzak PREREQUISITE: BOT 199 or PL SC 221 TYPE OF COURSE: LECTURE & LAB LECTURES: TUESDAY, THURSDAY 9:30-10:50 AG/FOR 1-06 LAB THURSDAY 14:00-16:50 AG/FOR 1-06 FOR CONSULTATION: KRISTA ZUZAK RM AG/FOR 4-60 OFFICE HOURS Thursday 11am -1pm zuzak@ualberta.ca GRADING SYSTEM: 1. Midterm exam (Includes lab material) (Oct. 16) 25% 2. Book report (due Nov. 6) 10% 3. Student Presentation (Lecture period) (Nov. 13 to 27) (Note that copies of student presentations will be due at my office 24 hours prior to in-class presentation) 15% 4. Lab Assignments (Due dates TBA) 15% 5. Ad Hoc quizzes 5% 5. FINAL EXAM December 15 9 am 30% FINAL GRADE ON A 4 POINT GRADING SCALE Throughout the term, raw marks will be assigned to reflect performance on each component of the course. Letter grades will be assigned only to the final distribution of mark totals. There are no predetermined cut lines for final grade assignment. There is no textbook per se for this course. There is a great deal of material on the shelves in the entrance-way to this room. A complete set of reading material is provided on eclass. 1

2 Academic Integrity The University of Alberta is committed to the highest standards of academic integrity and honesty. Students are expected to be familiar with these standards regarding academic honesty and to uphold the policies of the University in this respect. Students are particularly urged to familiarize themselves with the provisions of the Code of Student Behaviour ( and avoid any behaviour which could potentially result in suspicions of cheating, plagiarism, misrepresentation of facts and/or participation in an offence. Academic dishonesty is a serious offence and can result in suspension or expulsion from the University. (GFC 2003) Code of Student Behaviour All students at the University of Alberta are subject to the Code of Student Behaviour, as outlined at ofstudentbehaviour.aspx. Please familiarize yourself with it and ensure that you do not participate in any inappropriate behavior as defined by the Code. Key components of the code include the following statements (1) No Student shall submit the words, ideas, images or data of another person as the Student s own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, project, assignment, presentation or poster in a course or program of study (2) c. No Student shall represent another s substantial editorial or compositional assistance on an assignment as the Student s own work. The "Don't Cheatsheet" is available on the University Governance website at: To educate students we ask that you let them know writing help is available through the: Academic Support Centre: Centre for Writers: Truth in Education: 2

3 Late assignments Assignments will be considered late if they are submitted any time after 11am on the due date. Late assignments will be penalized 20 % of their value per day (weekends included) beyond the due date. Once assignments are five days late, a grade of zero will be assigned. Missed Midterm and/or Final Exams Missed Midterm Exam: If a student misses a midterm for a valid reason, a new time can be set between the instructor and student for the student to write the midterm at an alternate time. Missed Final Exam: Instructors can neither give permission to a student to miss the final exam nor grant a request for a deferred final exam. Students are encouraged to check exam schedules prior to making travel or event plans. The decision to grant a deferred final exam can only be granted by their own Faculty (e.g. ALES students go to 231 GSB to obtain an exam deferral, Science students go to CCIS). Acceptable reasons for an excused absence may include illness or bereavement, and unacceptable reasons include weddings, travel arrangements or being on vacation. The University policy on deferred exams can be found in Section of the University Calendar. It includes specific instructions on how to obtain a deferral. 3

4 Plant Science 355 Statement of teaching objectives: The goal of PL SC 355 is to develop an understanding of the principles of crop growth, the origin, evolution and agronomy of grain, oilseeds and pulse crops and to learn how the interactions of these factors affect production. I believe agriculture is the most important thing humans do, and I believe grain crops are the greatest inventions in human history. We should be proud and excited to work in agriculture, and we should understand the importance of grain to our society. University is a preparation for life within society, whatever we choose to do later, or where we work later on. We very rarely remember the raw facts of what is taught in school. But University is a formative experience in how to learn, how to assimilate knowledge and how to communicate that knowledge. We rarely write exams after we have finished school, but we almost always have to assimilate our knowledge to tackle work-day problems, and we often have to communicate our knowledge to others. I hope that over the duration of this course we gain an understanding of the crops that form our daily meals, and that we learn how to communicate some of our gained knowledge. Please feel free to engage in active classroom discussions. Attendance is expected; you will need to attend regularly, participate, discuss and read to do well in this course. Outline Plant Science 355: 1. Introduction to the course. 2. Grain crop domestication and evolution; growth and development in cereals 3. Crop Management: Plant and the environment; yield trends; Canadian and Prairie production; soil factors and their effect on grain growth and development; conservation issues in production of cereal, oilseed and pulse crops; principles of seeding; crop quality control systems in grain crop production; variety licensing, CSGA, grading, delivery and marketing 4. Individual crop details: origins, uses, characteristics, diseases, insects, quality, production, future Monocotyledonous plants a) Growth and development patterns in cereals b) Wheat - CWRS, Utility, CPS, Durum, Soft white, Winter c) Barley d) Fall Rye e) Triticale f) Oats g) Corn h) Rice 4

5 Dicotyledonous plants a) Growth and development patterns in canola b) Canola c) Flax d) Sunflower e) Pulse crops (Field peas, Lentils, Field Beans, Faba Beans, Chick Peas) 5

6 Plant Science 355 Lecture Schedule, 2014 Th. Sept. 4 Tu. Sept. 9 Th. Sept. 11 Tu. Sept. 16 Th. Sept. 18 Tu. Sept. 23 Th. Sept. 25 Tu. Sept. 30 Th. Oct. 2 Tu. Oct. 7 Th. Oct. 9 Tu. Oct. 14 Th. Oct. 16 Tu. Oct. 21 Th. Oct Course organization. Importance of grains. Canadian grain production. 2. (Video: Amazing Grain) Domestication and origin of grain crops. 3. Evolution of grain crops 4. Cereal Growth and development, Physiology of yield (Video: Outstanding in Your Field + Amazing Corn) 5. Cereal Growth and development continues 6. Management: Plant and environment. Yield trends. 7. Soil salinity, acidity and organic matter effects on grain growth. Species and variety differences. (New DVD fertilizers) 8. Seed placement systems, temperature effects, rates, depth and cost: Guest Lecture 9. Conservation issues in production of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, special crops (Video: New DVD conservation) 10. Zero tillage 11. Barley: Silage, feed, food, other uses. 12. Barley quality/malting (Video) Guest 13. Quality aspects of different wheat classes (Mid term exam) 14. Winter crops: Winter wheat and fall rye 15 North American seed production and technology Video: Certified Organic Production Tu. Oct Phenology, growth and development of canola. Quality aspects of the canola crop. (Video C C C) Th. Oct. 30 Tu. Nov. 4 Th. Nov. 6 Tu. Nov. 11 (Probable guest lecture Glen) 17. Canola and mustard production: New developments in varieties, management disease control and quality. (Video CIC Canola) (Probable guest lecture Glen) 18. Peas (Book report due) 20. Specialty and Pulse crops Remembrance Day holiday Th. Nov. 13 (Bar None) 1) How hybrid canola is developed, produced and marketed 2) Corn versus wheat or something else for ethanol production? Tu. Nov Student lectures 3) Chick peas and chick pea agronomy in Alberta Th. Nov. 20 4) Flax and flax agronomy in Alberta 22. Student lectures 5) Lentils and lentil agronomy in Saskatchewan. Why not Alberta? 6) Farming with irrigation in southern Alberta: rotations, water use, crops and agronomy Tu. Nov Student lectures 7) Corn and corn agronomy in Alberta 8) Ethanol production on the Prairies: agronomy and the pros and cons Th. Nov Student lectures; 9) Rice production in Asia 10) Triticale and triticale agronomy in Alberta Tu. Dec. 2 Course wrap up and preparation for final exam MONDAY DEC AM FINAL EXAM 30 % 6

7 Plant Science 355 Laboratory Schedule, 2014 Sept 11 Lab 1 Class Garden; Field Trip visit U of A Edmonton Research Station Sept 18 Lab 2 Planting of Lab project 1 (greenhouse Ag-Forestry); lab exercises (crop phenology) Sept 25 Lab 3 TBA (Harvest experiment in the field) Oct 2 - Library research techniques (Cameron Library) lab exercises / Collating lab materials (Either farm or 5 th floor) Oct. 9 Lab 4 Lab exercises Oct No Lab Oct. 23 Lab 5 Seed ID Oct. 30 Lab 6 TBA- Possible brewery tour Nov. 6 Lab 7 TBA Nov. 13 Lab 8 No lab Nov. 20 Lab 9 TBA Nov. 27 Lab 10 TBA- Seed company tour Three Lab Assignments: 15% of course mark (Due dates to be assigned during the term) 7

8 Class Assignment # 1: Book Report: Value 10% of term mark, due November 6th. Assignment: Read one of the following books and write a critical book review on it. (Make sure I know which book you will review by the third week of class). This report should coherently follow the outline provided by the accompanying file on Writing a critical book review. There is also material in the library about writing a book review. You can also read and write a report on any book (say any Michael Pollan book or any Earth Policy Institute book you choose. The proviso is that I agree to it before you start and that you hand me a sheet of paper declaring you haven t read the book before this class and that you haven t written a book report on your choice. This paper must be signed. This applies to all students in the class. The maximum length of your book review is 4 typed pages of doubled spaced 11 font print. Grades will be assessed as 50 % for grammar, coherent language skills, presentation and organization and 50% for content. Late assignments will be penalized 20 % of their value per day beyond the due date, up to a max. of one week, where a 0 will be assigned. 1. The Coming Famine The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It By Julian Cribb, University of California Press ISBN: ebook available at: 2. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan, Penguin books ISBN Animal, Vegetable, Miracle By Barbara Kingsolver, 2008, 400 pages Kingsolver/dp/ X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid= &sr= An Edible History of Humanity By Tom Standage, 2010, 288 pages Standage/dp/ /ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid= &sr=8-2 8

9 Common name Scientific name Cereals 1. Common wheat (Oslo) Triticum aestivum 2. Common wheat (Katepwa) Triticum aestivum 3. Durum wheat (Wakooma) Triticum turgidum var. durum 4. Barley 6-row (AC Lacombe) Hordeum vulgare 5. Barley 2-row (Seebe) Hordeum vulgare 6. Tame oats (Jasper) Avena sativa 7. Spring Rye (Muskateer) Secale cereale 8. Fall Rye (Kodiak) Secale cereale 9. Spring Triticale (Pronghorn) Triticosecale wittmack 10. Winter Triticale (Pika) Triticosecale wittmack Oilseeds 1. Polish canola (Eldorado) Brassica rapa 2. Argentine canola (Quantum) Brassica napus 3. Black mustard Brassica nigra 4. Brown mustard (commercial brown) Brassica juncea 5. Oriental mustard (Domo) Brassica juncea 6. White/yellow mustard (Ochre) Sinapis alba 7. Flax (Norlin) Linum usitatissimum 8. Sunflower (Peredovik) Helianthus annuus 9. Safflower ( (Lesaf) Carthamus tinctorius 10. Crambe (common) Crambe abyssinica Legumes 1. Field peas (Carneval) Pisum sativum 2. Lentils (Laird) Lens esculentum 3. Navy bean (White Marrow) Phaseolus vulgare 4. Pinto bean (Othello) Phaseolus vulgare 5. Soybeans (Maple Amber) Glycine max 6. Fababeans (Orion) Vicia faba 7. Chickpea Cicer arietinum Others 1. Corn (HoneyNCream) Zea mays 2. Sorghum (dwarf) Sorghum vulgare 3. Canarygrass Phalaris canariensis 4. Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum 5. Quinoa Chenopodium quinoa 6. Millet Pennisetum americanum 7. Rice Oryza sativa Ancestral species of wheat 1. Einkorn wheat Triticum monococcum 2. Polish wheat Triticum polonicum 3. Spelt wheat Triticum spelta 4. Poulard wheat Triticum turgidum 5. Timopheevi wheat Triticum timopheevi 6. Shot wheat Triticum sphaerococcum 7. Emmer wheat Triticum dicoccum 8. Club wheat Triticum compactum 9

10 Th. Nov. 13 1) How hybrid canola is developed, produced and marketed 2) Corn versus wheat or something else for ethanol production? Tu. Nov. 18 3) Chick peas and chick pea agronomy in Alberta 4) Flax and flax agronomy in Alberta Th. Nov. 20 5) Lentils and lentil agronomy in Saskatchewan. Why not Alberta? 6) Farming with irrigation in southern Alberta: rotations, water use, crops and agronomy Tu. Nov. 25 Th. Nov. 27 7) Corn and corn agronomy in Alberta 8) Ethanol production on the Prairies: agronomy and the pros and cons 9) Rice production in Asia 10) Triticale and triticale agronomy in Alberta The world according to Monsanto : Aberta 2014 crop production in review 10