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Horticulture (HORT)
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
HORT 200 Introduction to Crop Science (3) Relation
of plants, nutrients, environment, cultural practices to crop
production. Pre: BOT 101 and CHEM 151 (or concurrent). (Crosslisted as
AGRN 200)
HORT 300 Horticulture Production Systems (4) (3 Lec,
1 3-hr Lab) Comparisons and contrasts of crop management systems,
techniques, and technologies in protected and open field production of
horticultural crops. Pre: 200 or consent.
HORT 350 Tropical Landscape Horticulture (3) (2 Lec,
1 3-hr Lab) Concepts and techniques of landscape design and
maintenance in the tropics. Pre: 200 and 369.
HORT 364 Horticultural Practices (2) (1 Lec, 1 3-hr
Lab) Techniques of culture and management of horticulture crops.
Pre: 200 (or concurrent).
HORT 369 Ornamental Plant Materials (3) (2 Lec, 1
3-hr Lab) Identification, origin, use, and cultural requirement of
trees, shrubs, vines, and groundcovers used in Hawaiian landscapes. Pre:
200.
HORT 401 Vegetable Crop Production (3) (2 Lec, 1
3-hr Lab) Crop biologies, requirements, and production techniques
for commercial vegetable production in Hawai‘i will be stressed. Pre:
300 or consent.
HORT 402 Flower Crop Production (3) Biology
and production of cut flowers and blooming potted plants under field and
protected cultivation in Hawai‘i and globally. A-F only. Pre: 300 or
consent.
HORT 403 Fruit Crop Production (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr
Lab) Botanical aspects and horticultural management practices of
selected tropical and subtropical fruit crops, with emphasis on small
scale commercial production in Hawai‘i. Pre: 300 or consent.
HORT 404 Foliage Crop Production (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr
Lab) Combined lecture-lab course on foliage crop production in
Hawai‘i. Crop biology, requirements and production techniques. Pre:
300 or consent.
HORT 420 Plant Propagation (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Theoretical
and applied aspects of seed and vegetative propagation technology
involving fruits, flowers, vegetables, and landscape plants. Pre: 200.
HORT 430 Nursery Management (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab)
Management practices in production and operations of commercial
nurseries in Hawai‘i. Pre: 200.
HORT 440 Tissue Culture (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Application
of plant tissue culture for horticulture; study of growth and
development of plant tissues as influenced by chemical and environmental
factors. Pre: 420 or consent. Recommended: BOT 410.
HORT 453 Plant Breeding (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Application
of genetics to crop improvement, breeding methods, breeding of plants in
Hawai‘i. Pre: BIOL 375.
HORT 460 Turfgrass Management (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Selection,
establishment, and maintenance of grasses for various types of turf.
Pre: 200.
HORT 470 Principles of Plant Physiology (3) Integration
of form and function from cellular to whole plant levels in processes
from seed germination, through photosynthesis, growth, and morphogenesis,
to flowering and senescence. Pre: CHEM 152 and BIOL 171; or consent.
Co-requisite: 470L. (Cross-listed as BOT 470)
HORT 470L Principles of Plant Physiology Lab (1) (1
3-hr Lab) Principles of experimentation in plant physiology,
includes individual investigations. Co-requisite: 470. (Cross-listed as
BOT 470L)
HORT 473 Post-Harvest Physiology (3) Comparative
physiological and biochemical processes during growth, maturation,
ripening, and senescence in fruits, vegetables, and flowers related to
changes in quality and storage life. Tropical commodities emphasized.
Pre: 200, BIOL 171, or BOT 201; CHEM 152; or consent.
HORT 481 Weed Science (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Weed
classification, identification, adaptations for weediness; principles of
weed control; properties, uses, and action of herbicides. Lab: pesticide
application equipment and techniques, no-till farming, greenhouse and
field experiments. Pre: 200 and CHEM 152.
HORT 491 Topics in Horticulture (V) Study and
discussion of significant topics, problems. Offered by visiting faculty
and/or for extension programs. Repeatable.
HORT 492 Internship (4) Integration and
application of academic knowledge and critical skills emphasizing
professional development. Placement with an approved cooperating
supervisor/employer. Pre: consent. (Cross-listed as AGRS 492 and ENTO
492)
HORT 499 Directed Study (V) Supervised
individual instruction in field laboratory and library. Repeatable.
CR/NC only. Maximum of 3 credit hours. Pre: 364.
HORT 500 Master’s Plan B/C Studies (1) Enrollment
for degree completion. Pre: master’s Plan B or C candidate and
consent.
HORT 601 Crop Modeling (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Principles
of modeling crop growth and development, model types, techniques,
simulation. Modeling influence of climate/environment on phenology,
growth, development of horticultural crops. Pre: AREC 310 and BOT 470.
Recommended: AREC 210 or MATH 205.
HORT 603 Experimental Design (4) (3 Lec, 1 3-hr
Lab) Design of experiments and variance analyses in biological and
agricultural research. Pre: AREC 310 or ZOOL 631. Recommended: ZOOL 632.
(Cross-listed as AGRN 603 and ANSC 603)
HORT 614 Cellular Genetics of Crops (3) (2 Lec, 1
3-hr Lab) Applications of molecular genetics and cytogenetics to
crop improvement. Pre: 453 and ENBI 402.
HORT 615 Quantitative Genetics (3) Applications
of quantitative genetics to crop and animal improvement. Pre: 603 or
consent.
HORT 654 Communications in Agriculture (1) (3-hr
Lec/Lab combination) Laboratory-type course for improving
communication abilities. Presentations to lay audiences are emphasized.
Hands-on experience in techniques and methods is provided.
HORT 664 Orchidology (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Classification,
culture, cytogenetics, breeding of orchids. Pre: BOT 101 and BIOL 375.
HORT 667 Horticultural Seminar (1) Presentation
of research reports; reviews of current literature in horticulture.
HORT 674 Plant Growth and Development (3) Physiology
of plant growth regulators, tropisms, circadian rhythms, translocation,
photoperiodism and vernalization, germination, dormancy and senescence.
Pre: BOT 470 and ENBI 402. (Cross-listed as BOT 674)
HORT 699 Directed Research (V) In-depth study
of specialized problems. CR/NC only. Maximum of 8 credit hours. Pre:
consent.
HORT 700 Thesis Research (V) HORT
710 Mineral Nutrition of Tropical Crops (3) (1 2-hr Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Mineral
nutrition of plants in relation to plant metabolism, mechanisms of ion
uptake, long-distance transport of solutes, and interactions at the
root-soil interface. Special emphasis on problems associated with
tropical crops. Pre: BOT 470 and SOIL 450; or consent. (Crosslisted as
AGRN 710) (Alt. years)
HORT 711 Special Topics in Experimental
Horticulture (V) Specialized topics from various areas in
horticultural research such as experimental techniques, growth
regulation, morphogenesis, genetics and breeding, culture and nutrition
of tropical crops. Pre: consent.
HORT 800 Dissertation Research (V)
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