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PLSC 321

Pasture Agronomy

Course overview

You’ll learn about the growth and utilisation of pastures and forage crops for livestock production.

Course information

Prerequisites and Restrictions You must satisfy the following requirement(s):

pre-requisite

  • Plant Production Systems, PLSC-204

or

  • a minimum of 30 credit point(s) from the course(s) specified below
  • a minimum of 30 credit point(s) from the course(s) specified below
  • any level 200 ECOL (Ecology) course
  • any level 200 FORS (Forestry) course
  • any level 200 HORT (Horticulture) course
  • any level 200 PLSC (Plant Science) course

Available semesters Semester 2 2024
Credits 15
Domestic fees $1,001.00

Please note: This course can’t be fully completed online as you will need to be on campus to complete some activities.

What you will learn

After successfully completing this course, you’ll be able to:

  1. Develop skills in analysing, interpreting and presenting a simple set of data.
  2. Write examination answers that show a clear understanding and familiarity with the literature on pasture agronomy topics.
  3. Review scientific literature on any given pasture agronomy topic.
  4. Conduct, with specialist advice, an experiment on a pasture agronomy question.

Course examiners

Alistair Black

Alistair Black

Lecturer

Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences

alistair.black@lincoln.ac.nz