Cross-Pollinated Crop Breeding

Six-week mini-course
November 2 - December 7, 2006
"Live" Internet delivery
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00-5:20 p.m., Central Standard Time

Course is available for noncredit professional development, CEU-credit and graduate academic credit.
Cost:  For noncredit and CEU-credit participants, cost is $150 on or before 10/26/06; $200 thereafter.  Regular UNL tuition applies for academic credit.
Synopsis:  Learn the standard breeding methods and theories associated with population improvement of cross-pollinated crops or self-pollinated crops that are forced to cross-pollinate. Learn how to create populations, recurrent selection methods with and without progeny tests, and hybrid production practices. The common breeding methods used in improving cross-pollinated crops (e.g., corn, alfalfa, sunflowers, forage grasses) and the theoretical basis for cross-pollinated crop breeding will be discussed.
Registration/Payment:  To register online for noncredit or CEU-credit, please visit: http://estore.adec.edu/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=74

Crop Genetic Engineering Workshop

Two-day workshop
January 4 - 5, 2007
Video-delivered via Web archiving.

Workshop is available for noncredit professional development and CEU-credit.  Full course is available for undergraduate and graduate academic credit and runs from 1/4/07-3/5/07.
Cost:  For noncredit and CEU-credit participants, cost is $250 on or before 12/22/06; $300 thereafter.  Regular UNL tuition applies for academic credit.
Synopsis:  Genetic engineering is one of the most rapidly integrated and intensively scrutinized technologies applied to crop production in the United States. The impact of transgenic crops on our nation's food system requires producers, agribusiness professionals, educators and  students to have a working knowledge of the genetic engineering process and how these crops are different from their conventional counterparts.  That is the focus of "Crop Genetic Engineering."
Registration/Payment:  To register online for noncredit or CEU-credit, please visit: http://estore.adec.edu/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=153

Animal, Food & Industry Uses of Grain

Six-week mini-course
January 8 - February 23, 2007
Internet delivery.

Course is available for noncredit professional development and CEU-credit, as well as undergraduate and graduate academic credit.
Cost:  For noncredit and CEU-credit participants, cost is $150 on or before 12/22/06; $200 thereafter.  Regular UNL tuition applies for academic credit.
Synopsis:  This course serves as a guide for genetic development, production practices, and procedures for drying, handling and storing grain intended for special end-uses. Processing and utilization of corn and sorghum grain for animal, human and industrial uses will be explained. Grain quality characteristics for various end-uses and their measurement will also be described.  
Registration/Payment:  To register online for noncredit or CEU-credit, please visit: http://estore.adec.edu/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=91

Production of Speciality Grain Crops

Six-week mini-course
February 26 - April 6, 2007
Internet delivery.

Course is available for noncredit professional development and CEU-credit, as well as undergraduate and graduate academic credit.
Cost:  For noncredit and CEU-credit participants, cost is $150 on or before 2/19/07; $200 thereafter.  Regular UNL tuition applies for academic credit.
Synopsis:  This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of plant breeding, production and handling of grain for animal, food and industrial uses. This will include explanation of plant breeding and molecular genetics principles and the influence of production practices on grain quality. Preservation of grain quality from field to processor will be discussed, with emphasis on grain drying, storage and handling practices on the farm and in the elevator.  Case studies involving successful speciality grain entrepreneurs will also be presented.
Registration/Payment:  To register online for noncredit or CEU-credit,please visit: http://estore.adec.edu/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=92