WORLD VEGETABLE CROPS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: HORT 120, AGRONOMY 100, PLANTSCI 110 , BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151 , or BIOCORE 381 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Biological Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Integrate and apply knowledge of vegetable plants to worldwide consumption and production of vegetable crops Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss the diversity of vegetable plants consumed around the world with particular attention to how vegetable plant families are used in different world regions Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain how the biological aspects of vegetable plants, including their physiology and genetics, dictate how these crops will be produced in different world regions Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the nutritional profile, culinary characteristics, and important metabolites that are found in vegetable plants for defensive and attractant purposes Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Integrate and apply knowledge of vegetable plants to worldwide consumption and production of vegetable crops Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss the diversity of vegetable plants consumed around the world with particular attention to how vegetable plant families are used in different world regions Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain how the biological aspects of vegetable plants, including their physiology and genetics, dictate how these crops will be produced in different world regions Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the nutritional profile, culinary characteristics, and important metabolites that are found in vegetable plants for defensive and attractant purposes Audience: Undergraduate