Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary

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Crop Science Investigation

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The Future is in YOUR Hands

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This community contains eLibrary animations that have been translated to Russian. This project area is under development and new materials will be added as translations are completed. Click the "Lessons" and "Animations" tabs above to view translated content. *The animations contained in this community are awaiting review.
Building Hydroponic Systems
Brian Waters bwaters2@unl.edu
Welcome! "Buildling Hydroponic Systems" in an educational project being developed by the Waters Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Brian Waters has developed a system that can be used by researchers and educators to experiment with the uses of hydroponic systems. Please join this community for updates as new learning materials become available. This site has been developed through grant funding provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
AGRO 437/837 Videos
Steve Mason, smason1@unl.edu Diane Nolan, dnolan2@unl.edu
Use these links to watch the videos. Floaters https://vimeo.com/80275352 Pycnometer https://vimeo.com/80275353 TADD https://vimeo.com/80275354 Stenvert Hardness https://vimeo.com/80275355 Test Weight https://vimeo.com/80275663 WBT https://vimeo.com/80275664

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Featured Animations

Nixtamalization
Interactive illustration of the steps involved in the process of making tortillas.
Fitomejoramiento Mediante Retrocruzamiento
Como el método convencional de mejoramiento genético por retrocruzamiento es realizado. Esta es la séptima de una serie de siete animaciones que detallan el proceso de ingeniería genética de cultivos.
Transgene Design
This is an interactive animation that asks the viewer to design a gene by selecting the promoter and coding region that will produce a plant with the desired traits.

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Featured Lessons

Corn Breeding: Types of Cultivars This is the third in a series of lessons specifically designed to instruct individuals without any formal training in genetics or statistics about the science of corn breeding. Individuals with formal training in genetics or statistics but without any training in plant breeding also may benefit from taking these lessons.
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Kid Quiz, Agronomy A brief elementary school level quiz on agronomy.
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Soils - Part 8: Characteristics of Fertilizer Materials The various characteristics of fertilizer materials being sold on the market today will be discussed. You will learn to identify some of the consequences of using each type of fertilizer material and ...
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The Inheritance of Variation An introduction to genetic inheritance, including the principles of segregation and dominance.
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Soils - Part 2: Physical Properties of Soil and Soil Water This lesson will help you understand the major components of the physical properties of soil. You will learn such terms as texture, aggregation, soil structure, bulk density, and porosity as it relate...
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This project was supported in part by the National Research Initiative Competitive Grants CAP project 2011-68002-30029 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, adminstered by the University of California-Davis and by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Undergraduate Education, National SMETE Digital Library Program, Award #0938034, administered by the University of Nebraska. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USDA or NSF.

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