Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses:

1. Instructor: HORT0211 & HORT2000 - Vegetable Production

2. Instructor: HORT0203 & HORT2006 - Tree Fruit Crops

3. Instructor: AGRI5530 - Nitrogen in Crop Production

4. Instructor: AGRI5710 - Graduate Modules

1) Nitrogen/Phosphorus Assimilation-Metabolism in Plants

2) Remote Sensing Technology in Agricultural Sciences

1. Instructor: HORT0211 & HORT2000 - Vegetable Production

This course covers taxonomic classifications, botany, physiology, growth habits and general culture of major vegetable crops (Cole crops, root crops, bulb crops, Solanaceous crops, salads, legumes, cucurbits, greens and sweet corn). This course also covers site selection, microclimate modifications for cool and warm season vegetables, cultivar selection, crop rotation, fertilization, irrigation, pollination, organic production, insect, disease and weed control, harvesting, postharvest handling and nutritional values of these major vegetable crops.

2. Instructor: HORT0203 & HORT2006 - Tree Fruit Crops

This course covers taxonomy, physiology, botanical characteristics and general culture of world’s major tree fruit crops (apple, pear, peach, citrus, cherry, apricot and plum). This course also covers site selection, modern apple planting and training systems, dwarf rootstocks, cultivar selection, grafting, budding, cross pollination, thinning, pruning, training, fertilization, irrigation, organic production, insect and disease control, harvesting and postharvest of major tree fruit crops. Commercial tree fruit enterprises are visited.

3. Instructor: AGRI5530 - Nitrogen in Crop Production

This course covers nitrogen cycling processes, principal of plant N uptake, plant N and P, K, S, Ca and Mg relations, factors influencing crop use of nutrients, N2 symbiotic fixation by legumes, active N in organic systems, N use by crops (vegetables, cereals, fruit trees and small fruits), fertilizer N recovery by crops, relationship of plant N transformation and food nutritional quality, emissions of greenhouse gases related to agricultural production, current tools for N management including GIS, GPS and remote sensing, and time series methods for quantifying and simulation modeling of N use in agriculture.

4. Instructor: AGRI5710 - Graduate Modules

1) Nitrogen/Phosphorus Assimilation-Metabolism in Plants

This module course covers N/P assimilation-metabolism pathways, factors influencing N/P assimilation, transport of N/P within plants, nitrate/nitrite reductase and phosphatase activities at different plant growth stages, and plant N/P metabolism and plant photosynthesis relations.

2) Remote Sensing Technology in Agricultural Sciences

This module course covers principles, concepts and theory of remote sensing, remote sensing systems with a focus on data and images obtained using radiometers, spectrometers, thermal and infrared cameras. This course also covers remote sensing data and image interpretation.