Agronomy 434/534 Reading List

Lecture Topics and Reading Assignments

Date	Lecture Topic	Reading
Date	Lecture Topic	Assigned	Suggested
8/22	Introduction
8/24	Concepts of Forage Quality	ch. 24	ref. 7, ch. 8; ref. 12, p. 19ff.
8/29	Digestibility of Forages	ch. 15, ch. 16	ref. 5, ch. 17; ref. 12, ch. 22
8/31	Forage Intake	ch. 11, ch. 12	ref. 12, ch. 21
9/05	Nutritive Uniformity	NA	ref. 12, p. 360ff.
9/07	Chemical Methods for Evaluating Quality	pp. 244-247	ref 12, ch. 10
9/12	Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy	ch. 10	ref. 11
9/14	Hour Exam I
9/19	Forage Carbohydrates	ch. 6	ref. 1, ch. 3, 4; ref. 12, ch. 11
9/21	Cell Wall Structure and Digestibility	NA	ref. 3; ref. 12, ch. 12
9/26	Forage Proteins	ch. 5	ref. 1, ch. 2; ref. 12, ch. 18
9/28	Nonprotein Nitrogen Compounds	pp. 582-589	ref. 1, ch. 1
10/03	Minerals	ch. 7	ref. 6, ch. 7-16; ref. 12, ch. 9
10/05	Moisture, Lipids and Vitamins	NA	ref. 1, ch. 5, 14, 15; ref. 12, ch. 20
10/10	Anti-Quality Compounds	ch. 9	ref. 5, ch. 8; ref. 12, ch. 13
10/12	Hour Exam II
10/17	Plant Factors Affecting Forage Quality	ch. 3	ref. 5, ch. 22; ref. 12, ch. 6
10/19	Plant Factors Affecting Forage Quality	ch. 18	NA
10/24	Environmental Factors Affecting Quality	ch. 4	ref. 3, ch. 25
10/26	Post-Harvest Physiology of Forages	pp. 828-839	ref. 13, ch. 1
10/31	Desiccation of Forages	NA	ref. 13, ch. 3
11/02	Hay Preservation	pp. 840-83	ref. 13, ch. 4; ref. 12, ch. 14
11/07	Hay Preservation	pp. 850-856, 945-948	NA
11/9	Hour Exam III
11/14	Silage Preservation	pp. 843-853	ref. 13, ch. 5; ref. 12, ch. 14
11/16	Silage Preservation	pp. 856-858, 948-952	ref. 14
11/21	Thanksgiving Holiday
11/23	Thanksgiving Holiday
11/28	Plant / Animal Interface	ch. 19	ref. 12, ch. 7
11/30	Grazing Systems	NA	ref. 8, ch. 179; ref. 9
12/05	Biomass and other Industrial Uses of Forages	NA	NA
12/07	Review Session	NA	NA
12/13	Final Exam 9:45-11:45

* Assigned reading in Forage Quality, Evaluation, and Utilization.
** Suggested reading materials available at the reserve desk in Parks Library. See reserve list for reference numbers.

Assigned readings are required and will be covered on the exams. Suggested readings are intended for further study and will not be covered on exams.

KJM / Fall 1995