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  Crop Technology Lessons
 
Several online lessons, developed in part by several members of the Western Society of Weed Science, are available through the University of Nebraska to help users learn more about specific areas dealing with crop technology.  Some of these areas include weed biology, herbicide resistance, genetically engineered crops, and pesticide mode of action.  The lessons provide detailed information about the given topic with animation and graphics to complement what is being taught.

A complete list of available online lessons can be viewed through the Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary Lessons

 
Check out the following lessons related to Weed Science:

 

1.      What Types of Herbicides Exist and How Can They Be Used?

a.      Herbicide Classification

b.      Practical Applications of Herbicide Physiology

c.      Herbicide Discovery and Screening

 

2.      How Do Herbicides get into Plants and Then Move Throughout?

a.      Transpiration: Water Movement in Plants

b.      Phloem Transport - Under construction

c.      Foliar Absorption and Phloem Translocation

d.      Root Absorption and Xylem Translocation

e.      Mechanisms of Cellular Absorption

 

3.      How do Plants Make Herbicides Less Toxic?

a.      Metabolism of Herbicides or Xenobiotics in Plants

 

4.      How Do Herbicides Kill Plants?

a.      Light-dependent Herbicides

                                           i.    The Interaction of Light with Biological Molecules

                                          ii.    Herbicides that Act through Photosynthesis

                                          iii.   Lipid Peroxidation

1.      Lipid Peroxidation Animation

2.      Lesson - Under construction

 

b.      Amino Acid Synthesis Inhibitors

                                            i.     Inhibitors of Aromatic Amino Acid Biosynthesis

                                            ii.    Branched Chain and Glutamine Inhibitors - Under construction

 

c.       Lipid Synthesis Inhibitors

                                            i.      ACCase Animation

                                            ii.     Inhibitors of Fatty Acid Synthesis and Elongation

 

d.      Microtubule Disruptors

                                            i.      Spindle Fiber Disruption Animation

                                            ii.     Lesson - Under construction

 

e.      Auxinic Herbicides

                                            i.      Auxin and Auxinic Herbicide Mechanism(s) of Action – Part 1

                                            ii.     Auxin and Auxinic Herbicide Mechanism(s) of Action – Part 2

 

f.        Cell Wall Biosynthesis Inhibitors - Under construction

 

5.      Herbicide Resistance in Weeds and Crops

a.      Appearance of Herbicide Resistance in a Weed Population

b.      Herbicide Resistance:  Mechanisms, Inheritance and Molecular Genetics

c.      Expression of Herbicide Resistant ALS Genes

d.      Overview of Plant Genetic Engineering

 
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