tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/textbooks?utf8=%E2%9C%93&term=agriculture&commit=GoOpen Textbook Library - Search results for "agriculture"2021-10-16T04:35:21Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png10912021-10-16T04:35:21Z2024-01-22T14:52:28ZGenetics, Agriculture, and Biotechnology<img alt="Read more about Genetics, Agriculture, and Biotechnology" title="Genetics, Agriculture, and Biotechnology cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjk3OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--b2cc47386726f17cbe8356b7ade4ccce25bb0208/suza-genetics-cover-1-350x453.png" />This textbook provides an introduction to plant genetics and biotechnology for the advancement of agriculture. A clear and structured introduction to the topic for learners new to the field of genetics, the book includes: an introduction to the life cycle of the cell, DNA and how it relates to genes and chromosomes, DNA analysis, recombinant DNA, biotechnology, and transmission genetics.14652023-12-01T00:00:00Z2024-01-22T19:25:42ZThe Art and Science of Teaching Agriculture: Four Keys to Dynamic Learning<img alt="Read more about The Art and Science of Teaching Agriculture: Four Keys to Dynamic Learning" title="The Art and Science of Teaching Agriculture: Four Keys to Dynamic Learning cover image" class="cover " width="1299" height="1576" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTQzMywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8c4890c0cc7bab70f1ab178a8321ac53ec8104cd/Cover-ArtScienceTeachingAg.PNG" />The Art and Science of Teaching Agriculture: Four Keys to Dynamic Learning is a methods of teaching book. Specifically, it is a collection of thoughts, best practices, strategies, and techniques for planning, delivering, and assessing teaching and learning. This resource is assembled from among the best teaching professors in agricultural communication, education, and leadership in America. They have narrated their favorite class sessions … sessions chosen with the goal of making us all better teachers. You will quickly grasp the four fundamental keys of solid, basic, time-tested formal and nonformal teaching: Laying the Foundation, Connecting with Students, Designing Instruction, and Applying Learning. These keys are shared with you through the unique voices of the authors to provide a multiperspective approach to teaching. The authors offer both secondary and postsecondary educators in both formal and nonformal educational environments the opportunity to build confidence in planning, delivering, and assessing the depths of the variables inherent in learning. You will acquire the foundation to teach so your learners can learn dynamically. Are you reviewing or adopting this book for a course? Please help us understand your use by filling out this form: https://bit.ly/teachagriculture_interest16162024-03-14T04:26:33Z2024-03-18T16:57:08ZSpace Systems: Emerging Technologies and Operations<img alt="Read more about Space Systems: Emerging Technologies and Operations" title="Space Systems: Emerging Technologies and Operations cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="467" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTEzMDksInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--5103b965f70b3c56be7db70d129bef71ede7dd46/Book7-Cover-1.jpg-900-x-1200-aspect-ratio-of-x75-Rev-4A-06232022-1-350x467.jpg" />SPACE SYSTEMS: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND OPERATIONS (SSETO) is our seventh textbook in a series covering the world of UASs / CUAS / UUVs. SSETO takes on a new purview of SPACE. UASs (Drones) have a maximum altitude of about 33,000 ft (10 km) because rotating rotors become physically limiting. (Nichols R. et al., 2019) Between 400 ft and 33,000 ft is in the purview of DREAMERS. In the DREAMERS region, Space has its most interesting technological emergence. We see emerging technologies and operations that may have profound effects on humanity. This is the mission our book addresses. We look at the Dreamer region from three perspectives: 1) a Military view where intelligence, jamming, spoofing, advanced materials, and hypersonics are in play; 2) the Operational Dreamer Region; which includes Space-based platform vulnerabilities, trash, disaster recovery management, A.I., manufacturing, and extended reality; and 3) the Humanitarian Use of Space technologies; which includes precision agriculture wildlife tracking, fire risk zone identification, and improving the global food supply and cattle management. State-of-the-Art research by a team of fifteen SMEs is incorporated into our book. We trust you will enjoy reading it as much as we have in its writing. There is hope for the future.15152023-10-19T15:39:09Z2023-10-19T15:39:09ZCultivar Development<img alt="Read more about Cultivar Development" title="Cultivar Development cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTk5MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--abac51dfd1fd18bac32f5b7377c325c5fb4675c9/cultivardevelopment-cover-350x453.png" />This open textbook places emphasis on the design of a process pipeline for continuous development of new improved cultivars as a means to implement the cycle of crop improvement. Essential topics in New Line Development and New Line Evaluation are addressed, such as choice of parents, creation of progeny, and evaluation and selection of progeny. Students learn to design a process pipeline to produce improved cultivars that meet a specific product target which represents stakeholders’ needs.15142023-10-01T00:00:00Z2023-12-22T17:20:27ZQuantitative Genetics for Plant Breeding<img alt="Read more about Quantitative Genetics for Plant Breeding" title="Quantitative Genetics for Plant Breeding cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTk5MSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--cc6804a1ba2905bc91ce5780a0b1338dce515c52/quantiativegenetics-cover-1-350x453.png" />This open textbook is intended to expose students to the application of quantitative genetic models to plant breeding populations. Specific topics include conducting and interpreting multi-environment trials, resource allocation using engineering principles, genetic modeling of quantitative traits, simulation modeling, variance, covariance and heritability, prediction, selection, and genetic gain.15132023-10-19T15:43:28Z2023-10-19T15:43:52ZQuantitative Methods for Plant Breeding<img alt="Read more about Quantitative Methods for Plant Breeding" title="Quantitative Methods for Plant Breeding cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTk4OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--586cec0f0a57356619720ffc33b1855e5221b74b/quantitativemethods-cover-350x453.png" />This open textbook covers common statistics used in agriculture research, including experimental design in plant breeding and genetics, as well as the analysis of variance, regression, and correlation.14712023-08-18T23:21:34Z2024-01-08T22:22:37ZDeveloping Human Potential: A Personal Approach to Leadership<img alt="Read more about Developing Human Potential: A Personal Approach to Leadership" title="Developing Human Potential: A Personal Approach to Leadership cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="473" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTM1NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--f4b4070dc47af19da5fa73cda07332a46af15122/OER-Textbook-Cover-350x473.png" />This Online Educational Resource (OER) textbook provides an overview and introduction to personal leadership through the lens of how students can develop and maximize their own interpersonal skills. Interpersonal skills are crucial to navigating the professional world and can help us to better understand ourselves. This textbook approaches interpersonal skills from a personal level and allows the reader to immerse themselves into activities and scholarship across topical areas. Through the text, learners can create their own Personal Leadership Philosophy and expand this into a Civic Leadership Philosophy to help them understand the impact leaders can have on their communities and workplaces.14132023-06-21T19:34:11Z2023-06-21T19:34:11ZCrop Improvement<img alt="Read more about Crop Improvement" title="Crop Improvement cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzYwNSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--c86f190680afcccd0e93f1a861cf5d89a68271bc/cropimprovement-cover-350x453.png" />This textbook covers basic principles in the genetic improvement of crop plants. Emphasis is placed on methods of cultivar development in self-pollinating, cross-pollinating, and asexually propagating crops. Relevant examples of crop improvement research in Africa are utilized to cover factors affecting cultivar release, multiplication, and distribution of high-quality seed.13772023-03-16T14:05:11Z2024-01-22T14:52:42ZCases on Social Issues: For Class Discussion - 2nd Edition<img alt="Read more about Cases on Social Issues: For Class Discussion - 2nd Edition" title="Cases on Social Issues: For Class Discussion - 2nd Edition cover image" class="cover " width="768" height="994" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDYyMiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--eb59857cf870e74f60edc4b9437913331676022d/Cover-Cases-on-Social-Issues-2E-768x994.jpeg" />This Open Education resource, “Cases on Social Issues: For Class Discussion – 2nd Edition”, includes valuable cases for student use on issues of discrimination, diversity, equity, inclusion and general social issues in the workplace. Included are cases for discussion on workplace scenarios as follows: homophobia; working with Indigenous communities; oil and gas pipelines and the family ranch; invisible disabilities; employee anxiety; safety for women, transgender women and non-binary people; and the bullying of new immigrants and refugees. The critical events portrayed in the cases are realistic and emotional, and most feature the experiences of under-represented and marginalized people. These thoughtful, contemporary cases pose ethical dilemmas about social issues that encourage post-secondary students and instructors to have stimulating, inclusive, and compassionate discussions. Inspired by input from post-secondary students and authored by students and people who are usually under-represented in education material, this resource is designed for upper-level undergraduate or graduate students in the humanities, social sciences, business, healthcare, science, agriculture, environmental studies, Indigenous studies, land use studies, law and more. Each case is supplemented with modifiable discussion prompts, notes for teaching strategies, and a short reading list.13142023-01-13T22:00:13Z2024-01-22T14:52:37ZFundamentals of Human Geography<img alt="Read more about Fundamentals of Human Geography" title="Fundamentals of Human Geography cover image" class="cover " width="921" height="424" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDQ1NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--917d7563b30346a21858a33f6e7dececf1ed4844/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-13%20at%203.59.59%20PM.png" />Fundamentals of Human Geography is a college-level digital textbook aimed at introducing undergraduate students to the field of human and cultural geography. This digital textbook was initially conceived as an interactive supplemental guide for an open-source textbook on Human Geography (Introduction to Human Geography ). However, as more materials were added to this digital textbook, it slowly evolved into a standalone textbook on Human Geography which can be used by itself or as a supplemental guide. Be sure to explore all of the interactive content in each chapter and read the captions carefully, as a number of critical concepts are introduced in the interactive content. Be sure to also review the FAQ section for answers to commonly asked questions about technical aspects of this textbook.
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