The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering offers a minor in Precision Agriculture, the latest farming concept that optimizes fertilizer, pesticide and water use, while minimizing environmental concerns.
This minor acquaints students with recent developments and their applications to agriculture, in geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), variable rate technologies (VRT), crop and soil sensors, and remote sensing. The minor prepares students for challenging positions in site-specific crop management as we enter the "information age" in agriculture.
| UNITS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Precision Agriculture | 20 | |
| Applied Biological Systems Technology 145, 175, 180 | 10 | |
| Select 10 or more units from Applied Biological Systems Technology 134, Agricultural Systems and Environment 120 or Statistics 100, Agricultural Systems and Environment 110A or Plant Biology 112, Environmental and Resource Sciences 186, Soil Science 109 | 10 | |
Minor Advisers. S.K. Upadhyaya, D.K. Giles.
UC Davis 1999-2000 Online General Catalog. Posted July 30, 1999.
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