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Wednesday, November 27,19857The Battalion/Page 5 Prof: Students learn new ag methods Tropical horticulture class offered xterii A By LAURIE MATUSEK Reporter •; A tropical horticulture class is be ing offered in the spring semester ibr students interested in interna tional agriculture or who want to I work in the tropics, says Dr. J. Ben- ' ston Storey, professor of horticulture »V 'science. I Storey, the class’ instructor, says Seatbelt law grace period ends Sunday Texas A&M students should be certain to buckle up come Sunday since this is the date fines begin to be imposed for violations of Texas’ mandatory seat belt law. Although the law has been in effect since Sept. 1, a grace pe riod was extended until Dec. 1. The law requires mandatory use of seat belts by the driver and _ front seat passengers of all auto- I mobiles, van and trucks with a ca- I jpacitv of Ipss than 1,500 pounds. Horticulture 423 (Tropical Horticul ture) will provide an excellent op portunity for students who someday want to oecome Peace Corps volun teers in developing countries. Special attention will be given to tropical fruit and vegetable crops such as bananas, coconuts, tea, cof fee, Brazil nuts and macadamia nuts, he says. Students will learn about cultural factors that include planting tech niques, post-planting care, methods of propagation, yields and storage, he says. Climate and soil adaptability are important to understand also, Storey says. Examples include temperature, altitude, rainfall, length of day and soil preference. “Students taking this class will be able to bring modern agriculture methods to people in a developing area, who for no fault of their own, have been deprived of technical in formation," Storey says. “It may be something as simple as introducing new varieties of plants to the area,” he says. The new varieties of plants, called cultivares, are a group of plants within a species that perform in a predictable manner, Storey says. It is important to discover the pre dictable manners of plants so a crop can be produced effectively and effi ciently year after year, he says. Storey says t he class is open to stu dents in all majors with junior or se nior classification. “The only thing you need to be is a generalist ,” he says. Storey says the class is being of fered pass/fail for those apprehen sive about taking a course out of their major. “As long as the students are moti vated, that’s all that matters,” Storey says. “Most of the students who take the class pass/fail probably could make an ‘A’ anyway.” “Taking this class won’t make the students specialists, but at least they’ll Ire aware of how certain plants are grown and how to get informa tion pertaining to those plants,” Storey says. 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