Department of Crop Science
Department of Crop Science
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1900s
circa 1900
Division of Agronomy created
1920s
1924
Department of Agronomy established
The Division of Agronomy became the Department of Agronomy.
5/20/1927
Agronomy survey conducted
Students in the Agronomy 135 course (Farm Terracing) spent the day outside doing lab work, including surveying the land in preparation for planning tile drains.
1930s
1930
Genetics curriculum established
Genetics curriculum was taught as a component of coursework in the agronomy, zoology, and plant pathology departments.
1950s
1960s
1962
Department of Field Crops renamed
The Department of Field Crops was renamed the Department of Crop Science.
1990s
1990
Crop science institutional history written
P. H. Harvey wrote Crop Science: A Harvest of 100 Years, an institutional history of the department. A print edition exists in the library.