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Principles of Cultivar Development

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Author(s): Walter R. Fehr, Walter P. Suza

Subject(s): Agronomy and crop production, Agriculture and farming

Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press

Publication date: 2025-03-28

Last updated: 2025-08-28

Principles of Cultivar Development is intended to help you learn how to be a successful manager of a cultivar development program. In this text, you will apply the principles learned in Plant Breeding Methods to design a breeding program that makes effective use of available resources and alternative breeding strategies. By the end of this volume, readers will be able to describe the process for developing clonal, pure-line, hybrid, and synthetic cultivars. Each chapter includes additional readings and examples of how breeders have implemented the concepts in their breeding programs.

Do You Want to Major in Music?

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Author(s): Jill Wilson, Natalie Steele Royston

Subject(s): Educational: Music, Music

Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press

Publication date: 2024-11-01

Last updated: 2025-08-28

A Guide to Writing the Statement of Purpose for Graduate School Applications

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Author(s): Erin Todey

Subject(s): Writing and editing guides, Higher education, tertiary education

Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press

Publication date: 2025-03-19

Last updated: 2025-08-28

This book guides applicants through writing the statement of purpose (SoP) for graduate school applications. It discusses the conventions and expectations of the SoP and the writing process, and includes example SoPs written by students who have been accepted into a graduate program as models.

Oral Communication for Non-Native Speakers of English, 2nd Edition

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Author(s): Agata Guskaroska, Erik Goodale, Timothy Kochem, Monica Ghosh, Lily Compton, Elena Cotos

Subject(s): Communication studies, Language learning: speaking skills

Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press

Publication date: 2025-02-18

Last updated: 2025-08-28

This book is an essential instructional tool for developing oral communication skills in academic settings, specifically designed for international graduate students, teaching assistants, postdoctoral researchers, and those preparing to enter academia. The second edition introduces dedicated chapters on developing listening, speaking, and pronunciation. Through its wide array of interactive online activities, suitable for both classroom teaching and individual practice, learners can actively develop the skills needed for success in English-speaking academic environments.

Communication for College, Career, and Civic Life

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Author(s): Ryan McGeough, C. Kyle Rudick, Danielle Dick McGeough, Kathryn B. Golsan

Subject(s): Interpersonal communication and skills, Communication studies

Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press

Publication date: 2025-07-31

Last updated: 2025-07-30

Fundamentals of Human Anatomy Laboratory Manual

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Author(s): Carly Manz

Subject(s): Human biology, Anatomy

Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press

Publication date: 2024-08-26

Last updated: 2025-07-21

This laboratory manual is meant to be used in a lab course that accompanies a college-level introductory human anatomy course. It covers the language of anatomy, cells and tissues, and the organ systems that comprise the human body. Multiple open textbooks were adapted to create this lab manual. Attribution for these sources are provided at the end of each chapter.

A Mixed Course-Based Research Approach to Human Physiology

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Author(s): Karri Haen Whitmer

Subject(s): Physiology, Scientific research

Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press

Publication date: 2021-02-01

Last updated: 2025-07-08

The Biology 256 Fundamentals of Human Physiology Laboratory course was designed to provide students with hands-on access to modern techniques in human physiological analyses using the course-based research pedagogical approach. In this course, students will learn how to perform literature searches; generate research questions and hypotheses; design experiments; collect, analyze, visualize and interpret data; and present scientific findings to others. The Biol 256L curriculum offers a high-impact human physiology experience that fosters the critical thinking skills required to be a successful citizen in a modern world filled with misinformation.

Quantitative Genetics for Plant Breeding

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Author(s): William Beavis, Katherine Espinosa, Mark Newell, Anthony Assibi Mahama, Walter Suza

Editor(s): Walter Suza, Kendall Lamkey

Subject(s): Agronomy and crop production, Genetics (non-medical)

Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press

Publication date: 2023-10-18

Last updated: 2025-06-05

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.

Crop Improvement

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Author(s): Asheesh Singh, Teshale Mamo, Arti Singh, Jessica Barb, Shui-Zhang Fei, Anthony A. Mahama, Walter Suza

Editor(s): Walter Suza, Kendall Lamkey

Subject(s): Agronomy and crop production, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes

Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press

Publication date: 2023-06-14

Last updated: 2025-06-05

This book covers basic principles in the genetic improvement of crop plants. Emphasis is 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.

Crop Genetics

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Author(s): William Beavis, Arden Campbell, Jode Edwards, Shui-Zhang Fei, Thomas Lübberstedt, Laura Merrick, Deborah Muenchrath, Walter Suza

Editor(s): Walter Suza, Kendall Lamkey

Subject(s): Genetics (non-medical), Agronomy and crop production

Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press

Publication date: 2023-03-09

Last updated: 2025-06-05

This book provides an introduction to the genetic concepts of reproductive systems, recombination, mutation, segregation and linkage analysis, inbreeding, quantitative inheritance, fertility regulation, population genetics and polyploidy.