Understand why yield component analysis is useful

Know the general equation that describes yield components of grain crops

Know the equations useful for describing yield components of vegetative species (forage and turf)

Be able to provide the yield components for the following grain crops: maize, soybean, sorghum, wheat, barley, rice, oats, rye, canola

Be able to provide yield components for the following vegetative species: tall fescue, Ky bluegrass, orchardgrass, ryegrass, alfalfa, red clover, birdsfoot trefoil, white clover.

Understand how yield can be represented as the volume of a three-dimensional object (rectangle) in space using yield components

Understand the concept of homeostasis and its relationship to the goals of plant breeders.

Be able to compare and contrast determinant and indeterminant development of yield components and their impact on homeostasis

Understand the genetic potential vs. realized (phenotypic) potential for yield components

Understand how management (i.e., N, irrigation, weed control, cultivar selection,.....) can alter yield component development

Understand how environment (i.e., heat, light, water stress, defoliation,.CO₂, ..) influences development of yield components.

Be able to describe how yield components of vegetative species (forage and turf) are related to growth analysis concepts.