Term Paper

A term paper (100 points) is due by 11:59 pm (midnight).  The subject should be on an historical topic as suggested below.  You are free to pick your own topic with professor’s approval.  You must write about the history of your topic.

You are not allowed to recycle a term paper you wrote for another class.

• Don’t forget to put your name, the paper title, and course title on the first page.
• Length should be at least 7 pages, excluding the title page and illustrations.
• Term paper should be double spaced with 1″ margin.
• Use 12 pt Times type.
• Use page numbers.
• Your paper must be organized using headings and subheadings, points will be deducted if you don’t.
• References should be cited as necessary in the text using author and year [e.g. (Janick 2014)] and listed at the end of the paper.  You should have at least 3 references. Do not use footnotes.  You may follow any style manual as long as in text citations follow the author year format [e.g. (Janick 2014).
• Pictures are desirable and acceptable if appropriate.

Submitting Your Paper

When you submit your paper, it is checked against SafeAssign’s comprehensive databases of source material.  The paper will then be delivered to the instructor through the Blackboard Learning System together with the originality reports, with the results of the matching process, attached to them.  You may have points deducted if your paper is padded by excessive use of quotes of if there are other sources copied without attribution.  This is a writing assignment, we expect you to write a paper not, assemble one from pieces of other papers.  You can paraphrase or summarize information to avoid quoting it.  See this page from Purdue OWL http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/1/. If direct quotes exceed 30% you may have points deducted.  If you commit plagiarism you will receive 0/100.

Your paper should be a Word document.  I will not accept pdf files. You should also make sure your document has a file extension (e.g. termpaper.doc). Images must not exceed 2MB or the submission may fail.  If you are having trouble submitting your paper it may be a browser problem.  Make sure you are using Chrome or Firefox and try again.

You should always have a backup copy of your document.

Suggested Topics

1. Biographical

• Leonardo da Vinci: Botanical works (Renaissance scientist and artist)

Suggested reading: Leonardo da Vinci on plants and gardens by William A. Emboden.  Dr Janick has a copy you can borrow.
(A note about suggested reading: Although the reading is “suggested” and you are not “required” to use it, your paper will probably be better if you do use it.  If you don’t use it Dr Janick will most likely put a comment about the fact that you didn’t on your term paper.)

• Rudoph Camerarius (1655-1721, discoverer of function of sex in plants)
• Sir Joseph Banks (English botanist and explorer)
• N.I. Vavilov (Russian biogeographer)
• George Washington Carver (1864-1943, Agricultural scientist)

Suggested reading: George Washington Carver by Linda McMurry
(A note about suggested reading: Although the reading is “suggested” and you are not “required” to use it, your paper will probably be better if you do use it.  If you don’t use it Dr Janick will most likely put a comment about the fact that you didn’t on your term paper.)

• Justin Von Liebig (1803-1873, Chemist, mineral nutrition)
• Spencer Ambrose Beech (1860-1922, American pomologist)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954, American horticulturist)

1. Horticultural Technology

• Grafting

Suggested reading: A History of Grafting http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/c09.pdf
(A note about suggested reading: Although the reading is “suggested” and you are not “required” to use it, your paper will probably be better if you do use it.  If you don’t use it Dr Janick will most likely put a comment about the fact that you didn’t on your term paper.)

• Tissue Culture
• Pruning and Training
• Chemical Weed Control
• Greenhouses and Protected Culture
• Plasticulture
• Hydroponics (soil-less culture)
• Mechanical Harvesting
• Discovery of Photosynthesis
• Selection and Plant Breeding
• Rootstocks
• Photoperiodism and Crop Scheduling

1. Institutions

• Royal Horticultural Society
• American Society for Horticultural Science
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• National Plant Germplasm System

1. Antiquity

• Horticultural References in Theophrastus
• Pliny and Agricultural References
• Plants in Roman Mosaics
• Sumerian Agriculture

1. Crop Industry

• Wheat
• Maize
• Various Fruits or Vegetables
• Orchid Technology
• History of Beverage Crops (coffee, tea, cocoa)

suggested reading: A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
(A note about suggested reading: Although the reading is “suggested” and you are not “required” to use it, your paper will probably be better if you do use it.  If you don’t use it Dr Janick will most likely put a comment about the fact that you didn’t on your term paper.)

• Shaker Seed Industry

1. Ornamental and Landscape Horticulture

• Capability Brown and the English Landscape
•  Frederick Law Olmstead: American Landscape Architect
• Gardens of Pompeii: Roman Gardens

suggested reading: Gardens of Pompeii by Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski
(A note about suggested reading: Although the reading is “suggested” and you are not “required” to use it, your paper will probably be better if you do use it.  If you don’t use it Dr Janick will most likely put a comment about the fact that you didn’t on your term paper.)

• Japanese Floral Arts
  

Sample Outlines

Theophrastus

1. Introduction to the subject including a brief discussion of the world in which he lived.
2. Brief biography

III.  Major contributions to horticulture or agriculture with examples

1. Impact

History of Grafting

1. Introduction

      Definition and explanation of the technology, types, uses

1. Origins

III.  Developments

      Fruit culture (pome fruits, stone fruits, nuts)

      Vegetable culture (various)

      Micrografting

      Physiological Research

1. Impact

Apple Industry

1. Introduction

      Scope and distribution of industry including fresh, processing, cider etc.

1. Origins

III.  Development

      Antiquity

      19th century

      20th century

1. Future Developments

8 Pages

APA 3 References