BOT 331 PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Winter 2008
Syllabus
|
Date |
Topic |
Instructor |
| January | ||
|
7 |
Introduction, Plant Cells (chapter 1) handout | Wolpert |
|
9 |
Energy and Enzymes (chapter 2) handout | Arp |
|
11 |
Water and Plant Cells (chapter 3) handout | Wolpert |
|
14 |
Water Balance of the Plant (chapter 4) handout | Wolpert |
|
16 |
Mineral Nutrition (chapter 5) handout | Wolpert |
|
18 |
Solute transport (chapter 6) handout | Wolpert |
21 |
MLK Day | |
|
23 |
Photosynthesis: the light reactions (chapter 7) handout | Arp |
|
25 |
Photosynthesis: Carbon reactions (chapter 8) handout | Arp |
|
28 |
Test 1 (accounts
for 25% of grade) |
|
30 |
Photosynthesis: Physiological and Ecological Considerations (chapter 9) handout | Arp |
|
February |
||
|
1 |
Translocation in the Phloem (chapter 10) handout | Arp |
|
4 |
Respiration and Lipid Metabolism (chapter 11) handout | Arp |
|
6 |
Assimilation of Mineral Nutrients (chapter 12) handout | Arp |
|
8 |
Gene Expression and Signal Transduction (chapter 14) handout | Wolpert |
|
11 |
Genomics (added) handout | Wolpert |
|
13 |
Cell Walls:Structure, Biogenesis, and Expansion (chapter 15) handout | Arp |
|
15 |
Secondary Metabolites (chapter 13) handout | Arp |
|
18 |
Test 2 (accounts for 25% of grade) key (link and key to practice exam) | |
|
20 |
Biotic Stress Plant Defense (chapter 13 and added) handout | Wolpert |
|
22 |
(last day to withdraw) Abiotic Stress Physiology (chapter 26) handout |
Wolpert |
|
25 |
Patterns of Growth and Development (chapter 16) handout | Ivanchenko |
27 |
Patterns of Growth and Development (chapter 16) handout | Ivanchenko |
|
29 |
Light effects on Growth and Development (chapter 17) | Ivanchenko |
| March | ||
|
3 |
Light effects (chapter 18) Control of Flowering (chapter 25) | Ivanchenko |
|
5 |
Control of Flowering cont.(chapter 25) | Ivanchenko |
|
7 |
Auxins (chapter 19) | Ivanchenko |
|
10 |
Gibberellins and Brassinosteroids (Chapter 20, 24) | Ivanchenko |
|
12 |
Cytokinins (chapter 21) | Ivanchenko |
|
14 |
Ethylene and Abscisic Acid (chapters 22, 23) | Ivanchenko |
|
17-21 |
Finals week: | |
|
20 |
Final is
on Thursday, March 20, 2:00pm Final accounts for 25% of grade |