Courses of Study 2011-2012 
    
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Courses of Study 2011-2012 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BIOPL 2420 - Plant Function and Growth Lectures


Spring. 3 credits. S-U or letter grade option.

Prerequisites: two majors-level biology courses and/or BIOPL 2410 . Corequisite for plant science undergraduates (and highly recommended for other science majors): BIOPL 2421 . Recommended prerequisite: one year introductory chemistry. Primarily for undergraduates in agricultural sciences but also for any biological sciences students wanting to know about plant function; suitable as second-level course for nonmajors to satisfy biology distribution requirement. May not be taken for credit after BIOPL 3420  except by written permission of instructor.

T. Silva.

How plants function and grow. Examples deal with crop plants or higher plants where possible, though not exclusively. Topics include cell structure and function; plant metabolism, including photosynthesis; light relations in crops; plant-water relations; water uptake, transport, and transpiration; irrigation of crops; sugar transport; mineral nutrition; growth and development—hormones, responses to light, flowering, fruiting, dormancy, and abscission; stress; tissue culture; and genetic engineering of plants.



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