HORT 4000 - [Principles of Plant Propagation]

Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisites: BIOPL 2420 and BIOPL 2421 or another plant physiology course or permission of instructor. Next offered 2012-2013.

K. W. Mudge.

Asexual (vegetative) propagation including cuttage, graftage, tissue culture, layering, and specialized vegetative reproductive structures and sexual (seed) propagation. Stresses physiological, environmental, and anatomical principles and industry applications in lecture, and hands-on skills in laboratories. Examples include both temperate and tropical horticultural, agronomic, and forestry crops.