Lecture Schedule of Topics
BIO 340  2007

(10:00 AM - 10:50 AM, M W F)

I. Plant Development and Growth Responses  Chapters 1, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, and 20

    A. Cell Structures; Plant Tissues and Plant Organs
    B. Phytohormones (auxins, cytokinins, ethylene, ABA, gibberellins, etc.)
    C. Photoperiodism and the Phytochrome Pigments (flowering, photoperiodic perception,
        phytochrome, flowering hormone)
    D. Temperature and Plant Development (vernalization, cold tolerance, dormancy)

EXAM I

II. Water and Mineral Relations  Chapters 10, 11, 12 and 13
    A. Diffusion, Osmosis and Inhibition
    B. Absorption and Translocation of Minerals (soil factors, plant factors)
    C. Water Loss and transpiration (guttation, transpiration, stomatal mechanisms, etc.)

EXAM II

III. Plant Metabolism, Energy Conversion and Assimilation and Translocation of Metabolites  Chapters  4, 5, 6, 7,
    8 & 9.
    B. Pigment Structure and the Photosynthetic Apparatus
    C. Electron Transport and Phosphorylation Reactions of Photosynthesis
    D. Carbon Dioxide Fixation and Reduction
    E. Translocation of Sugars
    F. Respirations and Interconversions
    G. Mineral Metabolism and Mineral Deficiencies

IV. Plant Physiology and Biotechnology

FINAL EXAM (EXAM III) Dec 10, Monday, 8:30 - 10:20 AM