Biology 375 INTRODUCTION TO PLANT DEVELOPMENT
Prerequisite: Biology 162 or equivalents.
Offered Winter Term every other year
4 credits. Lecture and discussion. Three 1-hour lectures and 1 hour discussion.
Instructor: Noodén.
For students interested in how plants grow. This course presents an integrated structural and functional approach to plant development. Topics studied include cell biology and cellular mechanics of plant growth, organogenesis and differentiation with em phasis on controls, particularly hormonal, environmental and genetic controls. This course will also provide a basis for understanding the natural history and some practical aspects of plant life including the anticipated advances in plant biotechnology. The laboratory will provide experience with both whole plants and axenic tissue cultures.
A sample lecture schedule is available for perusal.
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