BIO 340 001/200                    Mon. & Wed. 5:00-6:15 am DO226;   Lab Thur. 2-4:50pm    DO104

                                                      PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, FALL 2008

WEEK/DATE  LECTURE                                           LAB ACTIVITY

 1        8/20                 Overview, Classification                        8/21 No Lab

 2        8/25                 Plant Architecture (Ch1)                                  

           8/27                 Energy and Enzymes (Ch2)                   8/28 Intro to Plant Tissue Culture, Media prep

 3         9/1                   Labor Day- No Class

            9/3                   Water and Plant Cells (Ch3)                 9/4 Surface sterilization of miniature rose stems; Axillary bud multiplication

 4         9/08                 Xylem and Water Uptake (Ch4)

            9/10                 Water Uptake (Ch4)                            9/11 Nutrient Deficiency - set up

 5         9/15                 Mineral Nutrition (Ch5)

            9/17                 Mineral Assimilation  (Ch12)                 9/18 Initial measurements on Nutrient Deficiency; Surface sterilization and Callus induction in Tobacco stems                    

6          9/22                 Exam I                                               

            9/24                Solute Movement (Ch6)                       9/25 Water Potential; Growth measurements

7          9/29               Phloem and Translocation (Ch10)                    

          10/01               Photosynthesis: Fluorescence(Ch7)       10/2 Micropropagation & Adventitious Growth - Myriophyllum; establish autotrophic cultures

8         10/06               Fall break- No Class

           10/08               Photosynthesis: Light Rxns (Ch8)          10/09 Micropropagation of Flytraps (petioles)

 9        10/13               Carbon Fixation (Ch9) 

           10/15               Respiration (Ch11)                               10/16 Micropropagation of Hosta (shoots)

10       10/20               Lipid metabolism (Ch11)

           10/22               Cell Walls (Ch15)                                 10/23 Organogenesis from Tobacco callus 

11       10/27               Growth and Development (Ch16)        

           10/29               Differentiation (Ch16)                           10/30 Photosynthesis vs salinity - Oxygen electrode

12       11/03               Exam II

           11/05               Auxin (Ch19)                                       11/06 Pigments

13       11/10               Cytokinins (Ch21)

           11/12               Gibberellin (Ch20)                                11/13 Photosynthesis versus irradiance - PAM Fluorometry; Greenhouse acclimation of Hosta, Rose, Venus Fly Traps

14       11/17               Ethylene (Ch22)

           11/19               Abscisic Acid (Ch23)                           11/20   Work on Lab Reports; Data Analyses

15        11/24               Phytochrome (Ch17)

            11/26               Thanksgiving - No Lecture                 11/27 No Lab

16        12/01               Photoperiodism and Flowering (Ch25)

            12/03               Stress Physiology (Ch26)                      Lab Reports Due; Collect your beautiful plants! 

17        12/05   Friday -7-10:00 pm Final Exam-DO226