Principles of Plant Physiology

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General Information

Instructors:
Dr. Guillermo Goldstein, Botany
E-mail: <gold@hawaii.edu>
Dr. Robert Paull, Horticulture
E-mail: <paull@hawaii.edu>
TA:
Mindy Wilkinson, Botany
E-mail: <mwilkins@hawaii.edu>
Office Hrs:  M 12:30 to 1:30 St. John 411

 

Lectures: M, W, F: 10:30 to 11:20 (St. John 007)
Laboratory:   T 1:30 to 4:30
Text: Hans Mohr and Peter Schopfer. 1995. Plant Physiology. Springer Verlag.

Generalized List of Lecture Topics

Reductionism, Laws & Analysis
Introduction - The Plant Cell
Cell & Plant Growth
Cell Communication
Photosynthesis - Chloroplast
Photosynthesis - Light
Photosyntheses - CO2 Fixation  
C4 and CAM
Photosynthesis Leaf and Plant
Water and Plant Cells
February 15 - Holiday
Mineral Nutrition and Ion Uptake
February 19 - Review
February 22 - Midterm
Plant Development
Sexuality
Plant Growth Regulators
Auxin, GA
Hormones, Ethylene and ABA
Fruit Development
Fruit Ripening
Seed Germination
Senescence
March 17 - Review
March 19 - Midterm
March 22, 24, 26 - Holiday
Photomorphogenisis
Photoperiodism and Flowering
April 2 - Holiday
Xylem Transport
Stress Resistance
Pholem Transport
Phototropism and Geotropism
Regeneration and Transplanting
Crop Physiology
May 5 - Review
May 10, 9:45 - 11:45  - Final Examination

 


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