WB01569_.gif (193 bytes)   Plant Physiology Lecture Syllabus-2003

Date

Lecture Topics
Topics with Links to Plant Phys Website are Underlined

Chapter
Taiz & Zeiger

Faculty
Jan 13 Orientation - Reductionism, Laws & Analysis - Paull
Jan 15

Plant & Cell Architecture

Summary

1 DTW
Jan 17

Typical Vascular Plants

1 DTW
Jan 20 Holiday - Martin Luther King Day
Jan 22 Energy & Enzymes - Thermodynamics 2
T & Z Website
DTW
Jan 24 Water & Plant Cells 3 DTW
Jan 27 Water & Plant Cells 3 DTW
Jan 29 Water Balance of the Plant 4 DTW
Jan 31 Water Balance of the Plant 4 DTW
Study Questions for DTW  Lecture Exam-1 2003
Feb 3 Mineral Nutrition 5 Paull
Feb 5 Solute Transport 6 Paull
Feb 7 Solute Transport 6 Paull
Feb 10 Phloem Translocation DTW Website 10 Paull
Feb 12 Phloem Translocation 10 Paull
Feb 14 Respiration 11 Paull
Feb 17 Holiday - Presidents Day
Feb 19 MID-TERM
Feb 21 Photosynthetic light reactions.  7 CMS
Feb 24 Photosynthesis Light Harvesting (DTW) 7 DTW
Feb 26 Photosynthesis Carbon Linked Reactions 8 CMS/DTW
Feb 28 Photosynthesis Carbon Linked Reactions 8 CMS/DTW
Mar 3 Photosynthesis CO2 Concentrating Mechanisms 8 CMS/DTW
Mar 5 Photosynthesis Physiological &  Ecological Considerations 9 CMS/DTW
Mar 7 Photosynthesis Physiological &  Ecological Considerations 9
Mar 10 Photosynthesis Physiological &  Ecological Considerations 9
Study Questions for Photosynthesis
Mar 12 Senescence & Programmed Cell Death 16 Paull
Mar 14 Gene Expression & Signal Transduction 14
T & Z Website
Paull
Mar 17 Cell Walls: Strucrure & Biosynthesis 15 Paull
Mar 19 Cell Walls: Expansion 15 Paull
Mar 21 Assimilation of  Mineral Nutrients 12 Paull
Mar 24 Spring Break
Mar 26 Spring Break
Mar 28 Spring Break
Mar 31 Phytochrome & Pghotomorphogenesis 17 Paull
Apr 2 Blue Light Responses - Stomata & Photomorphogenesis 18 Paull
Apr 4

MID-TERM

Apr 7 Plant Growth Regulators: Overview - Paull
Apr 9 Auxins: Growth & Tropisms 19 Paull
Apr 11 Gibberelins 20 Paull
Apr 14 Cytokinins 21 Paull
Apr 16 Ethylene 22 Paull
Apr 18

Holiday - Good Friday

Apr 21 Abscisic Acid 23 Paull
Apr 23 Other Plant Growth Regulators - Paull
Apr 25 Control of Flowering 24 Paull
Apr 28 Fruit Ripening - Paull
Apr 30 Stress Physiology - Abiotic 25 Paull
May 2 Stress Resistance - Abiotic 25
May 5 Plant  - Pathogen Interactions 25 Paull
May 7 Review - Paull

May 12 (9:45) Final Examination

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