| Course ID: | HORT 8150. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Plant Growth and Development |
Course
Description: | Plant growth and development emphasizing factors pertinent to
economic plants. The physiological processes of growth,
juvenility, maturity, leaf and shoot growth patterns, floral
initiation and development, embryogenesis, fruitset, dormancy,
and senescence. The effects of environment on plant growth and
development. |
| Oasis Title: | PLT GROWTH DEVELOP |
| Prerequisite: | PBIO 3830-3830L or permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | This course will examine and discuss topics in plant growth and
development, particularly issues that are pertinent to economic
plants. The physiological processes of growth, juvenility,
maturity, flower initiation and development, embryogenesis,
fruitset, senescence, dormancy, and environmental effects on
growth and development will be evaluated using current review
articles and the primary literature. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Growth and differentiation, polarity
2. Cell wall biosynthesis and regulation
3. Embryogenesis
4. Seed germination and dormancy
5. Leaf development
6. Shoot types and growth patterns, bud break and dormancy
7. Juvenility and maturity, phase change
8. Floral induction and development, reproductive strategies
9. Regulation of fruiting
10. Effects of temperature, chilling, freezing and heat stress
on plant growth and development
11. Effects of water and drought on plant growth and development
12. Effects of light, photomorphogenesis, and photoperiodism on
plant growth and development |