Course Description
Principles and practices for increasing plant numbers with emphasis on the anatomical and physiological basis for various methods.
Athena Title
Plant Propagation
Prerequisite
[(BIOL 1103 or BIOL 1103E) and BIOL 1103L] or [(BIOL 1107 or BIOL 1107E) and BIOL 1107L] or (PBIO 1210 and PBIO 1210L)
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To provide students with the principles and practices for increasing plant numbers with emphasis on the anatomical, genetic, and physiological basis for various methods.
Topical Outline
The role of propagation in human society. Grafting and budding: the graft union, requirements. Grafting and budding: reasons for grafting, types of grafts. Cuttings: adventitious root development, correlative effects, types of cuttings. Types of cuttings. Management of stock plants. Treatment of cuttings. Cuttings: environmental manipulation. Layering, runners, stolons, offsets, crown division. Specialized stems and roots. Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes. The propagation environment. Tissue culture. Genetic engineering. Transformation methods, introduced traits, status of GMOs. Clonal selection, life cycles, and phase. Seed development. Seed testing. Seed harvest and processing. Seed treatments and storage. Seed germination. Seed dormancy. Seed selection, breeding systems, categories of cultivars.
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