| Course ID: | HORT(CRSS) 4430E/6430E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Plant Physiology |
Course
Description: | Designed to enhance students’ knowledge of the basic principles
of plant physiology, including water relations, solute and
phloem transport, photosynthesis and respiration, plant genomes,
regulation of plant gene expression, phytohormone biology, and
plant growth and development. |
| Oasis Title: | Plant Physiology |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in PBIO 3830, HORT 4430, CRSS 4430 or HORT 6430, CRSS 6430 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Prerequisite: | (CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L) and [(BIOL 1103 and BIOL 1103L) or (BIOL 1104 and BIOL 1104L) or (BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1107L) or (BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L) or (PBIO 1210 and PBIO 1210L) or (PBIO 1220 and PBIO 1220L)] |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. To introduce students to the fundamental concepts in plant
physiology
2. To encourage students to develop perspectives on plant
physiology at the molecular, cellular, and whole-plant levels
3. To introduce students to the effects of the environment on
plant physiology
4. To introduce graduate students to the latest developments in
fundamental plant physiology and to encourage critical thinking
in these areas |
| Topical Outline: | Module 1: Plant and Cell Architecture
Module 2: Water and Plant Cells
Module 3: Water Balance of Plants
Module 4: Mineral Nutrition
Module 5: Solute Transport
Module 6: Photosynthesis: the Light Reactions
Module 7: Photosynthesis: the Carbon Reactions
Module 8: Photosynthesis: Physiological and Ecological
Considerations
Module 9: Translocation in the Phloem
Module 10: Respiration and Lipid Metabolism
Module 11: Assimilation of Inorganic Nutrients
Module 12: Embryogenesis
Module 13: Vegetative Growth and Organogenesis
Module 14: The Control of Flowering and Flower Development
Module 15: Abiotic Stress |
| Honor Code Reference: | All academic work must meet the standards contained in “A
Culture of Honesty.” Students are responsible for informing
themselves about those standards before performing any academic
work. The link to more detailed information about academic
honesty can be found at: www.uga.edu/ovpi/honesty/acadhon.htm. |