BIOL 495/495L Plant Physiology, Spring 2013
Syllabus - BIOL 495 (9:30 MWF)
Lecture Schedule
| Week |
Dates |
Lecture Topic (Textbook Chapters: Taiz and Zeiger, 2010) |
| 1 |
Jan 23-25 |
Course Overview and Introduction; Plant and Cell Architecture (1, 15) |
| 2 |
Jan 28-Feb 1 |
Plant and Cell Architecture; Plants and Water (1, 15, 3, 4) |
| 3 |
Feb 4-8 |
Plants and Water; Stomata; Energy and Enzymes (3, 4, 9, 18, 26, App. 1) |
| 4 |
Feb 11 |
Assignment 1 due |
| 4 |
Feb 11-13 |
Photosynthesis 1: Photochemistry (7, 26) |
| 4 |
Feb 15 |
EXAM 1 |
| 5 |
Feb 18-22 |
Photosynthesis 2: Carbon Reactions (8, 26) |
| 6 |
Feb 25-Mar 1 |
Photosynthesis 3: Physiology and Ecology (9, 26) |
| 7 |
Mar 4-8 |
Plant Respiration (11, 26) |
| 7 |
Mar 8 |
Assignment 2 due |
| 8 |
Mar 11-13 |
Gene Expression (2) |
| 8 |
Mar 15 |
EXAM 2 |
| 9 |
Mar 18-22 |
NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK |
| 10 |
Mar 25-29 |
Gene Expression; Nitrogen and Sulfur Assimilation (2, 12) |
| 11 |
Apr 1-5 |
Nitrogen and Sulfur Assimilation; Membrane Transport (12, 6) |
| 12 |
Apr 8-12 |
Membrane Transport; Secondary Metabolites (6, 13) |
| 12 |
Apr 12 |
Assignment 3 due |
| 13 |
Apr 15 |
EXAM 3 |
| 13 |
Apr 17-19 |
Mineral Nutrition; Transport in the Phloem (5, 10) |
| 14 |
Apr 22-26 |
Transport in the Phloem; Phytochrome (10, 17) |
| 15 |
Apr 29-May 3 |
Hormones and Growth Regulators (19-24) |
| 15 |
May 3 |
Assignment 4 due |
| 16 |
May 6-10 |
Hormones-2; Graduate Student Reports (19-24) |
| 17 |
May 13 |
EXAM 4 (Mon, 13 May, 9:30 am) |
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