HORT 101 - Fundamentals of Horticulture

Spring 2002  -  Lecture Schedule

Date

Quiz 

Topic

Text Reading Assignment

 

 

 

 

M Jan. 7

 

Introduction

pp. 1-11

W    9

 

Plant Classification

pp. 15-24

M    14

 

Plant Structure and Photosynthesis

pp. 44-51

W    16

Q1

Plant Structure and Function:  Leaves

pp. 93-101

M    21

 

Martin Luther King Holiday, No Class

 

W    23

 

Plant Structure and Functions:  Stems

pp. 35-44

M    28

 

Plant Structure and Function:  Roots

pp. 32-35, 182-187

W    30

Q2

Plant Growth & Development 

pp. 273-301

M    Feb. 4

 

Plant Nutrition

pp. 235-262

W    6

 

Hour Examination 1

 

M    11

 

Flowers and the Induction of Flowering

pp. 51-57, 114-120, 159-160, 301-304

W    12

 

Pollination and Sexual Reproduction

pp. 80-84

M    18

 

Fruits & Fruit Development

pp. 57-62, 278-280, 304-307

W    20

Q3

Ripening, Abscission, Senescence  

pp. 288-292, 307-309

M    25

 

Seeds and Germination

pp. 62-63, 343-352

W    27

Q4

Seedling Establishment

pp. 388-390

M    Mar. 4

 

Asexual Reproduction

pp. 323-343

W    6

 

Hour Examination 2

 

M & W 11 & 13          Spring Break, No Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    18

 

Soils and Growing Media

pp. 215-234

W    20

 

Plant Water Use

pp. 193-213

M    25

 

Plant Responses to Light

pp. 101-134

W    27

Q5

Climates and Temperature

pp. 135-175, 188-190

M    Apr. 1

 

Crop Improvement I

pp. 65-80, 84-89

W    3

Q6

Crop Improvement II

 

M    8

 

Floricultural Crop Production

 

W    10

Q7

Functional Foods

 

M    15

 

Fruit Production
Fruit Production 2

 

W    17

Q8

Vegetable Production

 

M    22

 

Plants in the Landscape

 

W    24

Q9

Tropical Horticulture

 

 

(Quiz 9 is

optional

 

April 29 - May 4

Final Examination as scheduled