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Week |
Date |
Lec#
PDF Files |
Topic |
Reading Assignment |
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Jan. 7 |
1 |
Introduction
to plant reproductive biology |
Chap. 2 |
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Jan. 8 |
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Lab 1: Seed germination treatments (No Quiz) |
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Jan. 9 |
2 |
Asexual propagation
– significance & methods |
Chap. 2 |
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| 2 |
Jan. 14 |
3 |
Factors affecting
cutting propagation |
Chap. 3 |
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Jan. 15 |
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Quiz 1 - Lab 2: Deciduous
hardwood cuttings |
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Jan. 16 |
4 |
Etiolation,
source-sink relations |
Chap. 9 |
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| 3 |
Jan. 21 |
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No class -
Martin Luther King Day |
Chap. 9 |
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Jan. 22 |
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Quiz 2 - Lab 3: Coniferous
hardwood cuttings |
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Jan. 23 |
5 |
Auxins, juvenility
PPT
File |
Chap. 9 |
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| 4 |
Jan. 28 |
6 |
Plant growth
regulators in cutting propagation PPT
File |
Chap. 10 |
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Jan. 29 |
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Quiz 3 - Lab 4: Softwood
and leaf cuttings |
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Jan. 30 |
7 |
Plant growth
regulators in cutting propagation PPT
File |
Chap. 10 |
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| 5 |
Feb. 4 |
8 |
Rooting media
effects on root structure
PPT
File |
Chap. 10 |
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Feb. 5 |
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Quiz 4 - Lab 5: Propagating
herbaceous perennials |
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Feb. 6 |
9 |
Layering
PPT
File |
Chap. 14 |
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| 6 |
Feb. 11 |
10 |
Introduction
to Plant Tissue Culture PPT
File |
Chap. 15 |
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Feb. 12 |
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Quiz 5 - Lab 6: Prop.
by specialized stems & roots |
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Feb. 13 |
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EXAM I |
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| 7 |
Feb. 18 |
11 |
Propagation
by specialized stems and roots PPT
File |
Chap. 17 |
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Feb. 19 |
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Quiz
6 - Lab 7: Tissue culture
I: shoot-tip culture & organogenesis |
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Feb. 20 |
12 |
Principles
and methods of tissue culture
PPT
File |
Chap. 17 |
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| 8 |
Feb. 25 |
13 |
Uses of tissue
culture and related techniques PPT
File |
Chap. 18 |
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Feb. 26 |
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LAB PRACTICAL
EXAM I |
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Feb. 27 |
14 |
Biotechnology
and Functional Genomics |
Chap. 18 |
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| 9 |
Mar. 3 |
15 |
Factors affecting
morphogenesis PPT
File |
Chap. 18 |
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Mar. 4 |
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Quiz
7 - Lab 8: Tissue culture
II: embryo & spore culture |
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Mar. 5 |
16 |
Potential
problems with tissue culture PPT
File |
Chap. 18 |
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-- Spring Break March 10-16 -- |
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| 10 |
Mar. 17 |
17 |
Seed Propagation
PPT
File |
Chap. 5 |
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Mar. 18 |
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Quiz
8 - Lab 9: Grafting: willows
& herbaceous plant
grafting |
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Mar. 19 |
18 |
Seed Dormancy
PPT
File |
Chap. 5 |
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| 11 |
Mar. 24 |
19 |
Seed Dormancy:
Part 2 PPT
File |
Chap. 6 |
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