HORT 250 - Lecture Schedule

Fall 2001

Lecture	Date	Topic	Readings from Pandora's Picnic Basket	Suggested readings from Recombinant DNA
1	8-21	Introduction and origins of biotechnology	pp 1-16
2	8-23	DNA as the hereditary material		ch.2
3	8-28	Gene organisation and gene cloning	pp 17-45	ch.5
4	8-30	Gene structure and gene expression		ch.3
5	9-4	Regulation of gene expression		ch.4
6	9-6 Quiz	Regulation of gene expression (continued)		ch.9
7	9-11	Production of transgenic organisms: microbes
8	9-13	Producing proteins in bacteria and fungi		ch 23
9	9-18	Methods to produce transgenic plants		ch 15
10	9-20 Quiz	Methods to produce transgenic plants (continued)
11	9-25	Case Study 1: Manipulating herbicide tolerance in crop plants		ch 24 pp 473-5
12	9-27	Manipulating herbicide tolerance (continued)
13	10-2	Manipulating herbicide tolerance (continued)
14	10-4 Quiz	Benefits and problems of herbicide tolerant crops
	10-9	October Break
15	10-11	Case Study 2: Plants with increased resistance to insects		ch 24 pp 473-4
16	10-16	Plants with increased resistance to insects (continued)
	10-18	MID-TERM EXAM
17	10-23	Release of transgenic organisms into the environment
18	10-25	Biotechnology and the tomato
19	10-30	Biotechnology and the tomato (continued)
20	11-1 Quiz	Plant resistance to microbial pathogens (viruses)
21	11-6	Plant resistance to microbial pathogens (continued)
22	11-8	Improving plant tolerance of environmental stress
23	11-13	Genetic modification of foods, oils and starches
24	11-15 Quiz	Safety and regulation of genetically engineered foods
25	11-20	The agricultural biotechnology industry
	11-22	THANKSGIVING BREAK
26	11-27	Production of transgenic animals		ch 14
27	11-29 Quiz	Animal biotechnology		ch 24 pp 478-82
28	12-4	Patents and innovation in agricultural biotechnology
29	12-6	Biotechnology in less developed countries

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