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Week |
Date |
Lec#
PDF Files |
Topic |
Instructor |
| 1
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Aug 24
(M) |
1
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Course Outline and Logistics
Plant Physiology: A Systems Approach from Seed Germination to Reproduction
|
Schulz & Hasegawa |
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Aug 24
(M) |
|
Introduction to Lab |
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Aug 26
(W) |
2
|
The Plant Cell
|
Hasegawa |
|
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Aug 28
(F) |
3
|
Cell Membranes and Wall
|
Hasegawa |
|
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2
|
Aug 31
(M) |
4
|
Seed Germination
Lecture
|
Hasegawa |
|
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Aug 31
(M) |
|
Lab 1:
Pigments
|
Parsons |
|
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Sept 2
(W) |
5 |
Seed Germination: Signaling and Gene Regulation, and Phytohormones
|
Hasegawa |
|
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Sept 4
(F)
|
6 |
Heterotrophic Seedling Development/“Skotomor-phogenesis”
|
Schulz |
|
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3
|
Sept 7 (M)
|
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Labor Day – No class |
|
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Sept 7 (M)
|
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Labor day – No lab |
|
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Sept 9 (W)
|
7
|
Vegetative Growth and Development: Photoreceptors
|
Schulz |
|
|
Sept 11 (F) |
8 |
Phytochrome: the classical photoreceptor
|
Schulz |
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4
|
Sept 14 (M)
|
9
|
Phytochrome: Regulation of light responses
|
Schulz |
|
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Sept 14
(M)
|
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Lab 2:
Seed Germination α-Amylase
|
Parsons |
|
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Sept 16 (W)
|
10
|
Tropisms and Polarity
|
Schulz |
|
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Sept 18
(F)
|
|
Midterm Exam 1
|
Hasegawa |
| |
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|
5
|
Sept 21 (M)
|
11 |
Photosynthesis: Light Reactions |
Gutensohn |
|
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Sept 21 (M)
|
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Lab 3: Phytohormones
|
Weizbauer |
|
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Sept 23 (W)
|
12
|
Photosynthesis: Dark Reactions (Carbon Fixation)
|
Gutensohn |
|
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Sept 25 (F)
|
13
|
Photorespiration |
Gutensohn |
|
|
|
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|
|
6 |
Sept 28 (M) |
14 |
Respiration |
Schulz |
|
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Sept 28 (M)
|
|
Lab 4: Thermotolerance I |
Weizbauer |
|
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Sept. 30
(W) |
15 |
Primary Metabolism |
Schulz |
|
|
Oct 2 (F)
|
16
|
Secondary Metabolites in Plant Development
|
Dudareva |
|
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|
7
|
Oct 5 (M) |
17
|
Plant Nutrition |
Hasegawa |
|
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Oct 5 (M) |
|
Lab
5
:
Thermotolerance II
|
Weizbauer |
|
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Oct 7 (W)
|
18
|
Nitrogen Fixation
|
Schulz |
|
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Oct 9
(F)
|
19
|
Mineral Nutrition: Solute Transport
|
Hasegawa |
| |
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| 8 |
Oct 12 (M)
|
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October Break - No class
|
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Oct 12 (M)
|
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October Break - No lab
|
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|
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Oct 14
(W) |
20
|
Physiological Properties of Water
|
Hasegawa |
|
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Oct 16 (F)
|
21
|
Water Movemenet Through Plants
|
Hasegawa |
|
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|
9
|
Oct 19 (M)
|
22
|
|
Hasegawa |
|
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Oct 19 (M)
|
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Lab 6:
Biotechnology
|
Hosmani |
| |
Oct 21 (W)
|
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Midterm Exam 2
|
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Oct 23 (F)
|
2
3
|
Water Relations and Horticulture
|
Mickelbart |
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| 10
|
Oct 26 (M)
|
24 |
Weed Science and Herbicide Action |
Weller |
|
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Oct 26
(M)
|
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Lab 7: Water transport and transpiration I |
Hosmani |
|
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Oct 28 (W)
|
25
|
Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Farming
|
Weller |
|
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Oct 30
(F) |
26 |
Sucrose, Starch and Cellulose Biosynthesis
|
Schulz |
|
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|
| 11
|
Nov 2
(M)
|
27 |
Phloem Translocation, and Carbon Allocation and Partitioning
|
Hasegawa |
|
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Nov 2
(M)
|
|
Lab 8:
Water transport and transpiration II
|
Hosmani |
|
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Nov 4
(W)
|
28 |
Molecular Genetics and Genetic Transformation
|
Hasegawa |
|
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Nov 6 (F)
|
29 |
Translational Plant Physiology
|
Schulz |
|
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| 12
|
Nov 9 (M)
|
30 |
Abiotic and Biotic Stress Physiology
Responses to Pathogens and Herbivores (Biotic Stress) |
Hasegawa |
|
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Nov 9 (M)
|
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Lab 9:
Independent Research
|
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Nov 11 (W)
|
31
|
Plant Water Deficit Responses
|
Hasegawa |
|
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Nov
13 (F)
|
32
|
Thermotolerance and Cold Acclimation
|
Hasegawa |
|
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|
| 13
|
Nov 16 (M)
|
33
|
Flooding and Oxygen Deprivation
|
Hasegawa |
|
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Nov 16
(M)
|
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Lab 10: Independent Research
|
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Nov 18 (W)
|
34
|
Salinity
|
Hasegawa |
| |
Nov 20 (F)
|
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Midterm Exam 3 |
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| 14
|
Nov 23(M)
|
35
|
Environmental Aspects of Photosynthesis and Photorespiration |
Schulz |
|
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Nov 23(M)
|
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Lab 11:
Independent Research
|
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Nov 25 (W)
|
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Thanksgiving Vacation - no class |
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Nov 27
(F) |
|
Thanksgiving Vacation - no class
|
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| 15
|
Nov 30
(M) |
36
|
Flowering
|
Hasegawa |
|
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Nov 30
(M)
|
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LAB 12: Independent Research
|
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Dec 2
(W)
|
37
|
Flowering and Horticulture
|
Lopez |
|
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Dec 4 (F)
|
38
|
Fertilization and Embryogenesis
|
Hasegawa |
|
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16
|
Dec 7
(M) |
39
|
Seed Storage Development and Dormancy
|
Schulz |
|
Dec 7 (M)
|
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LAB 13: Independent Research Results |
|
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Dec 9 (W)
|
40 |
Fruit Ripening |
Schulz |
|
Dec 11 (F) |
41 |
Senescence as an developmental program |
Schulz |
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