BOT 821 Inorganic Plant Metabolism 3(3,0)F Odd-numbered years. Plant, soil, water, and nutrient relations; permeability; uptake and translocation; transpiration; mineral nutrition. Preq: BIOSC 601 and 602 or consent of instructor.
BOT 822 Organic Plant Metabolism 3(3,0)S Even-numbered years.
Respiration and photosynthesis; synthesis, translocation, storage,
transformation, and degradation of organic materials,
fats,
carbohydrates, proteins, pigments, and nucleic acids.
Preq: BIOSC 601 and 602 and BIOCH
623 or consent of instructor.
BOT 823 Plant Growth and Development 3(3,0)F Even-numbered years. Vegetative and reproductive growth and development from seed to maturity, flowering, fruiting and senescence; natural and synthetic growth regulators; morphogenesis. Preq: BIOSC 601 and 602 and organic chemistry or consent of instructor.
BOT 824 Mode of Action of Growth Substances 4(3,3)S Odd-numbered years. Physiology and biochemistry of both natural and synthetic growth regulators, hormones, growth retardants, herbicides, and other inhibitors; methodology and mechanism of action. Preq: BIOSC 601 and 602 and general biochemistry or BOT 822 or consent of instructor.
BOT 831 Advanced Plant Taxonomy 4(3,3)S Odd-numbered years. Principles of plant classification; relationships and characteristics of major groups of vascular plants. Students collect and identify spring flora of area. Preq: BIOSC 606 or consent of instructor.
BOT 850 Plant Tissue and Cell Culture 3(2,3)F Odd-numbered years. Methods and principles of plant tissue and cell culture: cloning, embryogenesis, protoplast fusion, plant regeneration, potential of plant genetic engineering. Preq: Introductory plant physiology or consent of instructor.
BOT (HORT) 851 Plant Anatomy 3(2,3) S Odd-numbered years. Origin, development, and comparative structures of tissues, systems, and organs of higher plants. Preq: BIOSC 652 or consent of instructor.
BOT (HORT) 861 Plant Cell Biology 3(3,0)F Odd-numbered years. Structure, development, and activities of plant cells; ultrastructural organization uniquely associated with dynamics of cellular growth and development in plants. Preq: BIOSC 601 and 602 or consent of instructor.
BOT (HORT) 921 Plant Physiology Colloquium 1(1,0) Topics from current plant physiology literature provide a forum for criticizing research, conceiving new research ideas, developing research outlines and proposals, and integrating knowledge from various subdisciplines of plant physiology. May be repeated for credit. Preq: BIOSC 401/601 and 402/602 or consent of instructor.