BIO 442

 

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Bio 442

Plant Physiology (2)

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3

3

Bio 342

 

  • Course Description:

    This course is aimed to provide students with comprehensive exposure to internal plant biochemical processes and signals that mediate plant response to a certain incidence which explain their movement, growth and development.

     

  • Course Main Objective:

    The student will achieve competency concerning the following aspects of plant physiological processes:

    1. Plant growth and development
    2.  Plant phytochromes function in plant
    3.  Plant movement phenomena and their mechanisms
    4.  Plant phytohormones and their physiological role

       

  • Learning Resources
  1. Larcher W. (2003) Physiological Plant Ecology. 4th edition. Berlin: Springer
  2. Taiz L. and Zeiger E. (2010) Plant Physiology, 5 th edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc. ISBN-10: 0878938664 ISBN-13: 978-0878938667
  3. Nature Journal-Plant Physiology
  4. Basic Biology Website
  5. PowerPoint Presentations- workshops
Last Update
10/13/2009 10:29:11 PM