BIOL252-09S2 (C) Semester Two 2009

Plant Organisation and Physiology

22 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2009
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 July 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 October 2009

Description

Plant cell organisation and function. Plant form, growth, development and physiology. The physiology of plants under stress. Experimental manipulation of plants.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of this course students should have a firm appreciation of the functioning of plants at the cellular and whole-plant level and the responses of plants to cues and stresses in their environment. Students will also have been exposed to techniques for the experimental manipulation of plants in both basic and applied research.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

PAMS202, FORE214, FORE219

Timetable Note

Labs start week beginning 13th July 2009 at 2.10 pm.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Matthew Turnbull

Lecturers

David Collings and Paula Jameson

Lab Coordinator

Manfred Ingerfeld

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 45%
2 x 15% Lab Reports 30%
Mid Course Test 25%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Taiz, Lincoln. , Zeiger, Eduardo; Plant physiology ; 4th ed; Sinauer Associates, 2006 (Will be placed on reserve in the library during the course).

Recommended Reading

Burgess, Jeremy; An introduction to plant cell development ; Cambridge University Press, 1985 (Will be placed on reserve in the library during the course).

Butterfield, B. G. , Meylan, B. A., Peszlen, Ilona M; A fatest háromdimenziós szerkezete = Three dimensional structure of wood ; Hungarian ed; Faipari Tudomanyos Alapitvany, 1997 (Will be placed on reserve in the library during the course).

Esau, Katherine; Anatomy of seed plants ; 2d ed.; Wiley, 1977 (Will be placed on reserve in the library during the course).

Gunning, Brian E. S. , Steer, Martin W; Plant cell biology : structure and function ; Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1996 (Will be placed on reserve in the library during the course).

Gunning, Brian E. S. , Steer, Martin W; Ultrastructure and the biology of plant cells ; Edward Arnold, 1975 (Will be placed on reserve in the library during the course).

Notes

This is an essential course for all students interested in plant biology, biotechnology and ecology.

As in all BIOL courses, a satisfactory performance is required in both the course work, the test and the final examination. This means you must attend all class activities and submit all items of assessment unless you have a very good reason not to (e.g. medical reasons). If you fail to do this you may fail the course.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $911.00

International fee $4,143.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Biological Sciences .

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