Course Description

BI419* Comparative Plant Physiology 1.0

A lecture, student seminar and laboratory course on the relationships between plant structure and function, and on growth and development of higher plants. Topics include: xylem and water relations; phloem and translocation; roots and mineral nutrition; nodules and nitrogen fixation; leaf and chloroplast anatomy related to photosynthesis and photorespiration; plant hormones and their roles in growth; dormancy, photoperiodism and flowering.†

Prerequisite: BI263*, or BI366*, or both BI204 and BI207; both CH202 and CH203.

Exclusion: Exclusion: BI313, BI314.

3 lecture hours, 3 lab hours

Official electronic version updated at 4:25 p.m. December 18, 2003

M. Watson, Editor Course Timetable