Welcome
to BIOL 366 – Plant Physiology
Spring Term 2013
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday; 10.30 -11.20 am
Cunningham 146
Biology
366: Outline of Lecture Topics
|
Lect. Period |
Date |
Topic |
Readings (Taiz
) |
Lab
Topic (weekly) |
Wk |
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1 |
Jan
4 |
What
is Plant Physiology |
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2 |
8 |
Ch
1: 1-5 |
1.
Basic dilutions, |
1 |
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I. Plants, Water, and Minerals |
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plant
morphology |
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3 |
9 |
Ch
3: 67-78 |
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|
4 |
11 |
Whole
plant water relations (slides) |
Ch
4: 85-96 |
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5 |
15 |
Water
movement in plants |
Ch
4: 96-100 |
2.
Tissue culture |
2 |
|
|
6 |
16 |
Mineral
nutrition - (slides) the essential elements |
Ch
5: 107-19 |
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|
7 |
18 |
Mineral
nutrition - ion uptake by roots (slides)
|
Ch
6: 131-53 |
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8 |
22 |
Mineral
nutrition - cellular
ion uptake (slides) |
Ch
6: 153-55 |
3.
Mineral Nutr I |
3 |
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II. Photosynthesis, Energy & Metabolism |
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|
9 |
23 |
Photosynthesis:(slides) light
reactions I |
Ch
7: 164-88 |
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10 |
25 |
Photosynthesis:
light reactions II |
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|
11 |
29 |
Ch
8: 199-216 |
4.
H2O conduction |
4 |
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|
12 |
30 |
Ch
8: 216-23 |
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|
13 |
Feb 1 |
Ecological
aspects of photosynthesis (slides)
|
Ch
9: 244-54 |
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|
14 |
5 |
Transport
and storage of photoassimilate (slides) |
Ch
10: 271-94 |
5.
Photosynthesis |
5 |
|
|
15 |
6 |
Assimilation
of mineral nutrients (slides) |
Ch
12: 343-51 |
|
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|
16 |
8 |
Symbiotic
nutrient aquisition |
Ch
12: 351-58 |
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III.
Growth and Development |
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|
17 |
12 |
Patterns
of plant development |
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6.Plant
growth |
6 |
|
|
18 |
13 |
Midterm
Test (Answer Key) |
|
regulators |
|
|
|
19 |
15 |
Molecular
tools for plant biology (slides)
|
17:
493-503, 505-09 |
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|
18-22 |
Reading
Break:
no lectures or labs |
|
no lab |
|
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|
20 |
26 |
Ch
18: 521-28, 531-34 |
7.
Nitrog Fixation |
7 |
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21 |
27 |
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|
22 |
Mar
1 |
Plant
growth regulators (PGRs): auxins |
Ch
19: 545-78 |
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|
|
23 |
5 |
PGRs:
cytokinins (slides) |
Ch
21: 621-42 |
8.
Seed Germin'n. |
8 |
|
|
24 |
6 |
PGRs:
gibberellins (slides)
|
Ch
20: 583-97; 605-07 |
&
Respiration |
|
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|
25 |
8 |
Ch
23:673-78, 684-92 |
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|
26 |
12 |
Ethylene
Ch
22: 649-67 (slides) |
Ch
24: 698-710 |
9.
Poster Present'n |
9 |
|
|
27 |
13 |
<>Brassinoster./Jasmonates (slides) |
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|
28 |
15 |
Photoperiodism and Flowering (slides) |
|
|
10 |
|
|
29 |
19 |
Ecological
adaptation and photoperiod (slides)
Bohlenius
2006 |
|
Review |
|
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|
30 |
20 |
Mycorrhizal
associations (references) |
Ch
5: 125-6 |
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|
31 |
22 |
Physiology of mycorrhizae |
|
|
11 |
|
|
32 |
26 |
Abiotic
stress (slides) physiology |
Ch
26: 755-778 |
Lab
Exam |
|
|
|
33 |
27 |
Stress
physiology (slides) - plant defense EASTER |
|
|
|
|
|
34 |
April
2 |
Secondary
Metabolism & chemical ecology |
Ch
13: 369-86 |
(no
lab) |
12 |
|
|
35 |
3 |
Special
topics in Plant Phyiology (slides) |
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|
36 |
April
5 |
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INSTRUCTOR: Dr. C Peter Constabel (cpc@uvic.ca)
Office: Cunn. 147a, ph. 250-721-5140
LAB
COORDINATOR:
Brendan
Porter
COURSE
OBJECTIVES:
To gain a basic
understanding
of how plants function. Topics include the capture of light energy for
growth
and metabolism, water relations, plant nutrition, transport processes,
plant
development and its control, and responses to environmental stimuli.
The
laboratory exercises reinforce these concepts and provide practical
experience
into experimental plant physiology.
TEXTBOOK: Taiz, L. & Zeiger, E. Plant Physiology, 5th Edition (2010), Sinauer.
Additional
readings may be assigned as necessary.
LAB MANUAL: Biology 366 Laboratory Manual 2013 Plant Physiology (available from the Bookstore)
WEB
MATERIAL:
Brief notes for
each lecture
will be made available after the lectures on my lab home page
(http://web.uvic.ca/~cpc/teaching.html). Please
be aware that these are outlines rather than detailed notes, which
are
provided to help you organize and review the lecture material. It is therefore imperative that you attend
lectures. Exams will largely be based on lecture material, but
readings
from the textbook will help reinforce the concepts.
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EVALUATION: |
Mid-term
examination (Feb 13, 2013) |
20% |
|
|
Lab |
35 % |
|
|
Final
examination: (April 2013) Total |
45% 100% |
Grading system: Percentages
converted to letter grades
A+ 90-100
A 85-89
A- 80-84
B+ 77-79
B 73-76
B- 70-72
C+ 65-69
C 60-64
D 50-59
F 0-49
There will be no
supplemental
exam. Make-up final exams will only be considered if a Request for
Academic
Concession is provided. There will be no make-up midterm exams; if you
miss a
midterm for a documented medical or
family reason, the evaluation breakdown will be adjusted accordingly.