Welcome to Plant Physiology

Spring 2007

Dr. Stephen Marvel
Office: Ulmer 317
Phone: 484-2524
e-mail: smarvel@.lhup.edu
Office Hours: M 11-12; M 1-2; T 8-10; W 11-12
Class Hours: MWF 10-11;  T 2-5, 
                    W 2-4, Th. 2-5

Text Book: Introduction to Plant Physiology, 2ed Ed., Hopkins
Lecture Ulmer 201; MW 10-11
Laboratory Ulmer 321; W 2-4, F 10-11

  

COURSE OVERVIEW

This course presents a treatment of central topics in modern plant physiology. Topics will include: plant-cell biology, ion transport, water relations, translocation, respiration, photosynthesis, mineral nutrition, nitrogen metabolism, plant hormones, stress physiology, and photomorphogenesis. Plant physiology is one of the experimental divisions of botany, thus, laboratory exercises are designed to demonstrate physiological processes in plants and introduce basic techniques used in plant physiological research. The course will be presented with an historical experimental approach to understanding the theoretical aspects of plant function. Through out the semester I will stress how the physical environment (e.g. light, temperature, water, and nutrients) affects plant physiology and subsequently plant evolution. Remember, nothing in biology can be understood except in the light of evolution.
 


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