Lectures: T, Th 11:00-12:15 Room: 1260 Franz E. Zeiger Discussion sections: See My UCLA Room: Life Science 5309 Text: Taiz & Zeiger Plant Physiology, 3rd. edition JANUARY Date Lect 10 1 Introduction to the course Ch 1 Overview of plant biology: plant diversity, morphology, cell biology 12 2 Photosynthesis: Chloroplast structure, organization and pigment Ch 7 characteristics. Light reactions: energy capture, ATP and NADPH synthesis 17 3 Photosynthesis: dark reactions, rubisco and photorespiration Ch 8 19 4 Photosynthesis: environmental factors and adaptations, C3, C4 Ch 8 and CAM metabolism Ch 9 24 5 Metabolic regulation: sucrose and starch synthesis, respiration and Ch 11, mitochondrial function 26 6 Mineral Nutrition: essentiality, availability, uptake and Ch 5, 6 transport 31 FIRST MIDTERM FEB 2 7 Mineral Nutrition: Nitrogen metabolism Ch 12 7 8 Cellular water relations, plant cell wall structure, plant cell growth Ch 39 9 Plant water balance, soil water, transpiration, water transport, Ch 4 xylem structure and function 14 10 Phloem translocation. Source-sink relationships Ch 10 16 11 Auxins. Synthesis and degradation. Physiological effects and mode Ch 19 of action. Cell Expansion 21 12 Cytokinins: cell division, tissue culture, hormone interactions Ch.21 23 SECOND MIDTERM 28 13 Ethylene and abscisic acid. Senescence. Fruit ripening. Ch 22,23 Growth inhibition MARCH 2 14 Continued 7 15 Photomorphogenisis, circadian rhythms, phytochrome, blue Ch 17, 18 light responses. 9 16 continued 14 17 Stomatal control and the environment: Light, temperature, and CO2 responses, global warming Ch 9 16 18 Plants and stress: water, heat, flooding anoxia, freezing Ch 25 Final Monday, March 20, 2006, 11:30am-2:30pmIMPORTANT ANNOUCEMENT: There will no make up exams for midterms or the final. You MUST take these tests on the announced dates. GRADING: First Midterm: 100 points Second Midterm 100 points Final exam 200 points Performance in Discussion sessions 100 points TOTAL 500