Plant Physiology (26-345/545)
Spring, 2006
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Bob Wise, 424-3404, Room HS 16, wise@uwosh.edu
ORGANIZATION: This course (5 credits) has three one-hour lectures and one four-hour laboratory a week.
Lecture topics will stick pretty closely to the syllabus, although some lectures will get a little ahead and
others a bit behind.
LECTURE:MWF from 1:50-2:50, Room HS456
LABORATORY: Thursday 11:30-3:30, Room HS56
OFFICE HOURS: MWF from 3:00-4:00
TEXTBOOK: Hopkins, W.G. and N.P.A. Huner. 2004. Introduction to Plant Physiology, 3rd ed., John Wiley and
Sons, New York, 560 pp.
EXAMS: There will be four, 100-point, short-essay-style exams on the lecture material during the semester (see
syllabus for dates). Makeup exams are possible, but they are a real pain in the butt for both me and you.
Although I strongly discourage their use, let’s deal with these on an as-needed basis.
LABORATORY: Most labs will probably finish early, others will run late, and still others will take two to
thirteen weeks from beginning to end and may require someone to come in at non-lab times to water plants
or record data.
LABORATORY ASSIGMENTS: We will conduct eighteen different laboratory exercises in the 13 weeks of lab.
Students will be required to turn in (on the due dates shown in the laboratory syllabus) an abstract (and
possible data sheets, etc.) for ten of the eighteen laboratory exercises. They will be graded (maximum = 10
points) and returned within a week.
GRADUATE PROJECT: A research project will be required. Don and Chris, talk to me and we’ll design projects.
GRADING: UNDERGRADUATE
Lecture Exams (4 x 100 pts)
Laboratory Abstracts (10 x 10 pts)
Total
400 points
100 points
500 points
Lecture Exams (4 x 100 pts)
Laboratory Abstracts (10 x 10 pts)
Graduate Project
Total
400 points
100 points
100 points
600 points
GRADING: GRADUATE
GRADING SCALE:
100-90.0 = A
89.9-87.0 = AB
86.9-80.0 = B
79.9-77.0 = BC
76.9-70.0 = C
69.9-67.0 = CD
66.9-60.0 = D
<59.9 = F
ATTENDANCE: Attendance in Lecture and Laboratory is required. Making up missed labs is not possible.
STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT:
Students are referred to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Student Discipline Code as detailed in
Specific provisions of Chapter 14 of the State of Wisconsin Administrative Code. Any student(s) found in
violation of any aspect of the above Code (as defined in sections UWS 14.02 and 14.03) will receive a sanction
as detailed in UWS 14.05 and 14.06. Sanctions range from an oral reprimand to expulsion from the University
of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Students have the right to request a hearing and to appeal sanctions (as defined in UWS
14.08-14.10).
Students with disabilities should contact their lecture and lab instructors in the first week of class in order
to arrange all possible accommodations.
Syllabus--Biology 345/545
Plant Physiology
Spring 2006
Date
Jan 30
Feb 1
Feb 3
Lecture number and topic
1 Organelles, cells, tissues and plant classification
2 Water, pH and organic chemistry
3 Proteins and membranes
Feb 6
Feb 8
Feb 10
4
5
6
Cytoskeleton, cell cycle and cell walls
Seed germination and water potential
Cell Expansion and IAA
Feb 13
Feb 15
Feb 17
7
8
9
Germination and energy trapping in biological systems
Respiration: Glycolysis and Krebs Cycle
Respiration: Mitochondrial e- transport, ATPase
Feb 20
Feb 22
Feb 24
10
11
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Respiration: Control and energy yields
Heat, enzymes and reaction rates
Exam I (lectures 1-10)
Feb 27
March 1
March 3
12
13
14
Enzymes: Kinetics and regulation
Seed germination and mobilization of food reserves
Phloem: structure and function and Münch pressure flow hypothesis
March 6
March 8
March 10
15
16
17
Mineral nutrition and ion uptake
Mechanism of ion absorption
Seedling growth and gravitropism
Spring Break--March 11-19
March 20
March 22
March 24
18
19
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Etiolation and seedling emergence
Photomorphogenesis and phytochrome
Exam II (lectures 11-18)
March 27
March 29
March 31
20
21
22
Photosynthesis: Chloroplasts
Photosynthesis: Pigments, light absorption and Z scheme
Photosynthesis: Thylakoids and protein complexes
April 3
April 5
April 7
23
24
25
Photosynthesis: Cyclic e- transport, photophosphorylation, and ratios
Photosynthesis: Dealing with excess energy
Photosynthesis: The Calvin-Benson cycle
April 10
April 12
April 14
26
27
28
Photosynthesis: Photorespiration
Photosynthesis: C3, C4 and CAM
Photosynthesis: Morphological and physiological adaptations
April 17
April 19
April 21
29
30
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Photosynthesis: Stomatal physiology
Photosynthesis: Transpiration and anatomy of xylem
Exam III (lectures 19-28)
April 24
April 26
April 28
31
32
33
Photosynthesis: Assimilation of N
Stress physiology: Abiotic (environmental)
Stress physiology: Biotic (weeds and plant pathology)
May 1
May 3
May 5
34
35
36
Plant movements: Tactic, tropic and nastic
Biological clocks and floral induction
Fertilization and floral development
May 8
May 10
May 12
37
38
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Seed maturation and dormancy
Bud dormancy and tissue hardening
Exam IV (lectures 29-38)