BIOLOGY 211 PLANT BIOLOGY

TEXTBOOK: Plant Biology by Graham, Graham, and Wilxcox 2^nd edition. Prentice Hall, 2006

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Plant Biology emphasizes seed plant anatomy, morphology, physiology, evolution, and systematics, but surveys all other plant groups as well as fungi and algae.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Students will:

• demonstrate a knowledge of plant cells and tissues and how they function in the plant body
• know the evolutionary history of plants
• understand the life cycles of all major groups of plants
• recognize how plant form and function relate in plant growth and development
• appreciate how bacteria and fungi relate to plants
• understand earth habitats in relation to the plants that grow in them
• understand plants as human food

TOPICS COVERED:

• Plants in the world
• Cells
• Metric units
• Photosynthesis and Respiration
• Primary Growth of Stems
• Stems and transport
• Roots and Plant nutrition
• Leaves, Photosynthesis and Transpiration
• Plant Behavior
• Life Cycles
• Genetic Engineering
• Taxonomy/Phylogeny Geologic Time
• Prokaryotes
• Algae
• Fungi and Lichens
• Bryophytes
• Ferns and Fern Allies
• Gymnosperms
• Angiosperm Diversity and Reproduction
• Ecology and the Biosphere
• Arid Terrestrial Ecosystems
• Moist Terrestrial Ecosystems
• Aquatic Ecosystems
• Plants in the Future World