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LECTURE
INFORMATION – (BIOL/PLHL 3060)
Course materials, including grades and the official course syllabus will be
posted on Blackboard. Other course materials will include study guides for
each lecture, lab results and explanations. Check the Blackboard site
frequently.
ATTENDANCE IN LECTURE IS MANDATORY.
You are responsible for course materials, reading assignments, and all
announcements given in lecture.
COURSE GRADING.
Grades are based on total points accumulated during the semester. There are
700 possible points in the course with the following breakdown.
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300 points |
Three
lecture examinations (100 points each) |
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150 points |
Final
examination (100 points new material, 50 points comprehensive) |
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225 points |
Laboratory
(see information with separate laboratory syllabus) |
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25 points |
Six
unannounced lecture quizzes/activities (lowest grade is dropped)
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GRADE ASSIGNMENTS.
Grades will be assigned based on points scored out of 700 points possible.
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A = 630-700 |
B = 560-629 |
C = 490-559 |
D = 420-489 |
F < 420 |
LECTURE EXAMINATIONS.
Exam questions will be short answer to essay and will come primarily come
from the lecture material and Study Questions (posted for each lecture).
Exam dates are given in the Tentative Semester Schedule.
MISSED EXAMINATIONS.
Students will be permitted to make up exams with a significant, documented
excuse (generally health related, see LSU Policy Statement 22), which should
be submitted to me by 48 hrs before the exam. Requests for make up
exams submitted after the scheduled exam time will only be granted for
extreme emergencies. You must contact me to request a makeup exam by no
later than 48 hours after the time the exam is given or you will receive
a grade of zero. There will be no make-ups for lecture quizzes/activities.
The lowest lecture quiz score/activity will be dropped.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 3060 - TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE
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Date |
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Lec |
Topic |
1Reading
Source |
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Jan. |
15 |
1 |
Introduction/Plant Cells |
Web 1.1;
5-27 |
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17 |
2 |
Properties
of H2O/Solutions |
27-31; 37-53 |
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22 |
3 |
Water
Potential/Measurements |
37-53 |
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24 |
4 |
Water in
Cells |
37-53 |
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29 |
5 |
Xylem
Transport/Transpiration |
53-69 |
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31 |
6 |
Water
Balance/Solutes |
69-71;
73-79; 86-91 |
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Feb. |
4-6 |
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MARDI GRAS
HOLIDAY |
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7 |
7 |
Membrane
Transport |
95-109 |
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12 |
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EXAM I (Lectures 1-6) |
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14 |
8 |
Photosynthesis/Light Reactions |
125-132;
134-137; Fig 7.22; 148-150 |
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19 |
9 |
Photosynthesis/Calvin Cycle |
137-142;147-148; 151-153; 159-168 |
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21 |
10 |
Calvin Cycle
Regulation/C2 Cycle |
168-181 |
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26 |
11 |
Concentrating CO2/Starch |
181-193;
203-206 |
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28 |
12 |
Environment/Phloem Structure |
211-216;
221-232 |
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Mar. |
4 |
13 |
Phloem
Transport |
233-250 |
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6 |
14 |
Respiration |
253-265 |
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11 |
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EXAM II (Lectures 7-13) |
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13 |
15 |
Respiration
II /Lipids |
265-278 |
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17-23 |
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SPRING BREAK |
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25 |
16 |
Nitrogen
Assimilation |
278-296 |
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27 |
17 |
Nitrogen
Fixation/Sulfur |
296-306;
315-318 |
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Apr. |
1 |
18 |
Synthesis of
2° Metabolites |
318-333 |
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3 |
19 |
Herbivores &
Pathogens/Growth |
334-342;
364-370 |
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8 |
20 |
Differentiation/Auxins I |
410-413;
467-475; 484-487 |
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10 |
21 |
Auxins |
488-500;
509-512 |
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15 |
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EXAM III (Lectures 14-20) |
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17 |
22 |
Gibberellins |
512-521;
527-529 |
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22 |
23 |
Cytokinins |
543-562 |
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24 |
24 |
Ethylene |
571-584;
593-596 |
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29 |
25 |
Abscisic
Acid/Phytochrome |
596-603;
417-423; 433-440 |
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May |
1 |
26 |
Circadian
Rhythms/Flowering |
635-637;
648-657 |
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5 |
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FINAL EXAM
(Lects 21-26, 100 pts; Comprehensive, 50 pts) |
3:00-5:00pm; Monday, May 5
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1Chapters
in required text:
Plant
Physiology, 4th ed., Taiz and Zeiger, 2006.
Specific pages will be assigned in lecture. “Web” refers to the website
www.plantphys.net that accompanies
the text.
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