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Professor: Diane Robertson [ robertdc@grinnell.edu ]
Description:
This course focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying
the life processes of plants. It will examine major plant functions with emphasis
on the physiology of photosynthesis, respiration, nitrogen metabolism, translocation
and control of growth by light and hormones.
Resources:
Text - Plant Physiology, 3rd edition. Edited by Taiz and Zeiger, Sinauer
Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts, 2002.
Additional Readings from the primary and secondary literature in plant physiology.
Evaluation:
| 2 exams |
200
pt
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(week of Oct. 7 and Nov. 25) |
| Final Project |
100
pt
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| Lab Data Sheets |
90
pt
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| Discussion Participation |
100
pt
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| Comprehensive Final Exam |
200
pt
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690
pt
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(approx.) |
Exams will be given in the designated week; you may arrange a day and time to take them and use as much time as necessary to complete the exams. Exams missed with an excuse verified by Student Affairs may be made up. All late work will have 5 points a day deducted from the total points possible.