An introductory course, dealing with the morphology, anatomy, cytology growth, biochemistry and physiology of higher plants, with particular reference to crop plants.  Most of the morphological and anatomical aspects will be dealt with by prepared handouts  and practical exercises; lectures will deal mainly with plant growth, development, physiology in biochemistry.

SECTION 1   Cytology: Cell walls, cell membranes and cell organelles

SECTION 2   General anatomy gnat morphology of planets: seeds end seedling development;
                     meristamatic; conducting; photosynthetic and storage structures, and tissues.

SECTION 3   Plant growth and development

                    Maristems; basic function of plant cells; plant cell growth and development; primary and
                    secondary growth of plants;   the measurement of plant growth.

SECTION 4  The control of plant growth, development, and movements

                    Auxins, gibberallins, cytokinins, abscisic acid and ethylene, their modes of action in plants.
                    Introduction to   their use in crop protection and production.

SECTION 5   Seeds and seed germination

                    General structure; of more seeds; chemical composition and   food reserve in seeds; seed
                    dormancy and qermination;    metabolism of germinating seeds.

SECTION 6   Plant-water and mineral relations

                     Metabolic roles of water and mineral nutrients, water potential and electrochemical
                     potential; passage of water   and minerals into, through, and from the plant; the
                     physiology of stomate and water stress
                     Basic principles of plant-mineral nutrition.

SECTION 7   Plant-energy relations

                     The leaf and chloroplasts: structure and functions; CAM, C3, C4, night & day gnseous
                     exchanges; photorespiration; factors affecting photosynthesis and respiration in plants;
                     phloem translocation and source-sink relationships.

SECTION 8   Initiation of flowers and torage organs

                     Photoperiodism and vernalization
 

SECTIONS 1,2,3,5,7                                                                      SECTIONS 4,6,8
by A I ROBERTSON                                                                      by A B Rashbridge