PLS 002: Botany and Physiology of Cultivated Plants
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This text provides a holistic introduction to the underlying botanical and physiological principles of cultivated plants and their response to the environment. Includes concepts behind plant selection, cultivation, and utilization. Laboratories include discussion and interactive demonstrations.
Front Matter
1: Intro - what is life
2: Plant structure
3: Origin and evolution of land plants
4: Asexual reproduction
5: Sexual reproduction
6: Plant genetics and breeding
7: Biotechnology
8: Basic chemistry and biochemistry
9: Photosynthesis - carbon reactions
10: Photosynthesis - light reactions
11: Plant water relations
12: Photosynthetic adaptations
13: Respiration and metabolism
14: Mineral nutrition
15: Functional morphology and anatomy
16: Environmental plant biology
17: Measuring and analyzing plants
18: Predicting plants
19: Biotic interactions
20: Climate change and plants
Back Matter
Thumbnail: Wheat Field. (Unsplash License; Melissa Askew via Unsplash)