LECTURE SCHEDULE: Spring 1999
Instructor: Dr. Charles F. Delwiche
Section 3001, TTh 12:30-1:45
Date, Lecture Topics and Assigned Readings in Plants and Society text are
noted below; additional required reading assignments are on the Web Notes
or may be given in class. Readings in Capon are required; those in Levetin
are optional, but are strongly recommended.
Unit I -Introduction to Botanical Knowledge |
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| Date | Lecture(s) | Capon | Levetin | |
January
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28
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1-Introduction to science; What is life? | 11-17 | Chapter 1 |
| February |
2
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2-Introduction to Plants 3-Plant Anatomy and Physiology |
18-34 | Chapter 3, pp. 50-54 |
4
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4-The Cell and Its Constituents | 35-50 | 19-26, 7-15 | |
| 9 | 5-DNA, RNA, and Proteins 6-Mitosis pages |
51-74 | 109-113, 27-29 | |
| 11 | 7-Photosynthesis and Energy 8-Respiration and Carbon Cycle |
137-158 | 54-64, 63-69, 435-438 | |
| 16 | 9-Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction 10-Mendelian Genetics |
185-201 | 74-81, 100-108 | |
| February | 18 | First Exam: Lectures 1-10 | ||
Unit II - Survey of Plant Life |
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| Date | Lecture(s) | Capon | Levetin | |
| February |
23
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12-Plant Systematics; Darwinian Evolution | 75-98 | Chapter 8 |
25
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13-Evolution 14-Adaptations |
99-116 | 42-43 | |
| March |
2
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15-Viruses and Prokaryotes 16-Eukaryotes and Fungi |
128-129,373, 386-393,396-402, 415-426 | |
| 4 | 17-Algae 18-Out of the Water and Spore Formers |
185-201 | 132-137, 137-144 | |
| 9 | 19-Gymnosperms 20-Flowering plants |
117-136 | 144-152, 298-301, 72-74, 77-79, 83 | |
| 11 | 21-Pollination | 159-184 | 79-82 | |
| 16 | 22-Seeds and Fruits | 86-96 | ||
| March | 18 | Second Exam: Lectures 12-22 | ||
Spring Break March 22-26
Unit III - Human Uses of Flowering Plants |
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| Date | Lecture(s) | Capon | Levetin | |
| March |
30
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24-The Origin of Agriculture & Human Nutrition | Chaps 10 & 11 | |
| April |
1
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25-The Grasses 26-Legumes, Starchy Staples |
Chaps 12, 13, 14 pp. 403-410 |
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6
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27-Plant Fibers: Cloth and Paper; Herbs & Spices | Chaps. 17 & 18 | ||
| 8 | 28-Stimulating Beverages | Chap. 16 | ||
| 13 | 29-Medicinal Plants 31-Poisonous and Allergy Plants |
Chaps. 19 & 21 | ||
| 15 | 30-Psychoactive Plants | Chap. 20 | ||
| April | 20 | Third Exam: Lectures 24-31 | ||
Unit IV - Ecology and Agriculture |
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| Date | Lecture(s) | Capon | Levetin | |
| April | 22 | 33-Ecology 34-Succession |
Chapter 25 | |
| 27 | 35-Terrestrial Biomes | |||
| 29 | 36-Aquatic Biomes | |||
| May | 4 | 37-Biodiversity and Species Extinction | ||
| 6 | 38-Atmosphere and the Environment | |||
| 11 | 39-Agriculture and the Environment 40-World Food Problems |
238-249 | ||
| 13 | 41-Plant Biotechnology | 249-253 | ||
| May | 20 | Final Exam: Lectures 33-41 10:30-12:30 in HJP 0226 |
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address:http://www.inform.umd.edu/P
BIO/PBIO/pbio.html
Last revised 1/14/1999 - Delwiche