PPWS 3514: Plant Physiology Lab
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General Introduction
- Semester: every Spring
- Prerequisites: highly suggested PPWS 3505
- Instructor: Dr. Cynthia Denbow
A laboratory course designed to illustrate basic physiological principles related to nutrient deficiencies, membrane permeability and composition, water/nutrient absorption and translocation, transpiration, photosynthesis, physiological functions of growth regulators, enzyme activity, and some fundamental plant anatomy.
- Microscope use; plant anatomy
- Measurement of photosynthesis
- Enzyme activity
- Buffers and pH
- Membrane composition and effects of temperature, chemicals
- Thin Layer Chromatography of plant pigments and absorption spectra
- Effects of plant growth regulators and light on seed germination
- Effects of plant growth regulators on shoot growth
- Nutrient deficiency symptoms and hydroponics
- Required: Laboratory manual and lecture supplements available as pdfs on Blackboard