The art of plant propagation is as old as civilization. Throughout human history, farmers and gardeners have observed, learned, and adapted from nature ways to multiply plants in cultivation. This course explores the principles and practices for increasing plant numbers with emphasis on the anatomical and physiological basis for various methods. Exploration of lecture concepts via seed starting, tissue culture, cuttings, layering, grafting, and other practical techniques. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (EI)
(RE) Prerequisite(s) : PLSC 210. Comments: Typically offered spring semester

Other Instructors: Occhialini, Alessandro | Pulte, Andy

Discussion and readings related to the seed as a biological system: its formation, development, dormancy, germination and viability.
Recommended Background: Coursework in plant physiology.
Comment(s): Typically offered Spring semester in alternate years that end with an even number.

Physiological and ecological principles of plants and the relation of those principles to plant responses to the environment. Water relations, gas exchange, stress physiology, seed biology, plant competition, plant defense.

Recommended Background: Plant physiology coursework.
Comment(s): Typically offered Fall semester in alternate years that end with an even number.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate or permission of instructor.