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Spring 2022

HFSB 101

 

David Wm. Reed - Instructor 
Horticulture-Forest Science Building, Rm. 408 
Cell: 979-777-2750 Office 979-862-7964 Home 979-690-0401
dwreed@tamu.edu

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.What Is a HORT 604 - Applied Physiology of Horticultural Crops
HORT 604 is a basic course in whole plant physiology and development.  It emphasizes the anatomical and physiological bases of many horticultural principles, practices and techniques.The topics to be covered will be selected from the Topics listed below.

Website:

http://hort201.tamu.edu/HORT604/index.html

 

Lecture Videos


Grading Structure:
Distribution Quiz 1-6

Weight Exam or Project
33.3% Weekly Quizzes
33.3% Final Oral Exam
33.3% Project - Individual or Team


TOPICS

ANATOMY AND MORPHOLOGY

Anatomical Structure ( PDF)

Organs and Tissue Systems

Meristems, Meristem Organization and Growth

Anatomy and Morphology

Vegetative - Stems, Roots and Leaves

Reproductive - Flowers, Fruits and Seeds

Anatomical Basis of Adventitious Root/Shoot Formation, Grafting (PDF)

Stages of Graft/Bud Union and Cambium Formation

Origin of Adventitious Root and Shoot Apices

Stages of Adventitious Root and Shoot Formation

Anatomical Basis of Plant Chimeras (PDF)

Apical Organization

Tunica-corpus and mantle-core

L-I, L-II and L-III Organization of Leaf and Flower Chimeras

Considerations in Asexual and Sexual Propagation

Flower Chimeras – Dr. Dan Lineberger

GROWTH:  PLANT AND CROP

Growth Kinetics and Modeling Growth (PDFExcel growth models )

Modeling Growth Rates

Mathematical Measures and Relationships

Net Assimilation Rate, Leaf Area Ratio & Index, Crop Growth Rate

Episodic Growth in Temperate Woody Plants

PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND LIGHT

Mechanisms of Photosynthesis - Dr. Hisashi Kiowa

Light and Growth in Controlled Environments - Dr. Shuyang Zhen

HORMONAL AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

Hormones and Elicitor Molecules (HTML / PDF)

Auxin, Cytokinin, Ethylene, Gibberellic Acid, Abscisic Acid

Brassinosteroid, Jasmonic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Polyamines

Structure, Biosynthesis, Synthetic Forms, and Transport

Physiological and Developmental Effects

Practical and Commercial Applications

Genetic Basis of Life

The Central Dogma and the Genetic Code  (HTML / PDF)

Transgenic Crops and GMOs in Agriculture (HTML / PDF)

SEED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Seed Germination, Seed Priming and Seed Dormancy (HTML / PDF)

Stages of germination

Methods of Priming

         Seed dormancy

     Types

     How overcome

VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Juvenility

Anatomical and Morphological Changes

Approaches to By-pass Juvenile Phase

Dormancy

Nomenclature

How Overcome

Pruning and Growth Manipulation

Apical Dominance

Time of Flowering

Source-Sink Relations (PDF)

Translocation and Mobilization

Hierarchy of Sink Strength

REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Photoperiodism

Type plants

Manipulating photoperiodic plants

Vernalization

Type plants, mechanism and methods.

SENESCENCE AND POST-HARVEST

Source-Sink Relations

Monocarpic Senescence

Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) of fruits and vegetables

Photosynthesis and Respiration Relation