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Drs. Hardy and Wagner welcome you to the Millersville University Botany program.

Lecture


Required Text: Stern, KR, JE Bidlack, and SH Jansky. 2008. Introductory Plant Biology, 11th Ed. McGraw
Boston. (ISBN 978-0-07-331421-1.)

Lecture syllabus.

Exam 01 Results (sorted by last 4 digits of MU number).

Lecture Topic 11 Powerpoint: Plant Secondary Metabolites: Caffeine as an Example .
Lecture Topic 15 Powerpoint PDF: The Peanut .

 

Laboratory


Optional Text: DeGraaff, Rushforth, & Crawley. 2004. Photographic Atlas for Botany Laboratory, 4th Ed.
Morton Publishing Co., Englewood.
Other Suggested Materials: Lab notebook for drawings and notes. Cross-reference these to your photographic
atlas. Also, it is a good idea to bring your text book to every lab.

Dr. Hardy's Lab syllabus.

Dr. Wagner's Lab syllabus.

 

Lab Topic 01 (week of Jan 14): Cells & Tissues

Lab Topic 02 (week of Jan 21): Roots

Lab Topic 03 (week of Jan 28): Shoots

Lab Topic 04 (week of Feb 4): Embryogenesis, the Seed, and the Shoot Apical Meristem

Lab Topic 05 (week of Feb 12): Secondary Plant Body (wood and cork)

Lab Topic 06 (week of Feb 18): Market Place & Plant Modifications

Lab Topic 07 (week of Feb 25): Water Relations

Lab Topic 08 (week of Mar 3): Photosynthesis

Lab Topic 09 (week of Mar 17): Tropisms & Hormones

Lab Topic 10 (week of Mar 24): Cyanobacteria & Algae

Lab Topic 11 (week of Mar 31): Early Plants (the free-sporing plants, without seeds)

Lab Topic 12 (week of Apr 14): Seed Plants Part 1. The Gymnosperms

Lab Topic 13 (week of Apr 21): Seed Plants Part 1. The Angiosperms