Drs. Hardy, Wagner, and Zhong 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 1 Study Guide.
Exam 2 Study Guide.
Exam 3 (Final) Study Guide.
Topic 10 - Secondary Metabolites: The Caffeine Example.
Topic 11 - Evolutionary Origin of the Chloroplast.
Topic 13 Powerpoint file - Early Land Plants: Mosses, Liverworts, Ferns and Fern Allies.
Topic 14 Powerpoint file for the Angiosperm component.
Topic 15 Powerpoint file for Some Useful Plants.
Laboratory
Text (may or may not be required): 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
Dr. Zhong's Lab syllabus
Lab Appendix 01 (wee of Jan. 12): Microscopy Primer
Lab Topic 01 (week of Jan 12): Cells & Tissues
Lab Topic 02 (week of Jan 19): Roots
Lab Topic 03 (week of Jan 26): Shoots
Lab Topic 04 (week of Feb 2): Embryogenesis, Seeds, Seedlings, and the Shoot Apical Meristem
Lab Topic 05 (week of Feb 9): Secondary Plant Body (wood and cork)
Lab Topic 06 (week of Feb 16): Market Place & Plant Modifications
Lab Topic 07 (week of Feb 23): Water Relations
Lab Topic 08 (week of Mar 9): Tropisms & Hormones
Lab Topic 09 (week of Mar 16): Photosynthesis
Lab Topic 10 (week of Mar 23): Cyanobacteria & Algae
Lab Topic 11 (week of Mar 30): Early Plants (the free-sporing plants, without seeds)
Lab Topic 12 (week of Apr 6): Seed Plants Part 1. The Gymnosperms
Lab Topic 13 (week of Apr 13): Seed Plants Part 2. The Angiosperms
Lab Topic 14 (week of Apr 20): To be announced.
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