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PLANT CELL CULTURE AND GENETIC ENGINEERING

AGRONOMY/BOTANY/HORT 340
Course Description

Presents an overview of the techniques, biology and underlying theory of plant tissue culture, genetic engineering and genome editing. Overviews of research and commercial applications, and issues/challenges in the area of plant biotechnology are also covered.

Prerequisties

(BIOLOGY/BOTANY 130 , BIOLOGY/BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 152 , BIOLOGY/ZOOLOGY 102 , or BIOCORE 381 ) and (CHEM 104 , CHEM 109 , or CHEM 116 ), or graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.21

3.57% from Historical

Completion Rate
92.86%

-1.48% from Historical

A Rate
50%

74% from Historical

Class Size
14

28.74% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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