PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANT PRODUCTION

PLANTSCI 320

An exploration of major environmental factors that regulate plant growth and development - temperature, water availability, light, and carbon dioxide. Patterns are studied temporally at the daily, seasonal (yearly), and long-term (climate) time scales, geographically at the local and global scales, and contextually in natural, agricultural, and controlled environment conditions. Includes effects of environmental conditions on plant growth and development, including adaptive mechanisms to stress conditions at the physiological level.

PLANTSCI 333

Survey of the basic principles and concepts of the biology of plants and their application to cultivation of food crops in controlled environments. Integrates topics including: organic systems, sustainability, urban agriculture, and socioecological factors.

BOTANY 802

Gas exchange at the individual plant and community level, energy balance and water relations, nutrient cycling, biomechanical adaptations; growth analysis; adaptations to sun and shade, primary productivity models, physiological ecology of selected plant communities (arctic/alpine, boreal, chaparral, desert, tropical, aquatic).

BOTANY 500

An in-depth look at plant growth, development, respiration, photosynthesis, mineral nutrition, and water relations. Experimental approaches will be used to demonstrate principles described.

PLANTSCI 310

Explores the application of plant science and current technologies in both field and controlled environments to enhance crop production. Analyzes the impacts of these technologies on agroecosystem structure and function, examining the trade-offs that affect productivity, profitability, environmental sustainability, and social outcomes.