The chapters are from PLANT PHYSIOLOGY by L. Taiz and E. Zeiger, Sinauer Associates Inc, 1998. Links to lecture outlines will be made available prior to each class. Students might find it helpful to bring these notes to class.
| LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPIC | CHAPTER |
| Introduction. Whole plant and organs | 1 (3-9) |
| Tissues and cells | 1 (9-34) |
| Energetics - electrochemical potentials | 2 (35-44) |
| Diffusion and water potential | 3 (61-69) |
| Water balance of plant cells | 3 (69-80) |
| Water movement - roots to stem | 4 (81-87) |
| Water movement - stem-leaves-air | 4 (87-101) |
| Mineral nutrition | 5 (103-124) |
| Solute transport | 6 (125-142) |
| Membrane transport | 6 (132-142) |
| Assimilation of minerals | 12 (323-345) |
| Phloem translocation | 10 (251-263) |
| Phloem translocation | 10 (263-285) |
| Discussion and review for Exam I | 1-6, 10, 12 |
| Gene expression and signal transduction | 14 (379-393) |
| Gene expression and signal transduction | 14 (393-407) |
| Cytoskeleton and cell walls | 15 (409-443) |
| Growth and development | 16 (450-478) |
| Growth analysis | 16 (446-450) |
| Growth regulators: auxins | 19 (543-589) |
| Growth regulators: gibberellins | 20 (591-619) |
| Growth regulators: cytokinins | 21 (621-650) |
| Growth regulators: ethylene | 22 (651-670) |
| Growth regulators: abscisic acid | 23 (671-690) |
| Phytochrome | 17 (483-516) |
| Blue light responses | 18 (517-541) |
| Flowering - clocks and photoperiodism | 24 (691-724) |
| Discussion and review for Exam II | 14-24 |
| Enzymes - structure | 2 (44-49) |
| Enzymes - catalysis and regulation | 2 (49-57) |
| Photosynthesis: light reactions - structure | 7 (155-172) |
| Photosynthesis: light reactions - mechanism | 7 (173-193) |
| Photosynthesis: carbon - PCR cycle | 8 (196-207) |
| Photosynthesis: carbon - PCO cycle and CCMs | 8 (207-218) |
| Photosynthesis: carbon - sucrose and starch | 8 (218-225) |
| Photosynthesis: physiology and ecology | 9 (227-249) |
| Respiration: glycolysis and fermentation | 11 (287-293 |
| Respiration: TCA cycle and ETC | 11 (293-305) |
| Lipid metabolism - structures | 11 (312-321) |
| Stress physiology | 25 (725-757) |
| Plant secondary metabolites and defenses | 13 (347-376) |