|
Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 5-27-97 |
||
|
AGS164
1998 Fall – 2001 Summer II |
L+L
4.0 Credit(s) 6.0 Period(s) 5.4 Load Occ |
|
|
Plant
Growth and Development |
||
|
Principles of growth in relation to seed germination,
emergence, growth and reproduction processes of plants and the environmental
influences on plant growth processes. Prerequisites: None. |
||
Go to Competencies Go to Outline
|
MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
|
|
|
|
|
AGS164 1998
Fall – 2001 Summer II |
Plant Growth and Development |
|
1.
|
Classify common plants according to growth habits,
structural form, agricultural use and botanical relationship. (I) |
|
2.
|
Explain the structural parts and essential functions of
the plant parts. (II) |
|
3.
|
Explain the
importance of the plant growth processes as they pertain to photosynthesis,
respiration, metabolism and translocation and storage. (III) |
|
4.
|
Describe the basic concepts of plant reproductive
processes. (IV) |
|
5.
|
Explain the environmental influences on plant growth
processes. (V) |
|
6.
|
Describe the current bio-technologies that are impacting
traditional horticultural and agricultural practices. (VI) |
|
7.
|
Explain how the relationships between humans and plants
and plant and plant impact in the world that we all share. (VII) |
Go to Description Go to top of
Competencies
|
MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
|
|
|
|
|
AGS164 1998
Fall – 2001 Summer II |
Plant Growth and Development |
|
I. Plant Classification A. Binominal classification
B. Horticultural and
agronomic classification II. Plant Structure A. Roots B. Stems C. Leaves D. Buds E. Flowers F. Seeds III. Plant Growth and
Development A. Photosynthesis B. Respiration C. Translocation IV. Reproductive Processes A. Sexual reproduction B. Vegetative reproduction V. Environmental
Inter-relationships A. Soil and water
management B. Climatic influences C. Biological competition VI. Biotechnology A. Tissue culture B. Breeding C. Genetic engineering VII. Ecology A. Human to plant
relationships B. Plant to plant
relationships C. Greenhouse effect-global
warming D. Ozone-acid rain |