BIO 517

AGROSTOLOGY

FALL 2001

General Information

	Class Hours:	3 lecture, 3 lab hours per week
	Credit Hours:	4

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Course Prerequisites

Course Description

Course Objectives

Required Materials

Dissecting equipment, including a millimeter ruler, fine forceps (two pairs recommended), and probes. Ruler and poor-quality forceps may be purchased from the art supplies counter at the bookstore. Quality forceps (#5's) may be purchased from teaching assistant during the first two labs; approximate cost $13. We will make probes in lab--do not purchase.

Three-ring binder with dividers for notes on subclasses, families, drawing paper, pencils

Highly Recommended Additional Materials

Hand-lens (10-25x) available at art/drafting stores and knife shops

Harris, J. G and M. W. Plant Identification Terminology. Spring Lake, Utah, Spring Lake Publishing, 1994. (available from general books dept. of bookstore--ca $18)

Heywood, V. H. Flowering Plants of the World. New York, Oxford University Press, 1993. (available from the general books dept. of bookstore but only if you are rich-ca $55)

Additional References on Reserve at the Library

Judd, W. et al. Plant Systematics, A phylogenetic approach. Sunderland, MA, Sinauer Associates, 1999.

Harris, J. G and M. W. Plant Identification Terminology. Spring Lake, Utah, Spring Lake Publishing, 1994.

Heywood, V. H. Flowering Plants of the World. New York, Oxford University Press, 1993.

Takhtajan, A. Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1997.

Zomlefer, W. Guide to Flowering Plant Families. Univ. of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill, NC, 1994.

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