In addition, participants learn to use more than one type of EM including alignment, perform routine EM procedures, and use specialized EM accessory equipment such as an ultramicrotome, vacuum evaporator, and critical point dryer. Lecture, three hours. Examination of current problems in plant differentiation and its control, primarily at the tissue and whole plant level. A single major topic will be selected each year and will include such subjects as control of morphogenesis in shoot and root apices, flowering, control of cambial growth, pattern formation, plant embryology, and control of the formation of plant organs in culture. May be repeated for credit.
Topics vary from year to year.
Seminars, lectures, and informal discussions by invited speakers, graduate students, and faculty. Topics vary from quarter to quarter, but major emphasis is in the areas of plant physiology, development, and biochemistry. Contemporary research problems. Research students, faculty, and other invited speakers introduce research and review topics.