Not available 1977.
Professor Knox, with Drs Murray and Rowan 24 lectures; 72 hours practical work; 8 points.
Prerequisite: Botany 202 or 205 (recommended).
SYLLABUS Regulation of enzyme activity. Nitrogen metabolism in rela- tion to growth and reproduction. Nitrogen fixation in photosynthetic systems. Protein synthesis. Cell recognition by glycoproteins. Lectins, proteolytic enzymes and seed storage mechanisms. Manipulation of yield and composition of plant storage proteins.
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Preliminary reading:
Steward F C Plants at Work, Addison-Wesley 1964
Ray P M The Living Plant 2nd ed, Holt Rinehart & Winston 1972 Prescribed textbooks:
Bidwell R G S Plant Physiology, Macmillan 1974 or
Salisbury F B and Ross C Plant Physiology, Wadsworth 1969
EXAMINATION One 3-hour examination on the completion of the unit;
practical work assessed throughout the course.
302 BOTANY: PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Dr Neales, with Drs Attiwill, Murray and Rowan 24 lectures; 72 hours practical work; 8 points.
Prerequisites: Botany 202 or 205 (recommended).
SYLLABUS Thermodynamic aspects of photosynthesis; structure of chloroplasts; light and dark reactions; metabolism of isolated chioro- plasts; photosynthesis of whole leaves and plant communities; Ca and C4 and CAM plants; adaptive significance.
BOOKS
Preliminary reading:
Fogg G E Photosynthesis, EUP 1968
Bassham J A Scientific American, Freeman June 1962
Govindgee and Govindgee R Scientific American, Freeman December 1974
Prescribed textbooks:
Rabinowitch E 1 and Govindgee Photosynthesis, Wiley 1969 or
Whlttingham C P The Mechanism of Photosynthesis, Arnold 1974 EXAMINATION One 3-hour examination on completion of unit; practical work assessed throughout the course.
303 BOTANY: PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Dr Rowan, with Professor Knox, Drs Calder and Neales 24 lectures; 72 hours practical work; 8 points.
SYLLABUS The internal and external control of plant growth and de- velopment; plant hormones and their action; synthesis of the cell wall;
regulation of plant growth by internal and external factors; kinetics of growth and environmental effects; experimental morphogenesis; environ- mental regulation of growth and development.
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Preliminary reading:
Tоггеу J G Development in Flowering Plants, Macmillan 1967 Philips I D 0 Introduction to the Biochemistry and Physiology of Plant
Growth Hormones, McGraw-Hill 1971 Prescribed textbooks:
Wareing P F and Phillips I D 0 The Control of Growth and Differentia- tion in Plants, Pergamon 1970
Leopold A. C. and Kriedemann P E Plant Growth ind Development, McGraw-Hill 1975
EXAMINATION One 3-hour examination on completion of the unit; prac- tical work assessed throughout the course.
304 BOTANY: ECOLOGY AND PALYNOLOGY Drs Ashton and Duigan
24 lectures; 30 hours practical work; one-week field excursion before first term and three local excursions; 8 points.
Prerequisites: Botany 201 and 204 or 223 (recommended).
SYLLABUS Plant distribution in Australia and surrounding lands, past and present; factors affecting plant formations; climate, soils and regeneration; Quaternary palynology.
BOOKS
Preliminary reading:
Wulff E V An Introduction to Historical Plant Geography, Ch 8-10 Chronica Botanica 1950
Duffey E & Watt A S The Scientific Management of Animal and Plant Communities for Conservation, Blackwell 1971
Prescribed textbooks:
Leeper G W ed The Australian Environment 4th ed, CSIRO and MUP 1970
Specht R L The Vegetation of South Australia 2nd ed, Govt Printer Adelaide 1972
Leeper G W Introduction to Soil Science, MUP 1957
EXAMINATION One 3-hour theory paper and 2-hour practical examina- tion on completion of unit. Report required on preliminary excursion.
305 BOTANY: PROCESSES IN PLANT ECOLOGY Drs Weste and Attiwili
24 lectures; 72 hours practical work, including two full-day excursions;
8 points.
Prerequisites: Botany 202 or 205, 203 (recommended).
SYLLABUS Energy budget in the plant community; primary production and trophic levels; nutrient cycling; decomposition processes and soil transformations; soil organisms; plant pathogens in relation to environ- mental stress, competition and host susceptibility.
EXAMINATION Two 2-hour examinations, one on completion of each section of the unit. Practical work assessed throughout the course.
306 BOTANY: MYCOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY Drs Swart and Weste
24 lectures; 72 hours practical work, including one excursion; 8 points.
Prerequisites: Botany 203 (recommended).
SYLLABUS Distribution and spread of fungi; soil microbiology; general aspects of plant pathology; fungi in industry and medicine; odeteriora- tion.
BOOKS
Preliminary reading:
Large E C The Advance of the Fungi, Cape 1940 Prescribed textbooks:
Talbot P H B Principles of Fungal Taxonomy, Macmillan 1971 EXAMINATION One 3-hour examination on completion of unit; practical work assessed throughout the course.
307 BOTANY: BIOLOGY OF MARINE BENTHIC ALGAE Drs Wetherbee, Kraft and Rowan
24 lectures; 72 hours practical work, including excursions; 8 points.
Prerequisites: Botany 203 or 208 (recommended).
SYLLABUS Systematics, biochemistry, cell biology, reproductive morph- ology, ecology and phylogeny of marine benthic algae of both local and overseas floras.
BOOKS
Preliminary reading:
Scagel R F et al Plant Diversity: An Evolutionary Approach, Wadsworth 1969
Dawson E Y Marine Botany: An Introduction, Holt Rinehart and Winston 1966
EXAMINATION One 3-hour theory examination on completion of unit and continuous assessment of practical work, consisting of 2 x 1-hour practical examinations plus a research project.
308 BOTANY: BIOLOGY OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER PHYTOPLANKTON
Drs Kraft and Wetherbee
24 lectures; 72 hours practical work, including excursions; 8 points.
Prerequisites: Botany 203 or 208 (recommended).
SYLLABUS Morphology, cytology and ecology of phytoplankton classes;
sampling, isolation and culture; characterization and distribution of physiological races within select marine environments. Productivity measurements of phytoplankton.
EXAMINATION One 3-hour theory examination on completion of unit and continuous assessment of practical work, consisting of 1 x 1-hour practical examination plus a research project.
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309 BOTANY: EVOLUTIONARY AND HISTORICAL BOTANY Professor Chambers, Drs Calder and Duigan and Mrs Ladiges
24 lectures; 48 hours practical work or equivalent time, and up to three excursions; 8 points.
Prerequisites: Botany 201 and 203 (recommended).
SYLLABUS Three of the following topics will be taught in any one year.
in 1977 these will be topics 3, 4 and 5.
(1) Plant Life Through Geological Time: Evolutionary trends In non- vascular and vascular plants.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
Banks H P Evolution and Plants of the Past, Macmillan 1972
Foster A S and Gifford E M Comparative Morphology of Vascular Plants or
Sporne K E The Morphology of Pteridophytes 2nd ed, Hutchinson 1966 and
Sporne K E The Morphology of Gymnosperms, Hutchinson 1965 (2) Darwin and Darwinism: Present status of Darwin's evolutionary ideas; discussion of selected controversies associated with neo-Darwln- ism and neo-Lamarckian ideas.
Prescribed textbook:
Darwin, C Origin of Species. Penguin 1974
(3) The Angiosperms—Origin, Evolution and Classification: Origin and evolution of angiosperms; aspects of the development of systems of classification.
(4) Genecology: Natural plant populations; biometric, genetic and ecological analyses of variation and adaptation.
BOOKS
Preliminary reading:
Briggs D and Walter S M Plant Variation and Evolution, WUL 1969 Prescribed textbook:
Stebbins G L Chromosomal Evolution in Plants, Prentice-Hall 1972 (5) History of Botany: Lectures, reading and discussion examining the development of some major concepts, such as the history of Botany in Australia, the herbals to Linnaeus, botanical illustration, the concept of the cell, interpretation of subcellular structure and function, and selected life histories; computation in Botany, photoperiodism.
EXAMINATION One 3-hour examination on completion of unit; assess- ment of essays and seminars throughout the unit.