BOTANY 402/502  PLANT ANATOMY

Classroom:  306 PSN

Meeting times:  M W  1:00 - 1:50  Lecture  W  2:00 - 3:50  Laboratory

Instructor:   Roger D. Meicenheimer  (Comments from me on your electronic work will be in this hue)
Office:               358 PSN
Phone #:           529-7012
Office Hours:    M W  9:00 - 11:00;  or by individual arrangement
Email:              MeicenRD@muohio.edu
Internet Home Page:  http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~meicenrd

Biographical Information:

•      Native of eastern Oregon
•      BA (1975) - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
•      MS (1978) - Washington State University, Pullman, WA
•      Ph.D. (1980) - Washington State University, Pullman, WA
•      Postdoctoral Position (1980) - North Central Forest Experiment Station, Rhinelander, WI
•      Assistant Professor (1981); Associate Professor (1987); Professor (1992) - Miami University, Oxford, OH

Research Interests:

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Objectives of the course:

• To provide students with skills necessary to section and stain fresh plant material in preparation for study of plant anatomy.
• To train students in the proper use of the compound light microscope and to give them experience in interpreting images that they see through the microscope in terms of how plant structure is related to function.
• To provide students with skills in modern microscopic digital image capture, processing and analysis techniques useful in plant anatomical studies.
• To instill in students an appreciation for the complexity of tissue organization that exists within plant bodies that allow plants to develop and live as integrated organisms in diverse environments.

Ways that this course can fit into your program:

• BOT 402 Undergradute Credit This is a 3 credit hour laboratory course which:
• Fullfills requirement V.C.  for A. B. degree in Botany.
• Fullfills requirement V.C.  for B. S. degree in Botany.
• Fullfills requirement V.C.  for B. S. with Environmental Science Emphasis degree in Botany.
• Fullfills requirement IV.C. in Environmental Management and Forestry Duke-Miami Cooperative Program
• Fullfills requirement e. in the Botany Minor with a theme of Conservation and the Environment
• Fullfills requirement c. in the Botany Minor with a theme of Molecular Processes
• BOT 502 Graduate Credit
• Does your thesis/dissertation research have a plant anatomy component?  If so then this course will help you address that aspect of your research!  In addition to the exam and laboratory requirements, graduate students will complete an independent project on an aspect of plant anatomy that is of interest to them and which involves the skills and techniques learned in this course.  The project must be pre-approved by the instructor

Prerequisite for this course:

BOT 402 Grade Information:

 BOT 502 Grade Information:

*Graduate Students will complete an independent project involving the skills and techniques learned in this course.  The project must be pre-approved by the instructor
 

Textbooks:

     1.  Dickison, W. C. 2000. Integrative Plant Anatomy.  Academic Press.
     2*.  Meicenheimer, R. D. 2005.  Electronic Plant Anatomy Laboratory Exercises.
     3*.  Meicenheimer, R. D. 2005.  CD-ROM Plant Cell Expert System.
     4.  Selected articles via pdf format (RR#)

       * Students will be loaned Samsung Q1 Ultra computers that have items 2 and 3 preloaded on hard disk.  Purchase ($25) of this  electronic media in CD format that can be run on their personal desk top computers is optional and not required for successful completion of the course.

WEEK	LECTURE TOPIC	LECTURE TOPIC	LABORATORY TOPIC	ASSIGNED READING
MICROSCOPY
1 (JAN 10,12)	Introduction to the Class & the "Paperless" Environment History of Plant Anatomy	Types of Microscopy	Principles of Optics  and Microscopy Instructions for elabs	RR1 History of Plant Anatomy RR2 Light Microscopy
2 (JAN 17,19)	NO CLASS	Digital Microscopy	Digital Microscopy CoolPix 775 Kit	RR3 Image Processing Basics RR4 Image Processing Examples
BASIC PLANT CELL HISTOLOGY
3 (JAN 24,26)	Cell Contents	Cell Contents	Hand Sectioning and Histology of Cell Contents	Ch 1
4 (JAN 31, FEB 2)	Plant Extracellular Matrix	Plant Extracellular Matrix	Hand Sectioning and Histology of Cell Contents	Ch 1
BASIC PLANT CELL TYPES
5 (FEB 7, 9)	Apical Meristem; Vascular Cambium; Phellogen	Epidermis; Guard Cells	Histology of Plant Extracellular Matrix	Ch 2
6 (FEB 14, 16)	HOUR EXAM THROUGH PLANT EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX	Parenchyma; Collenchyma	Histology of Plant Extracellular Matrix   ELAB's GRADED	Ch  13, 9
7 (FEB 21,23)	Sclereids; Fibers	Tracheids; Vessel Elements	Introduction to the MU Plant Cell Expert System Expert System Inquiry	Ch 3 MUPCES Tutorial
8 (FEB 28, MAR 2)	Sieve Cells; Sieve Tube Elements; Laticifers	Laticifers	Expert System Inquiry	Ch 4
9 (MAR 7, 9)	SPRING BREAK	SPRING BREAK	SPRING BREAK	SPRING BREAK
FUNCTIONAL TISSUE SYSTEMS
10 (MAR 14, 16)	Supportive Systems	Supportive Systems	Expert System Inquiry	Ch 15
11 (MAR 21, 23)	HOUR EXAM THROUGH LATICIFERS	Protective Systems	Expert System Inquiry LABOOKS GRADED	Ch 12
12 (MAR 28, 30)	Protective Systems	Absorptive Systems	Functional Tissue Systems of Your Study Plant	Ch 10
13 (APR 4, 6)	Absorptive Systems	Transport Systems Xylem	Functional Tissue Systems of Your Study Plant	Ch 8
14 (APR 11, 13)	Transport Systems Phloem	Transport Systems Transfer Cells	Functional Tissue Systems of Your Study Plant	Ch 7
15 (APR 18, 20)	Photosynthetic Systems C3, C4 & CAM Plants	Storage Systems Water & Elaborated Reserves; Secretory/Excretory Systems - Hydathodes	Functional Tissue Systems of Your Study Plant	Ch 11
16 (APR 25, 27)	Secretory/Excretory Systems - Stinging Hairs & Glandular Trichomes	Secretory/Excretory Systems - Ducts & Laticifers	Graduate Student Presentations	Ch 14, 16
FINAL EXAMINATION  MAY 4 (WED) 12:30 PM  (306 PSN)