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:

Teaching Assistant:   Nicholas Fondom (Comments from Nicholas on your electronic work will be in this hue)
Office:                           332 PSN
Phone #:                      529 - 4209
Office Hours:               T, R 10.00 - 11.00 AM
Email:                          fondomny@muohio.edu

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 12,14)	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 19,21)	NO CLASS	Digital Microscopy	Digital Microscopy CoolPix 775 Kit	RR3 Image Processing Basics RR4 Image Processing Examples
BASIC PLANT CELL HISTOLOGY
3 (JAN 26,28)	Cell Contents	Cell Contents	Hand Sectioning and Histology of Cell Contents	Ch 1
4 (FEB 2,4)	Plant Extracellular Matrix	Plant Extracellular Matrix	Histology of Plant Extracellular Matrix	Ch 1
BASIC PLANT CELL TYPES
5 (FEB 9,11)	Apical Meristem; Vascular Cambium; Phellogen	Epidermis; Guard Cells	Introduction to the MU Plant Cell Expert System	Ch 2 MUPCES Tutorial
6 (FEB 16,18)	HOUR EXAM THROUGH PLANT EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX	Parenchyma; Collenchyma	Expert System Inquiry LABOOKS GRADED	Ch  13, 9
7 (FEB 23,25)	Sclereids; Fibers	Tracheids; Vessel Elements	Expert System Inquiry	Ch 3
8 (MAR 2,4)	Sieve Cells; Sieve Tube Elements; Laticifers	Laticifers	Expert System Inquiry	Ch 4
9 (MAR9,11)	SPRING BREAK	SPRING BREAK	SPRING BREAK	SPRING BREAK
FUNCTIONAL TISSUE SYSTEMS
10 (MAR 16,18)	Supportive Systems	Supportive Systems	Supportive Systems Inquiry	Ch 15
11 (MAR 23,25)	HOUR EXAM THROUGH LATICIFERS	Protective Systems	Protective Systems Inquiry LABOOKS GRADED	Ch 12
12 (MAR 30,APR 1)	Protective Systems	Absorptive Systems	Absorptive Systems Inquiry	Ch 10
13 (APR 6,8)	Absorptive Systems	Transport Systems Xylem	Transport Systems Inquiry	Ch 8
14 (APR 13,15)	Transport Systems Phloem	Transport Systems Transfer Cells	Transport Systems Inquiry	Ch 7
15 (APR 20,22)	Photosynthetic Systems C3, C4 & CAM Plants	Storage Systems Water & Elaborated Reserves; Secretory/Excretory Systems - Hydathodes	Photosynthetic Systems Inquiry	Ch 11
16 (APR 27,29)	Secretory/Excretory Systems - Stinging Hairs & Glandular Trichomes	Secretory/Excretory Systems - Ducts & Laticifers	Storage and Secretory Systems  Inquiry LABOOKS GRADED	Ch 14, 16
FINAL EXAMINATION  Wednesday, MAY 6 12:30 PM