Date
|
Lecture Topic
|
Reading Assignment
|
Aug 25
Wed |
General
introduction |
-
|
Aug
27 Fri |
Introduction to
horticulture
|
Chapt 1 |
Aug 30
Mon |
Plant
classification |
Chapt 2 |
Sep 1
Wed |
Plant classification |
Chapt 2 |
Sep 3
Fri |
Plant
classification
(Quiz 1) |
Chapt 2 |
Sep 6
Mon |
(No
class-Labor Day) |
-
|
Sep 8
Wed |
Plant
structure |
Chapt 3 |
Sep 10
Fri |
Plant
structure |
Chapt 3 |
Sep
13 Mon |
Plant structure |
Chapt 3 |
Sep
15 Wed |
Growth and
metabolism
|
Chapt 4 |
Sep
17 Fri |
Public
horticulture (video) (Quiz 2) |
-
|
Sep 20
Mon |
Grwoth and
metabolism |
Chapt 4 |
Sep
22 Wed |
(Exam I) |
- |
Sep 24 Fri |
Differentiation
and development |
Chapt 5 |
Sep 27
Mon |
Differentiation
and
development |
Chapt 5 |
Sep 29
Wed |
Differentiation
and
development |
Chapt 5
|
Oct 1
Fri |
Reproduction
(Quiz 3) |
Chapt 6 |
Oct 4
Mon |
Reproduction |
Chapt 6
|
Oct 6
Wed |
Soil and growing
media
|
Chapt 7
|
Oct 8
Fri |
Soil and growing
media
|
Chapt 7 |
Oct 11
Mon |
Light
|
Chapt 9
|
Oct
13 Wed |
Light
|
Chapt 9 |
Oct
15 Fri |
Greenhouses
(video)
(Quiz 4) |
- |
Oct
18 Mon |
Temperature |
Chapt 10 |
Oct
20 Wed |
(Exam II) |
-
|
Oct
22 Fri |
Temperature |
Chapt 10 |
Oct
25 Mon |
Temperature |
Chapt 10 |
Oct
27 Wed |
Plant propagation |
Chapt 12 |
Oct 29
Fri |
Plant propagation
(Quiz 5) |
Chapt 12 |
Nov 1
Mon |
Plant
propagation |
Chapt 12 |
Nov 3
Wed |
Mineral nutrition |
Chapt 13
|
Nov 5
Fri |
Mineral nutrition |
Chapt 13 |
Nov 8
Mon |
Mineral nutrition |
Chapt 13
|
Nov 10
Wed |
Pruning and training |
Chapt 14
|
Nov
12
Fri |
Pruning and training
(Quiz 6) |
Chapt 14
|
Nov
15 Mon |
Pruning and
training |
Chapt 14
|
Nov
17 Wed |
(Exam III) |
|
Nov 19
Fri |
Plant growth
regulation |
Chapt 15
|
Nov
22 Mon |
Plant growth
regulation |
Chapt 15 |
Nov
24
Wed |
Plant
growth
regulation |
Chapt
15
|
Nov
26 Fri |
(No class - Thanksgiving Holidays) |
|
Nov 29
Mon |
Hydroponics
|
-
|
Dec 1
Wed |
Horticultural geography |
Chapt 19 |
Dec 3
Fri |
Biotechnoloty in
horticulture
|
-
|
Dec 6
Mon |
Commercial
horticulture (guest lecture) |
-
|
Dec 8
Wed |
Horticulture in
North Dakota (guest lecture) |
-
|
Dec 10 Fri |
Open discussion
|
- |
Dec 13 Mon |
(Final Exam: 8:00-10:00 a.m.) |
- |