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COURSE DESCRIPTION

An introductory plant propagation course, designed to provide the interested student with an understanding of the basics of sexual and asexual propagation and micropropagation techniques.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The objectives of AGSC 313 are as follows:
  1. to provide the student with basic principles and methods of plant propagation as practiced by the horticultural industry;
  2. to provide the student with an understanding of the importance and centrality of plant propagation for the horticultural industry;
  3. to provide the student with practical, hands-on experiences related to the propagation of plant materials by a variety of means;
  4. to provide the student with an understanding of propagation by seed;
  5. to provide the student with an understanding of propagation by cuttings;
  6. to provide the student with an understanding of propagation by tissue culture techniques.
PREREQUISITES

AGSC 100, AGSC 108, BIOL 100 or BIOL 107 and AGSC 218.

REQUIRED TEXT

Hartman, H.T., D.E. Kester, F.T. Davies, Jr. and R.L. Geneve. 2002. Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices. 7th Edition. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction

Sexual (seed) propagation
  1. selection basics
  2. development
  3. production and handling
  4. propagation principles
  5. methods of seed propagation
Asexual (cutting) propagation
  1. principles
  2. biology
  3. techniques
Grafting, budding and layering
  1. biology
  2. techniques
Micropropagation: Tissue culture techniques
  1. biology
  2. principles
  3. techniques
BASIS OF STUDENT EVALUATION

Item

Points Possible

Regular tests (2) (100 points each) 200
Cumulative final exam 150
Laboratory exercises 150
Laboratory final 100
Attendance and participation 50

LABORATORY

Week

Topic

Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 Propagation by Seed: Stratification, Scarification
Week 3 Tissue Culture Propagation: Media prep
Week 4 Tissue Culture Propagation: Sterilization, culture initiation
Week 5 Cutting Propagation: Deciduous woody plants
Week 6 Cutting Propagation: Evergreen woody plants
Week 7 Cutting Propagation: Herbaceous plants
Week 8 Propagation by Grafting; Knife sharpening, pre-grafting exercises
Week 9 Propagation by Grafting: Stem grafts
Week 10 Propagation by Grafting: Budding
Week 11 Propagation by Layering: Ficus species
Week 12 Tissue Culture Propagation: Subcultures, soil establishment
Week 13 Propagation by Storage Organs: Bulbs, corms, scales, tubers
Week 14 Propagation by Special Techniques: Cactus, seedling, and micrografting
Week 15 Propagation by Division: Day lilies, orchids, ferns
Week 16 Terminate experiments, reports due