Botany I (Plant Physiology and Taxonomy)
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This 100 hour long correspondence course is primarily an introduction to plant physiology and taxonomy, with some general botany including morphology and anatomy. It also satisfies the learning criteria of the Royal Horticulture Society’s Module B of the Advanced Certificate in Horticulture.
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COURSE STRUCTURE
The course is divided into 10 lessons as follows:
1. Taxonomic Classification of Plants - History of taxonomy, Binomial system, Levels of classification, Families, Principle of priority, Name changes, Hybrids, Varieties, Cultivars, Abbreviations, Botanical keys, Key to Phyla, etc.
2. Cells and Tissues
3. Specific Vegetative Parts of a Plant
4. Flowers and Fruit
5. Seed and the Developing Embryo
6. Photosynthesis and Growing Plants
7. Respiration
8. The Role of Water
9. Movement of Water and Assimilates through a Plant
10. The Effects of Tropisms and Other Growth Movements
Course Duration: 100 hours
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