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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#C00000">PLS395 Plant Cell Structure and Function will be offered this Fall in person and online!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Name and number of the course: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Plant Cell Structure and
Function (PLS 359)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Credits</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">: 3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Meeting time (sec 001)</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">: Tuesdays and Thursdays between
11-12:15pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Course content for online</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#44546A"> (</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">section</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#44546A">
002):</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Excellent materials via D2L, including recordings of every
lecture with clear explanations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Course description</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">: Whether the student will work with
plants as a physiologist, pathologist, ecologist, agronomist, horticulturalist, or molecular biologist, it is important to know how a plant is constructed, how it grows, and how it responds to an ever-changing environment. Depending on the need and interests,
the student may work in the future at the subcellular, cellular, tissue, organ, or whole plant level. As a result, it is important to have a comprehensive understanding of plant cell structure and function.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">In this course, I will start with the molecular and subcellular organization of a single plant cell. Subsequently, I will discuss organization and function
of plants at the tissue level. Emphasis will be placed on not only teaching the structural aspects but also discussing the functions of a plant cell, tissue, and organ.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">My lectures will connect the utility of learning these fundamental principles to student's interests in industry, plant molecular genetics, plant pathology,
agronomy, and evolutionary biology. For instance, they will learn about the importance of understanding how plants grow before they can: make an impact in biofuel industry, molecular mechanisms that underlie meristem and root hair development, understand fungal
and pathogen interaction with plants, improve cotton fiber quality and yield, and gain an evolutionary perspective of flowering plant reproduction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Ravishankar Palanivelu, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">School of Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Phone: 520-626-2229<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Fax: 520-621-7186<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Web:
<a href="http://www.ag.arizona.edu/research/ravilab">http://www.ag.arizona.edu/research/ravilab</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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