Biology 427 - How to Make the Perfect Plant
Spring
2024
03LL
W 2:30PM 5:30PM
UMass Amherst
18778
Integrated Sci Bldg 364
There are a mind-boggling 400,000 species of plants on earth, with new species discovered every year. Plants have evolved over hundreds of millions of years to efficiently capture the sun's energy and cycle oxygen in the atmosphere. How did this diversity come to be, and why are plants so varied in form and function? Explore the plants of the world in a hands-on laboratory setting using live temperate and tropical plants from the UMass greenhouses and forests. You will use this new-found knowledge to study your favorite plant in an independent project for the web.
This course is open to BIOLOGY majors only. ANIMLSCI/BIO/BIOCHEM 285 w/ C This section has additional lab fees.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.