1730 (v.7) Plant Propagation 202

Area:

Department of Environmental Biology

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Practical:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Overview of plant propagation, structures and materials. Propagation by seed - origin, sources, processing and storage of seeds, germination process and practical considerations in seed sowing. Seed dormancy mechanisms and techniques for overcoming seed dormancy. Germination times of miscellaneous native species. Propagation from cuttings - general principles and techniques, anatomical and physiological aspects. Layering techniques. Propagation by separation and division of vegetative propagules. Plant tissue culture - facilities and equipment, practical considerations, general principles of micro-propagation and systematic culture medium formulation. Specialised plant culture techniques; embryo culture, anther culture in vitro cell selection, somaclonalvariation and transformation. Grafting - general principles and techniques, cellular and physiological aspects.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

010900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External