BIOL 2223 - Applications in Plant Biotechnology

This course will examine the past, current, and future plant biotechnological advances and their uses in agriculture, medicine, bioremediation, and energy production. Applications of plant breeding, asexual plant propagation, tissue culture, plant DNA and protein studies, and plant genetic engineering will be explored. Students will learn how to manipulate, propagate, and clone plants and how to produce recombinant products from plants.

Credits: 4

Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab hrs/week

General Education Requirement: None