BOTN 323 — Principles of Plant Propagation, Conservation and Utilization
Plant and Environmental Biology · University of Ghana
The course is designed to introduce the student to the principles and practices of plant conservation and utilization. The course will cover the following: Propagation structures and media. Sexual propagation: methods and importance. Asexual propagation methods: cuttings, layering, budding and grafting, specialized organs. Anatomical basis of asexual propagation and propagation of selected plant species. Nurseries. Germplasm collection and utilization. Introductory tissue culture techniques.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- BOTN 310 — Language for Scientists I
- BOTN 311 — Vegetative Anatomy of Seed Plants
- BOTN 312 — Whole Plant Physiology
- BOTN 313 — Phycology
- BOTN 314 — Taxonomy and Evolution of Seed Plants
- BOTN 316 — Plant Ecology of West Africa
- BOTN 317 — Biometry I
- BOTN 321 — Evolution
- BOTN 322 — Biology of Lower Plants
- ABCS 202 — Introductory Cell Biology and Genetics
- BIOL 201 — Introductory Plant Morphology
- BIOL 315 — Principles of Genetics
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).