| HO312: Plant Propagation
Spring 2002, David Graper |
Schedule (Lecture)
| Date: | Topic: | Assignment: |
| Jan 14 | Introduction | Read chapters 1-2 |
| Jan 16 | Introduction and biology of propagation | Read chapters 1-2 |
| Jan 21 | No class - Martin Luther King Jr. Day | |
| Jan 23 | Propagation environment | 3 |
| Jan 28 | Propagation environment cont. | 3 |
| Jan 30 | Seed Propagation - Seed development (Quiz 1) | 4 |
| Feb. 4 | Seed development cont. | 4 |
| Feb. 6 | Seed selection and Heirloom Vegetables | 5 |
| Feb. 11 | Seed production and handling | 6 |
| Feb. 13 | Principles of seed propagation (Quiz 2) | 7 |
| Feb. 18 | No Class - President's Day | |
| Feb. 20 | Seed Propagation Techniques | 8 |
| Feb. 25 | Exam I | |
| Feb. 27 | Exam review and preparation for TC Lab | 9 |
| March 4 | Physiology of cutting propagation | 9 |
| March 6 | Physiology of cutting propagation II | 9 |
| March 11 | No Class - Spring Break | |
| March 13 | No Class - Spring Break | |
| March 18 | Techniques of cutting propagation | 10 |
| March 20 | Cuttings continued | 10 |
| March 25 | Principles of budding and grafting | 11 |
| March 27 | (Quiz 3) | |
| April 1 | No class - Easter recess | |
| April 3 | Techniques of Budding Techniques of grafting FIRST TWO PROTOCOLS DUE | 12-13 |
| April 8 | Theory and techniques of layering | 14 |
| April 10 | Exam II | |
| April 15 | Review exam and work on math problems | |
| April 17 | Propagation using specialized structures | 15 |
| April 22 | Principles of tissue culture for plant propagation | 17 |
| April 24 | Techniques of micropropagation | 18 |
| April 29 | Vegetative Propagatation and Clonal Selection (Quiz 4) | 16 |
| May1 | REVIEW | |
| May 12 | Final Exam (9:00-10:40) |
Last Update: 2002-April 29, 8:00 AM
Published by Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape and Parks Department, South
Dakota State University
E-mail: David_Graper@sdstate.edu