Semester:
N/A
Offered:
2016
Co-taught with Professor D. Pfister
An introduction to the uses of plants by humans. Topics include the form, structure and genetics of plants related to their use as sources of food, shelter, fiber, flavors, beverages, drugs, and medicines. Plant structure and reproduction are studied in lecture and laboratory with a particular focus on relationships between the plant's structural, chemical, or physiological attributes and the utility plant.
Prerequisite: OEB 10 or BS 51 or permission of instructor.