Topics for Final Exam in Bio305F

Life history of higher plants

How touch stimuli alter the way plants grow

How plants respond when the "touch" results in injury: their defense response to insect attack

How plants "warn" other plants of impending attacks

Introduction to how light acts as a sensory stimulus

How light affects the direction of plant growth

How light triggers new forms of development in plants

How light affects plants' internal clocks and sense of time

Membranes and sensory receptors: where sensing begins

How low-energy stimuli are amplified into adaptive responses

Achieving specificity out of common amplification strategies

Converting knowledge of plant sensory responses into an industry: The promises and perils of biotechnology