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Plant Biology (A Graduate Group) 445<br />

Plant Biology<br />

(A Graduate Group)<br />

Katayoon (Katie) Dehesh, Ph.D., Chairperson of the<br />

Group<br />

Group Office. 1004 Life Sciences<br />

(530) 752-7094; Fax (530) 752-5410<br />

http://www-plb.ucdavis.edu/pbgg<br />

Faculty<br />

Steffan Abel, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Douglas Adams, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br />

(Viticulture and Enology)<br />

Diane Beckles, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Alan Bennett, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Alison Berry, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Arnold Bloom, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Arnold Blumwald, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Richard Bostock, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Pathology)<br />

Kent Bradford, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Anne Britt, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)<br />

Patrick Brown, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Judy Callis, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Molecular and Cellular Biology)<br />

Simon Chan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />

(Plant Biology)<br />

Gitta Coaker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />

(Plant Pathology)<br />

Doug Cook, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Pathology)<br />

Luca Comai, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)<br />

Abhaya Dandekar, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Katayoon Dehesh, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)<br />

James Doyle, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Evolution and Ecology)<br />

Don Durzan, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Marilynn Etzler, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Molecular and Cellular Biology)<br />

Bryce Falk, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Pathology)<br />

Albert Fischer, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Charles Gasser, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Molecular and Cellular Biology)<br />

David Gilchrist, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Pathology)<br />

Thomas Gradziel, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

John Harada, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)<br />

Stacey Harmer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />

(Plant Biology)<br />

Theodore Hsiao, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Land, Air, and Water Resources)<br />

Kentaro Inoue, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Marie Jasienuik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Judy Jernstedt, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Clarence Kado, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Pathology)<br />

Daniel Klienbenstein, Ph.D. Assistant Professor<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

John Labavitch, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Clark Lagarias, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Molecular and Cellular Biology)<br />

Andre Lauchli, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Land, Air, and Water Resources)<br />

J. Heinrich Lieth, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Bo Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Plant Biology)<br />

William Lucas, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)<br />

Julin Maloof, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />

(Plant Biology)<br />

Mark Matthews, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Viticulture and Enology)<br />

Richard Michelmore, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Terence Murphy, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)<br />

David Neale, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Florence Negre, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Sharman O'Neill, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)<br />

Kyaw Tha Paw, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Land, Air, and Water Resources)<br />

Donald Phillips, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Vito Polito, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Daniel Potter, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Carlos Quiros, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Michael Reid, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Marcel Rejmanek, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Evolution and Ecology)<br />

Eliska Rejmankova, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Environmental Science and Policy)<br />

Jim Richards, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Land, Air, and Water Resources)<br />

Raymond Rodriguez, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Molecular and Cellular Biology)<br />

Pamela Ronald, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br />

(Plant Pathology)<br />

Mikal Saltveit, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Ken Shackel, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Wendy Silk, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Land, Air, and Water Resources)<br />

Neelima Sinha, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)<br />

Dina St. Clair, Ph.D. Associate Professor<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Alan Stemler, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)<br />

Venkatesan Sundaresan, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Plant Biology)<br />

Steve Theg, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)<br />

M. Andrew Walker, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Viticulture and Enology)<br />

Larry Williams, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Viticulture and Enology)<br />

Valerie Williamson, Ph.D., Professor (Nematology)<br />

John Yoder, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)<br />

Affiliated Faculty<br />

John Bowman, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)<br />

Carlos Crisosto, Ph.D., Associate Specialist<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Richard Evans, Ph.D., Lecturer (Plant Sciences)<br />

Matthew Fidelibus, Ph.D., Assistant Cooperative<br />

Extension Viticulture Specialist<br />

(Viticulture & Enology)<br />

Sham Goyal, Ph.D., Lecturer (Plant Sciences)<br />

Andrew Groover, Ph.D., Assistant Adjunt Professor<br />

(Plant Biology)<br />

Kirk Larson, Ph.D., Pomologist & CE Specialist<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Elizabeth Mitcham, Ph.D., Associate Specialist<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Ann Powell, Ph.D., Assistant Researcher<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Alan Rose, Ph.D., Assistant Researcher Biochemist<br />

(Molecular & Cellular Biology)<br />

Thomas Tai, Ph.D., Associate AES (Plant Sciences)<br />

Allen Van Deynze, Ph.D., Specialist Biotechology<br />

(Plant Sciences)<br />

Graduate Study. The Graduate Group in Plant<br />

Biology offers programs of study and research leading<br />

to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The program prepares<br />

students for careers in teaching and re-search<br />

at colleges and universities, government or industrial<br />

laboratories. The graduate curriculum involves both<br />

a broad overview of the discipline and in-depth<br />

study and research in one of four areas of specialization:<br />

cell and developmental biology; systematics<br />

and evolutionary biology; environmental and integrative<br />

biology; and molecular biology, biochemistry<br />

and genomics. These areas of specialization<br />

permit individual study and research into diverse<br />

aspects of plant biology, including anatomy, biochemistry,<br />

cell biology, cytology, developmental biology,<br />

ecology, genetics, molecular biology,<br />

morphology, paleo-botany, physiology, population<br />

biology, systematics, and weed science.<br />

Preparation. For both the M.S. and Ph.D. programs,<br />

a level of scholastic development equivalent<br />

to a Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from a<br />

recognized college or university is required. Courses<br />

in the following areas are considered to be prerequisite<br />

to the advanced degrees in Plant Biology: inorganic<br />

chemistry, organic chemistry, introductory<br />

physics, genetics, structural botany, biochemistry,<br />

introductory plant physiology, introductory plant<br />

physiology laboratory, calculus, introductory statistics,<br />

plant ecology/systematics/evolution, genetics,<br />

and plant cell/molecular biology. Limited deficiencies<br />

can be made up after admission. The graduate<br />

adviser, the major professor, and the student will<br />

design a program of advanced courses to meet individual<br />

academic needs within one of the specializations.<br />

Graduate Adviser. Contact the Group office.<br />

Courses in Plant Biology (PBI)<br />

Graduate Courses<br />

200A. PBGG Core Course Series-Fall<br />

quarter (5)<br />

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite:<br />

graduate standing; a broad background of undergraduate-level<br />

coursework in Plant Biology is recommended.<br />

The first of three PBGG graduate core<br />

courses. Coverage includes (1) plant genes, (2) biotechnology,<br />

(3) genomes and gene flow, (4) principles<br />

of plant systematics, and (5) the evolution of<br />

flowering plants.—I. (I.) Potter<br />

200B. PBGG Core Course Series—Winter<br />

quarter (5)<br />

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite:<br />

course 200A. The second of three PBGG graduate<br />

core courses. Coverage includes (1) embryo development,<br />

(2) cytoskeleton and vesicle trafficking, (3)<br />

cell walls, (4) cell growth, (5) secondary metabolism,<br />

(6) plastids and (7) senescence.—II. (II.) Labavitch<br />

200C. PBGG Core Course Series—Spring<br />

quarter (5)<br />

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite:<br />

course 200A and 200B. The third of three PBGG<br />

graduate core courses. Coverage includes (1) plant<br />

water relations, (2) cellular & long distance transport<br />

processes, (3) mineral nutrition, (4) environmental<br />

impacts on growth & development, (5) stress perception<br />

& responses, (6) canopy processes, and (7)<br />

plant interactions with other organisms.—III. (III.)<br />

Blumwald, Silk<br />

201. Plant Senescence: Cellular and<br />

Molecular Aspects (4)<br />

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: Plant Biology 111,<br />

112; Biological Sciences 102 and 103. Cellular<br />

and molecular phenomena associated with the<br />

senescence of plants and plant parts. Emphasis on<br />

principles and mechanisms. Offered in alternate<br />

years.—I. Reid<br />

202. Advanced Physiology of Cultivated<br />

Plants (2)<br />

Lecture—1 hour; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:<br />

graduate standing, Plant Biology 111 or the equivalent.<br />

Physiological processes as they pertain to<br />

growth and partitioning in higher plants. Background<br />

lectures on source-sink concepts and current<br />

areas of investigation followed by weekly roundtable<br />

discussion led by students on focused sub-topics<br />

in the source-sink area. Offered in alternate<br />

years. (S/U grading only.)—I. DeJong<br />

203N. Biology of the Plant Cell (4)<br />

Lecture—3 hours; discussion/laboratory—2 hours.<br />

Prerequisite: Plant Biology 111 or Biological Sciences<br />

104, or the equivalent. Recent progresses in<br />

plant cell biology. Intracellular motility in plant cells.<br />

Common techniques associated with the progress of<br />

plant cell biology. Open to senior undergraduate students<br />

in Plant Biology major. Offered in alternate<br />

years. (S/U grading only.)—I. Liu<br />

205B. Advanced Plant Physiology (3)<br />

Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite: Plant Biology<br />

111, 112, and Biological Sciences 103. Photosynthesis,<br />

photophosphorylation, chloroplast<br />

metabolism and biology. Offered in alternate<br />

years.—II. Theg<br />

205C. Advanced Plant Physiology/<br />

Biochemistry (3)<br />

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Plant Biology 111,<br />

112, Biological Sciences 103. Integrative studies<br />

that combine physiological, biochemical and molecular<br />

approaches to study of plant metabolism. Fundamentals<br />

of basic metabolic pathways extending to<br />

use of mutants and genetic engineering to dissect<br />

such pathways; how pathways are integrated and<br />

respond to signals. Offered in alternate years.—III.<br />

Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2009-<strong>2010</strong> offering in parentheses<br />

<strong>General</strong> Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience

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