UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis
UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis
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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