Courses

Types and sources of taxonomic data Relevance in classification.  Data handling and presentation.

Different classification approaches:  history, thought and processes.  Numerical Taxonomy. Cladistics.

Classification, Taxonomy and Systematics.  Concepts of taxa.  Assessment of relationship, concept and practice:  phenetic, phyletic, phytogenetic.

In year 1, each student in a Department or Programme is expected to attend all seminars specified and make his/her own presentation on selected topics to an audience.  Each student will be expected to make at least one oral presentation to be assessed...

Exploration of the role of plant physiology in resource restoration, maintenance and germplasm conservation practices in Ghana, the biosphere reserve concept, use of physiological knowledge (orthodox and tissue culture) in: the collection, storage,...

Metabolism of lipids, carbohydrates, organic acids, phenolic  compound, and proteins; nitrogen and sulphur assimilatism respiration, photosynthesis, cell wall composition; biosynthesis of lignin, phytohormones etc.

Review of:  variability and frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, estimation of variation, standard deviation;  standard error;  tests for s ignificance; simple  experimental design (single factor e xperiments) and...

Structure, composition of seeds;  embryogenesis and storage t issue formation, regulation of seed development;  seed germination - cellular events, mobilization of storage reserves, control of mobilization;  ecophysiological aspects of...

History of tissue culture, concept of totipotency, the Cell Theory of Schwan, regeneration in plants: in situ and in vitro tissue culture methodology:- the tissue culture m edium, shot tip and organ culture, anther culture, somatic embryogenesis, protoplast,...

A survey of the extent to which physiological processes and their interactions can be formulated in a quantitative manner and integrated to describe and model various aspects of plant behaviour including growth and yield biophysical concepts - use of...