Week of: Activity:
JAN 16 Lab #l -Intro.to Hort 326 Lab; Laboratory Procedures & Overview
Webpage Construction
(Computer Lab HFSB 206; Electronic References & West Library: Nancy Duran (Asst. Prof Library Sciences, Ag Reference Librarian, 862-1050, email: nduran@tamu.edu)
JAN 23 Lab #2 - Fern Spore Propagation
Lab #3 (Exp. 3)- Seed Propagation: Medium Effects
Lab #14 (Part II) Bulblet Formation in Hyacinth, other specialized structures; Lab8-4 with Sansiveria positions
JAN 30 Labs #3, #4- Seed Propagation: Germination Environment and Seed Viability; Combating Physical and Physiological Dormancy
FEB 06 Lab #5 - Cost Analysis of a Mist Propagation Bed
software calculations for mixing auxins: Geneve & Ingram programs
FEB 13 Lab #7 - Micropropagation
FEB 20 Lab #6 - Transplant Seedlings (Overview of Lab Report #3)
FEB 27 Labs #8, 9 - Asexual Propagation of Cuttings: Cutting Wood Location, Auxin Application, Physiological Age, and Polarity on Rooting of Cuttings; Herbaceous Cuttings Propagation
Reports for Lab #3 Exercise Due
MAR 05 Lab #10 - Prop Ground Covers
Lab #7:IV - Subculture A. violets; Turn in Lab Notebook
MAR 12 ***********SPRING BREAK************
MAR 19 Labs #11, 12 - Bench Grafting and Budding (No Quiz)
MAR 26 Labs #11, 12 - Field Grafting and Budding
APR 02 Lab #13 - Layering; Collect data for Labs #2, #4, #7, #8, #9
each group needs to turn in their peach data at the end of the lab.
APR 09 Lab #14 - Propagation by Specialized Stems and Roots: Parts I and III;
Harvest Lab #14 (Part 2) and record data.
APR 16 Lab clean-up; Collect field data lab #12, 13
HortScience Project Due [Lab #4 (Part 2)]
Look at bench grafted material from Labs #11, 12
APR 23 Lab Final Exam & Practical; Lab Manuals due
APR 30 No Lab; Finals Week
MAY 07 Tuesday, May 8: Graded Lab Manuals, HortScience Report and Final Lab Grades available.