Focus on plant function and key developmental changes during the plant life cycle. The course is divided into three units: plant interactions with the environment (how plants acquire water and nutrients, transport them, use them, and control their concentrations), biochemistry and metabolism (how plants acquire energy and transform it into usable forms), and growth and development (how plants achieve their size and shape, and how they respond to environmental stimuli). The lab provides training in making physiological measurements, writing abstracts, and constructing graphs.