PLS 2003C - Plants That Feed the World

                                               Course Outline - Spring 2010

Lecture	Topic	Date
1	Introduction	January 5
2-4	Plant Types and Photosynthesis	January 7, 12,13
5-6	Wheat	January 19, 21
7-8	Soybean	January 26, 28
9-10	Maize	February 2, 4
11-12	Beans	February 9, 11
13-14	Rice	February 16, 18 (Lab Test)
15-16	Barley, Oat and Rye	February 23, 25
17-18	Chickpea, Lentil, Pea, and Faba Bean	March 2, 4,
	Spring Break	March 9, 11
19-20	Sorghum, and Millet	March 16, 18 (Lab Test)
21-22	Peanut, Cowpea, and Pigeonpea	March 23, 25
23-24	Potato, Cassava, Sweet Potato, and Yam	March 30, April 1 (Lab Test)
25-26	Sugarcane and Sugarbeet	April 6, 8
27-28	Banana and Plantain	April 13, 15 (Lab Test)
29	Class Evaluation, Quiz on Banana & Plantain	April 20

(Lab Test) = Lab plant, seed, and product I.D. test on this date.

General Outline of Lecture Information on Each Major Food Plant

A.    Plant common name

B.    Class

C.    Family

D.    Scientific name

E.    Types

F.    Rank in world crops

G.    Adaptation

H.    World distribution of production

I.    Food uses

J.    Nutrient composition

K.    Non Food Uses

L.    Other information

M.    Identification of immature and mature plants, and of seeds or vegetative storage organs

N.    Samples of food products with critique