Learning Objectives - Plant Cell Biology

Understand organs and tissues that comprise higher plants including the terms found in Figure 1.4 of the text.

Understand the structure and function of plant cell walls

Know and locate the meristems involved in growth of higher plants

Understand the three major tissue systems found in higher plants

Know the structure and function of plant organelles and structures shown in Fig. 1.9

Understand the structure and function of the plant cell cytoskeleton, including the role of microtubules and plasmodesmata

Understand the phases of cell division in plants and the role of protein kinases in controlling the cell cycle