In-Class Activities

Introduction (10 mins):

1. Summarize key concepts from pre-class assignments.

2. Highlight the importance of understanding plant hormones and their activities and mode of action

Interactive Discussion (15 mins):

Auxin:

1. Describe the precursor of auxin synthesis and auxin structure in plants.

2. Describe the plant part in which auxin synthesis takes place..

Discovery and uses of auxin:

1.       Explain the phenomena of light tropism

2.       Describe and discuss apical dominance in plants

3.       Describe the effect of auxins on different plant cuttings and adventitious root formation

4.       Discuss the difference between natural and synthetic auxins

 

Discovery and uses of cytokinins

1.       Natural plant cytokinins, their chemical structure and synthesis

2.       Role of cytokinins in cell division

3.       Discuss the difference between natural and synthetic cytokinins

4.       Discuss different uses and applications of cytokinins in agriculture

 

Discovery and uses of gibberellins

1.       Describe and discuss the role of GA in seed germination

2.       Describe the effect of GA on plant growth

3.       Discuss the different types of GA

4.       Discuss applications and uses of GA in agriculture

 

Plant growth inhibitors

1.       Description and chemical structure and origin

2.       Effects, uses and applications

 

Sum up session:

1. Present real-life examples of PGR uses in forestry and agriculture.

 

 


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