Plant Biology for Gardeners
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WATCH:
- The Love Life of Plants https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=170&v=tUZTdtnO3Xw(~3 minutes)
LEARN MORE:
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Manual - Botany chapter https://blogs.cornell.edu/gblblog/files/2015/12/01gardenbotany-27fr800.pdf(pdf)
- The Patterns Method of Plant IdentificationAn Easier Way to Identify Plantsby Thomas J. Elpel, author of Botany in a Day. http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Identification/index.html
- Botany for Gardeners, Third edition, 2010 by Brian Capon.
- Oregon State University Basic Botany for Master Gardeners online very short course https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/course/master-gardener-series-basic-botany
- Botany Primer from National Phenology Network https://www.usanpn.org/files/education/usa-npn_botany-primer-2018.pdf
- Photosynthesis: Fun in the Sun. Though way more than you might need to know this is well done and helps us appreciate the marvelous system that is the basis for life on earth. (~14 minutes).
- The First Flower – Nova https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flower/
- Twig Identification PowerPoint. This lecture will show you how to use the Virginia Tech Twig ID websites. YouTube
- “The Science and Politics of the GMO” Video, https://www.edx.org/course/science-politics-gmo-cornellx-gmo101x#!
Campus Links:
- Cornell’s Plant Biology section, https://plantbio.cals.cornell.edu/
- Cornell’s Plant Breeding and Genetics section, https://plbrgen.cals.cornell.edu/
- Cornell’s Horticulture section, https://hort.cals.cornell.edu/
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