CGA1102 Basic Science

General concepts and practices in crop production that is to say botany, plant physiology and genetics.

Course objectives

• Explain the anatomy of dicots and monocots
• Explain breeding seed formation and dispersal
• Explain the functions of various plant structures and plant physiological processes
• Explain the basic principles of Mendelian genetics

Learning out comes
Students should be able to:

• Classifying plants
• Explaining the anatomy of dicots and monocots
• Explaining breeding, seed formation and dispersal
• Explaining the functions of various plant structures and plant physiological processes
• Explaining the basic principles of Mendelian genetics