Project Director

Van Horn, Gene S.

Department

Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

This project began as a continuation and extension of upper level undergraduate biological study in Plant Taxonomy. It began over a year ago with the collection of plant specimens in the early spring of 1983 and continued throughout that year and into the summer of 1984. The latter half of the project entailed mainly laboratory and library work related to the plant specimens. Collecting was done in Chickamauga Battlefield and was made possible by the granting of a collecting permit by the National Park Service. The collection was restricted to herbaceous vascular plants and most of these were summer annuals. Since they are autotrophic organisms, they can synthesize essential organic nutrients from sunlight and inorganic compounds. The process by which this is accomplished is photosynthesis, whereby the sun's energy is utilized in fixing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and incorporating it into the organic compounds the plant will utilize.

Degree

B. S.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Science.

Date

4-1984

Subject

Photosynthesis; Carbon sequestration; Annuals (Plants)--Breeding

Discipline

Plant Breeding and Genetics

Document Type

Theses

Extent

i, 30 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Call Number

LB2369.5 .R69 1984

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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