Possible Field Demo / Lecture

Students will examine leaf mutants in the Hake field. These include diffierent Knotted1 alleles, milkweed pod, Liguleless narrow, Rolled, Gnarley, Wavy auricle in blade and a new dwarf that has not been names. The students will see how each mutant behaves in different inbred backgrounds and how the severity changes throughout the life of the plant. The leaves will be examined to determine if the defect is specific to one part of the leaf, such as blade, ligule or sheath. Cell shapes will be examined with a hand-lens. During the evening, the mutants will be discussed in the framework of other mutants, other species and what is known (if anything) about the gene product. Sarah