PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
ACADEMIC YEAR2008/2009
COD. 00445
dati insegnamento:
DEGREE: BIOLOGIA ECOLOGICA
TYPE OF COURSE: COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
LECTURERS:
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2008/2009
YEAR OF STUDY: 2
SEMESTER: Second semester
NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5
UNIT COORDINATOR: RICCI Ada
CONTACT HOURS: 40
INDIVIDUAL WORK HOURS: 85
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Plant physiological mechanisms
Prerequisites
InorganicChemistry; Organic Chemistry; Botany; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology
Course contents summary
Plant lifeand overview of structure
Waterbalance of the plant
Transportand traslocation of water and solutes Translocationin the phloem Mineral nutrition
Photosynthesis
Nitrogen assimilation
Growth and development
Growth regulators
Seed germination
Flowering
Photomorphogenesis
Recommended readings
Lincoln Taiz,Eduardo Zeiger; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Third Edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc.Publishers
Teaching methods
Ora llessons
Oral exam
