BOTANY
cod. 12888

Academic year 2007/08
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Botanica generale (BIO/01)
Field
Discipline biologiche e genetiche vegetali ed animali
Type of training activity
Basic
18 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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course unit
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Learning objectives

Know the characteristics of the cell, the tissues and the main functions of plant organs for the purpose of acquiring elements that allow them to be recognized and described, and their use by animals

Prerequisites

none

Course unit content

<br />The constituents of living organisms: organic matter and inorganic matter.<br />Autotrophism and heterotrophism. Some aspects of plant metabolism: photosynthesis; assimilation of nitrogen; taking up of the main mineral elements<br />Prokaryotes. Saprophytism and symbiosis. Rhizobium-leguminose symbiosis. Eukaryotes:cell walls, plastids, vacuols. Cell development and differentiation. Plant tissues and their functions. Vegetative and reproductive systems. Products of secondarymetabolism. Angiosperms <br /> 

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br /> BOCCHI A.: Elementi di Botanica, ed. Libreria Goliardica Parmense, 1977 - available from the General Library of the Faculty.<br /> GEROLA F.M., GEROLA P.D.: Botanica, Ed. UTET, Torino, 1988.<br /> PUPILLO P., CERVONE F., CRESTI M., RASCIO N.: Biologia Vegetale, <br />Zanichelli editore Bologna,2003

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