Livestock science and animal production technologies

Professor
Academic discipline: Botanica generale (BIO/01)
Field: Discipline biologiche
Type of training activity: Basic

32 hours
of face-to-face activities

4 credits

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Integrated course unit module: ANIMAL AND PLANT BIOLOGY, GENETIC IMPROVEMENT

Learning objectives

Tto offer the basic knowledge of plants biology at
cytological and systematic level

Prerequisites

none

Course unit content

Costituents of living organisms: organic and inorganic matter. Autotrophic and eterotrophic organisms. Plant metabolism: photosynthesis. Nitrogen and carbon utilization Procariots: Saprofitism and symbiosis. Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Eucariots: cell wall, plastids, vacuole. Vegetal tissues and their characteristics.. Organography of the vegetables and functions. Flowers, fruits and seeds, root. Products of secondary metabolism.

Full programme

Costituents of living organisms: organic and inorganic matter. Autotro-
phic and eterotrophic organisms. Plant metabolism: photosynthesis
and transpiration. Nitrogen and carbon utilization Procariots: Saprofitism
and symbiosis. Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Eucariots: cell wall, pla-
stids, vacuole. Growth and development of the vegetal cell. Cellu-
lar differentiation. Vegetal tissues and their characteristics. Morphology
and anatomy of the plants. Organography of the vegetables and fun-
ctions. Flowers, fruits and seeds.Products of secondary metabolism: lectin,
glycosides, tannins, alkaloids.

Bibliography

GEROLA F.M., GEROLA P.D.: Botanica, Ed. UTET, Torino, 1988.
 PASQUA G., ABBATE G., FORNI C.:Botanica generale e diversità vegetale, Ed. Piccin Nuova Libraria, Padova.2008.
 SPERANZA A., CALZONI G.L. : Struttura delle piante in immagini, Zanichelli, Bologna, 1996.

Teaching methods

lecture

Assessment methods and criteria

oral exam

Other information

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