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Degree course in
Livestock science and animal production technologies
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Veterinary Science

BOTANY
cod. 00072

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - Second semester
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

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Learning objectives

Tto offer the basic knowledge of plants biology at <br />
cytological and systematic level <br />

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

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

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Bibliography

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

oral

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