PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
cod. 00445

Academic year 2009/10
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisiologia vegetale (BIO/04)
Field
Discipline fisiologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
50 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

Plant physiological mechanisms

Prerequisites

Inorganic chemistry; Organic chemistry; Botany; Biochemistry; Molecular biology

Course unit content

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Plant life and overview of structure <br />
Water balance of the plant <br />
Transport and traslocation of water and solutes                                                               Translocation in the phloem                                                                                          Mineral nutrition <br />
Photosynthesis <br />
Nitrogen assimilation <br />
Growth and development <br />
Growth regulators <br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

Lincoln Taiz, Eduardo Zeiger; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Third Edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers

Teaching methods

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Oral lessons<br />
Oral exam

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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