PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
cod. 00445

Academic year 2007/08
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisiologia vegetale (BIO/04)
Field
Formazione interdisciplinare
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 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

<br />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 />Seed germination <br />Flowering <br />Photomorphogenesis

Full programme

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Bibliography

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

Teaching methods

<br />Oral lessons<br />Oral exam

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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