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Course code: ROSS10042o12
Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Plant Physiology
Major: Horticulture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: Dr inż. Anna Demczuk
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Students will get the knowledge on the basic processes responsible for the functioning of plant cell and of plant organisms. After passing the course student knows how to use basic methods for investigation of physiological processes going on in plants ( i. e. transpiration, photosynthesis, respiration, plant nutrition , physiological effects of growth regulators, factors affecting physiological processes)

Competences: Knowledge in the realm of plant physiology ( theory and practice) obtained during the lectures and classes is necessary for further studies of such subjects as agriculture, horticulture, forestry, biotechnology and related sciences. Passing the course permits conducting simple examination of physiological processes going on in plants.

Prerequisites: Biology, biochemistry, biophysics

Course content: Lectures :Water relations of plants. Mineral nutrition. Respiration. Photosynthesis and photorespiration. Plant productivity. Translocation of minerals and assimilates. Growth and development. Regulators of plant growth. Laboratory course: Methods of investigation of physiological processes going on in plants (respiration, photosynthesis, transpiration). Methods are used to calculate the concentrations of photosynthetic pigments , macroelements and microelements in plants

Recommended literature: Kopcewicz J. Lewak S.: Fizjologia roślin, PWN. Warszawa 2002 i nowsze wydania Lewak S, Kopcewicz J.: Fizjologia roślin. Wprowadzenie. PWN. Warszawa 2009 Kozłowska M. Fizjologia roślin. PWRiL. Poznań 2007

Assessment methods: Passing grades of laboratory course and written exam after semester 3 , minimum 60 % of knowledge to pass.

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