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Course code: BBS10161o12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Plant Phisiology
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Anna Demczuk
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: W1 - has a basic knowledge of plant physiology [KB_W06; KB_W07]; W2 - knows and understands the processes occurring in plants of: water management, photosynthesis, respiration, nutrition [KB_W07]; W3 - knows the structure and role of growth regulators (hormones and growth substances) in the processes of plant growth and development [KB_W07]; W4 - can explain the influence of environmental factors on the processes occurring in plants [KB_W07; KB_W18]. Skills: Student: U1 - properly handles laboratory equipment and knows the rules of safety in the laboratory of plant physiology and biochemistry [KB_U06; KB_U12]; U2 - has mastered basic methods of research: enzyme activity, respiration, pigment contents, and macro and micronutrients in plants [KB_U12]; U3 - means the impact of environmental factors on the processes occurring in plants [KB_U06; KB_U11]; U4 - student interprets and discusses the results of research tasks and formulates proposals [KB_U06].
Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student: K1 - is aware of the risks to the processes occurring in plants resulting from the progress of civilization [KB_K06]; K2 - is aware of the responsibility for tasks performed jointly by a team [KB_K02]; K3 - has responsibility for the entrusted equipment [KB_K08]; K4 - understands the importance of the principles of the Health and Safety at Work [KB_K09].
Prerequisites: biology, biochemistry, biophysics
Course content: Water relations of plants. Mineral nutrition. Respiration. Photosynthesis and photorespiration. Reception and transmission of signals in plant cells. Regulators of plant growth. Growth and development. Effect of environmental factors on the processes occurring in plants. Methods of investigation of physiological processes going on in plants.
Recommended literature: 1. Kopcewicz J. Lewak S.: Fizjologia roślin, PWN. Warszawa 2002 i nowsze wydania; 2. Lewak S, Kopcewicz J.: Fizjologia roślin. Wprowadzenie. PWN. Warszawa 2009; 3. Kozłowska M. Fizjologia roślin. PWRiL. Poznań 2007; 4. Buchanan B. Gruissem W. Jones R. Biochemistry & molecular biology of plants, American Society of Plant Physiologists, Rockville , Maryland 2000; 5. Sinha R.K. Modern plant physiology, Alpha Science International Ltd. Pangbourne UK 2004.
Assessment methods: Assessment of laboratory: current assessment of progress in learning (based on oral and written responses to reports of laboratory experiments). In the case of absences (excused or not), the student is required to pass (practical and theoretical) the abandoned classes in a different deadline. Passing course: students have to pass a written exam (questions of concern) in the examination session. The exam lasts 60 minutes. If students will fail the exam the first time they can re-take it oral
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