Course: Plant Physiology

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Course title Plant Physiology
Course code KBD/PP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Suchý Karel, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Čížková Hana, prof. RNDr. CSc.
Course content
Plasmatic membranes, water content in plants, water absorption by roots and water movement in plants. Transpiration - role and physical principles and ecological factors of transpiration. Physiology of plant nutrition - role of roots, pathways of element movement in plants. Macroelements - importance, uptake, metabolism and deficiency. Microelements - role in metabolism deficiency and ecology of inorganic nutrition. Physiology and ecology of photosynthesis. Light reaction. Photosynthetic carbon metabolism - C3, C4 and CAM cycles. Plant respiration - localization and processes. Heterotrophic plant nutrition. Physiology of plant growth and development, hormonal regulation, vernalization, photoperiodism and dormancy. Fruit setting and development, physiology of germination, stress physiology, physiology of plant movement.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Laboratory, Individual preparation for exam
  • Preparation for classes - 60 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 50 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 40 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
In relation with biology, botany and biochemistry, the students will learn the basic functions and living processes in plant organisms, especially in agricultural plants.
The students will have a basic orientation in the main fields of plant physiology (i.e., water regime, mineral nutrition, photosynthesis and production and regultion of internal processes and onthogenssis). to use this knowledge in main agricultural application, (irrigation, fertilization, stress tolerance). They will be able to to use this knowledge in main agricultural applications (irrigation, fertilization, stress tolerance) and/or extend it in further theoretical studies.
Prerequisites
Botany, Anatomy and Morphology of Plants, Biology

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Development of laboratory protocols

presence at lectures and practicals, individual study of literature, fulfilment of tasks
Recommended literature
  • Taiz L., Zeiger E. Plant Physiology, 4th edition, Sinauer Associates, 705 pages. 2006. ISBN 978-0-87893-856-8.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology Study plan (Version): Multifunctional Agriculture (2016) Category: Agriculture and forestry 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter