Plant Physiology WB-BI-ANG-13
Course programme:
Programme of lectures
1. Plant model organisms.
2. Photosynthetic pigments: synthesis, structure and properties and spectrophotometry of chlorophylls carotenoids as well as phycobilirotein. Photosystems structure
3. Photosynthesis: noncyclic and cyklic photosynthetic electron transport chain. Carbon reactions in C3 plants (Calvin-Benson cycle).
4. Carbon fixation in C4 and CAM plants. Photorespiratory pathway. Main factors affecting photosynthesis.
5. The structure and function of photoreceptors for red and blue light.
6. Induction of flowering: fotoperiodism, long-, short- and neutral plants.
7. Signal perception and transduction.
8. Nitrogen metabolism. Overview of nitrogen fixation. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
9. Plant secondary metabolites.
11. Plant stress physiology.
12. Plant biotechnolgy.
Programme of practicals:
1. Seeds germination.
2. Phytohormones (auxin, cytocinins, gibberellins), herbicides
3. Photomorphogenesis.
4. Alleopathy.
5. Water circuits.
6. Mineral nutrients.
7. Biological rythms of plants. Plants productivity
8. Secondary metabolites part I.
9. Secondary metabolites part II. Plant in vitro culture.
Evaluation method: written exam. Knowledge of issues provided during the course lectures and practicals.
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Type of subject
Term 2023/24_Z: obligatory | Term 2024/25_Z: obligatory | Term 2022/23_Z: optional with unlimited choices |
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