PLANT BIOLOGY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2016/2017

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Disciplinary Sector:

Systematic Botanics

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BRUNDU Giuseppe Antonio Domenic

ALBANI Diego Maria

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

The enrolment at the course requires a basic knowledge of General and Organic Chemistry.

AF code:

40000637

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Plant Biology
The students will be assessed through written tests and final oral or written exam

Systematic Botany
Written texts, final oral or written examination and herbarium discussion (30 specimens, belonging to at least 3 different families).

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

Plant Biology
The course will impart the basic knowledge concerning the anatomy and the physiology of higher plants. Students will learn the features and the functions of plant cells, tissues and organs.

Systematic Botany
Students are expected to achieve the main tools for families, genus and species identification, with special concern to taxa of agricultural and applied interest.

Contents

Plant Biology
Elements of plant cytology. Membranes, nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, cytoskeleton. Cell wall and its modifications. Plasmodesmata. Plastids. Vacuole.
Plant histology. Primary and secondary meristems. Parenchymatic, tegumental, mechanical, conductive and secretory tissues.
Plant anatomy. Primary and secondary structure of stems, leaves and roots with their modifications.
Elements of bioenergetics. Chemical and electrochemical potential. Light and the activity of photosynthetic pigments. Photosynthetic transport of electrons and Photophosphorylation. Calvin cycle. Photorespiration. Plants C4 and CAM. Translocation of organic compounds.
Physical and chemical properties of water. Water potential and water transport in plants.

Systematic Botany
The international standards for the nomenclature of spontaneous and cultivated taxa. Gymnosperms (Cycads, Ginkgo, conifers, gnetophytes), Asteraceae (Compositae), Fabaceae s.l. (Leguminosae), Poaceae (Gramineae), Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), Solanaceae, Oleaceae.
Plan Diversity, Biological Diversity, Flora, plant life forms, Biogeography (basic concepts), Vegetation (basic concepts).

Recommended Bibliography

Plant Biology
RAVEN P.H., EVERT R. F., EICHHORN S.E. - Biologia delle piante. Sesta edizione. Zanichelli, 2002
STERN K.R., BIDLACK J.E., JANSKY S.H. - Introduzione alla biologia vegetale. McGraw-Hill, 2009.
ROST T.L., BARBOUR M.G., STOCKING R.C., MURPHY T.M. - Biologia delle piante. Zanichelli, 2008.

Systematic Botany
Lesson slides and other material provided during the course.
Arrigoni P.V. (vari anni). Flora dell’Isola di Sardegna, Vol. 1-6, Carlo Delfino Editore, Sassari.
Pasqua G., Abbate G., Forni C. Botanica generale e diversità vegetale. Seconda edizione. PICCIN (2011), 592 pp.

Teaching Methods

Plant Biology
The course includes lectures and practical activities describing the topics of the program.
Systematic Botany
Lectures, lab exercises, field surveys.
Species identification in the Lab using dichotomous identification keys. Observation of fresh samples and exsiccata. Herbarium techniques. Preparation of a dedicated herbarium with 30 samples of species collected in a study area. Web resources useful for the Systematic Botany.

Contacts/More Information

None

Other courses

Course year: 1

AGRICULTURAL GENETICS
6 credits - Base
GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
8 credits - Base
MATHEMATICS WITH ELEMENTS OF STATISTICS
8 credits - Base
PHYSICS
6 credits - Base
PLANT BIOLOGY
10 credits - Base
CAD DESIGN FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
6 credits - A scelta dello studente
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR APPLIED HYDROLOGY
3 credits - A scelta dello studente
MYCOLOGY
6 credits - A scelta dello studente
PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES
2 credits - A scelta dello studente
STATISTICAL PROCEDURES FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
6 credits - A scelta dello studente
ENGLISH I
5 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
OTHER TRAINING ACTIVITIES
6 credits - Altro

Course year: 2

AGRICULTURAL BIOCHEMISTRY
7 credits - Caratterizzante
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
7 credits - Caratterizzante
AGRICULTURAL HYDRAULICS
6 credits - Caratterizzante
AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ANIMAL SCIENCE
8 credits - Caratterizzante
RURAL BUILDINGS AND TOPOGRAPHY
8 credits - Caratterizzante
ENGLISH II
5 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale

Course year: 3

GENERAL PLANT PATHOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY
8 credits
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND PLANTS
6 credits - Caratterizzante
AGRONOMY AND HERBACEOUS CROPS I
10 credits - Caratterizzante
TREE CROPS
8 credits - Caratterizzante
RURAL APPRAISAL
8 credits - Affine/Integrativa
SOIL CHEMISTRY
7 credits - Affine/Integrativa
FINAL TEST
10 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
PRACTICAL TRAINING APPLICATION
15 credits - Altro

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