PLANT BIOLOGY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Disciplinary Sector:

Systematic Botanics

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ALBANI Diego Maria

BRUNDU Giuseppe Antonio Domenic

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

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

AF code:

40000637

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

The students will be assessed through a written test for each of the two parts of the course, or with a single final oral or written exam. If the student will decide to make two separate exams suggested option - the final score will be calculated as a weighted average (taking into account CFUs) between the score achieved for the Plant biology part and the score achieved for the Systematic botany part.
One example of the written text is discussed during the course and given to the students. It includes general questions, multiple choice questions and drawings related to the whole program but with special concern to the plant Families discussed in details in the course. The written text lasts 90 minutes (max length).

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 the most important families, genus and species 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. (1,75 CFU)
Plant histology. Primary and secondary meristems. Parenchymatic, tegumental, mechanical, conductive and secretory tissues. (1 CFU)
Plant anatomy. Primary and secondary structure of stems, leaves and roots with their modifications. Reproductive structures of the Angiosperms and the setting of fruit and seeds (1,25 CFU)
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. (1,25 CFU)
Physical and chemical properties of water. Water potential and water transport in plants. (0,5 CFU)
Translocation of organic compounds. (0,25 CFU)

Systematic Botany
The international standards for the nomenclature of spontaneous and cultivated taxa (0,20 CFU).
Gymnosperms (Cycads, Ginkgo, conifers, gnetophytes) (0,30 CFU).
Family Asteraceae (Compositae), morphology, ecology, uses, main genera and species (0,75 CFU).
Family Leguminosae, morphology, ecology, uses, main genera and species (0,75 CFU).
Family Poaceae (Gramineae), morphology, ecology, uses, main genera and species (0,75 CFU).
Family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), morphology, ecology, uses, main genera and species (0,25 CFU).
Family Solanaceae, morphology, ecology, uses, main genera and species (0,25 CFU).
Family Oleaceae, morphology, ecology, uses, main genera and species (0,25 CFU).
Plan Diversity, Biological Diversity, Flora, plant life forms, Biogeography (basic concepts), Vegetation (basic concepts) (0,5 CFU).

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
Arrigoni P.V. (vari anni). Flora dellIsola 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.

Lesson slides and other teaching material will be provided during the course. Students that cannot attend the course are invited to request these materials by e-mail.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Plant Biology & Systematic Botany
The course includes lectures and practical activities describing the topics of the program.

Contacts/More Information

Information on part I (general botany): albani@uniss.it
Information on part II (systematic botany): gbrundu@uniss.it
Student reception on Mondays (morning) or after e-mail booking
Upon request, lectures and exams could be in English, with special concern to students undergoing mobility programs. Student that cannot attend the lessons are invited to contact the course professors for tuning their preparation towards the exam.

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