BOTANY
The course explains the structure and characteristics of plants and provides knowledge useful for food and livestock care; goal is the knowledge of useful plants, especially considering most significant of the plant kingdom.
Living organisms classification
Peculiar characteristics of plant cells : the wall , the vacuole and plastid
Angiosperms - Morphology and functions of the root , stem and leaf
Asexual and sexual reproduction
Flower, fruit and seed
The life cycle of Angiosperms
Characteristics and importance of the main food families forage monocots and
dicotyledons
Mucciarelli M., Maffei M. - Piante Foraggere e Medicinali. Atlante Iconografico. Levrotto & Bella – TORINO
Gerola F.M., Gerola P.D. - BOTANICA per i corsi di Medicina Veterinaria e di Scienze della produzione animale. UTET – TORINO
The slides and other teaching materials used will be available on the Moodle platform