Antonietta LEONE | PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Antonietta LEONE PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
cod. 0512800028
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
| 0512800028 | |
| DIPARTIMENTO DI CHIMICA E BIOLOGIA "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI" | |
| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | |
| 2014/2015 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010 | |
| SECONDO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIO/04 | 6 | 48 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| 1) KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING- THE COURSE “PLANT PHYSIOLOGY” IS AIMED AT INTRODUCING STUDENTS TOWARD THE COMPREHENSION OF THE MAIN MOLECULAR AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS REGULATING THE DIFFERENTIATION, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PLANTS IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS AS WELL AS UNDER CROPPING SYSTEMS. THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND DISCUSS SINGLE AND INTEGRATED PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, WITH MAJOR EMPHASIS ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS, TRANSPORT OF WATER AND SOLUTES, MINERAL NUTRITION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND HORMONAL CONTROL OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. EACH PROCESS WILL BE EXAMINED AT THE BIOCHEMICAL, CELLULAR, MOLECULAR AND ORGANISMAL LEVEL SO AS TO PROVIDE A MORE COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF EACH PROCESS. 2) APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING- THE COURSE IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE STUDENTS THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND AND CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE MAIN PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PLANTS UNDER NATURAL AND CROPPING ENVIRONMENT. STUDENTS WILL HAVE BASIC KNOWLWDGE TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CELL/PLANT STRUCTRES AND FUNCTIONS; THE MAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES (E.G. WATER AND NUTRIENTS UPTALE AND TRANSPORT; SYNTEHSIS OF ORGANIC MOLECULES THROUGH PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PERCEPTION AND TRANSDUCTION OF PLANT HORMONES AND OTHER PHYSICAL EXTERNAL AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN REGULATING PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 3) MAKING JUDGEMENTS THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE PROVIDED BY THE COURSE WILL GIVE THE STUDENTS THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE PRACTICAL TOOLS TO FACE AND DISCUSS TOPICS AND SOLVE PROBLEMS OF RELEVANT IMPORTANCE FOR THE MAINTAINANCE OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND MANAGMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS LIMITING PLANT PRODUCTIVITY AND FOOD QUALITY FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. 4) COMMUNICATION SKILLS COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND ANALYTICAL ABILITIES ACQUIRED BY THE STUDENTS ON THE BASIC AND MOST ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY WILL BE ASSESSED THROUGH WRITTEN TESTS (SEE BELOW SECTION) CONTAINING OPEN OR MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS, AND ORAL REPORTS, WHICH WILL ALLOW FACTUAL RECALL, APPLICATION OF CONCEPTS AND PROBLEM SOLVING. COMMUNICATION SKILLS WILL BE ALSO ASSESSED THROUGH CLARITY IN WRITING, ACCURACY IN GRAMMAR, AND SPELLING AND ORGANIZATION IN PRESENTATION OF FACTS. 5) LEARNING SKILLS- STUDENTS WILL BE CONTINOUSLY ASSISTED AND CHALLENGED IN DEVELOPING AN AUTONOMOUS AN ANALYTICAL APPROCHES IN STUDYING PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, WITH THE FINAL AIM TO IMPROVE THEIR CRITICAL AND EVALUATING ABILITIES IN THE SPECIFIC FIELD OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE IS FUNDAMENTAL FOR STUDENTS WISHING TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES IN PLANT PHYSIOLOGY OR PLANT BIOLOGY, BY APPLYING TO SPECIFIC MASTER AND PHD PROGRAMMES OFFERED BY UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO OR OTHER ITALIAN AND FOREIGNER UNIVERSITY. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| THE STUDENTS MUST HAVE HAVE A SOUND BACK-GROUND KNOWLEDGE IN PLANT CELL BIOLOGY, BOTANY, INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY |
| Contents | |
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| 1. INTRODUCTION: THE FIELD OF INTEREST OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, STUDY METHODOLOGIES AND APPROACHES, AUTOTROPHY VERSUS HETEROTROPHY; 2. SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLANT AND ANIMAL CELLS: PLASTIDS, IMPORTANCE OF VACUOLES, PEROXISOMES, CELL WALL; 4)STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES: IONIC RELATIONSHIPS, ENERGETIC COMPONENTS OF WATER AND ION TRANSPORT NERST EQUATION, MEMBRANE ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL, TRANSPORT MECHANISMS (TRANSPORTERS, CANALS AND PUMPS); 4) WATER UPTAKE AND TRANSPORT: OSMOSIS; WATER CHEMICAL POTENTIAL, ROOT UPTAKE, ROLE OF AQUAPORINS, XYLEM STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, XYLEMATIC WATER TRANSPORT, THE COHESION-TENSION THEORY, STOMATA STRUCTURE, REGULATION OF CLOSING AND OPENING STOMATA; TRANSPIRATION; 5.UPTAKE OF MINERALS FROM THE SOIL: MACRO- AND MICRO-ELEMENTS ; 6) PHOTOSYNTHESIS: LIGHT REACTIONS; CALVIN_BENSON CYCLE; SUCROSE AND STARCH BIOSYNTHESIS; 7. PHLOEM STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION AND TRANSPORT, COMPOSITION OF PHLOEM SAP, MECHANISMS OF PHLOEM LOADING AND UNLOADING; 8. BIOSYNTHESIS OF CELLULOSE AND MECHANISMS OF DEPOSITION IN THE CELL WALL, CELL WALL EXTENSIBILITY: ROLE OF PH, AUXINS AND EXTENSINS AND CALCIUM. 9. CELL CYCLE AND PLANT GROWTH: SEED DEVELOPMENT, DORMANCY AND GERMINATION, SYNTHESIS AND MOBILIZATION OF SEED STORAGE STARCH, LIPID AND PROTEINS; 10. SIGNAL PERCEPTION AND TRANSDUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS AND ROLE OF PHYTOHORMONE: BIOSYNTHESIS AND MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF AUXINS, GIBBERELLINS, CYTOKININES, ABSCISIC ACID, ETHYLENE AND OTHER PHYTOHORMONES; PHOTOMORPHOGENISIS |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| THEORETCAL LECTURES; INTERACTIVE AND WEB TOOLS FOR STUDYING AND SIMULATING THE MAIN PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES |
| Verification of learning | |
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| TWO WRITTEN TESTS INCLUDING OPEN QUESTIONS AND MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS. THE FINAL SCORE IS THE MEAN VALUE OF THE SCORE ACHIEVED FOR EACH WRITTEN TEST. |
| Texts | |
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| 1) RASCIO N. ET AL (2012) ELEMENTI DI FISIOLOGIA VEGETALE, EDITORE EDISES, ISBN: 9788879597104 2) TAIZ L, ZEIGER E (2009) FISIOLOGIA VEGETALE, EDITORE PICCIN, ISBN 978-88-299-1974-1 3) ARTICOLI SCIENTIFICI SU SPECIFICI ARGOMENTI DI FISIOLOGIA VEGETALE |
| More Information | |
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| FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT PROF. ANTONELLA LEONE (ALEONE@UNISA.IT) |
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