Plant Physiology


COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE – LEVEL 7
COURSE CODE B0013 SEMESTER 2nd
COURSE TITLE PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
TEACHING ACTIVITIES TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
  5 5
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

SCIENTIFIC AREA
PREREQUISITES:

 

NO
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: GREEK
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS:
URL COURSE: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01166/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
·        Students obtain knowledge of the basic physiological functions of plants.
General Skills
Autonomous work

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
Elements of chemical composition of plants. Physiological characteristics of the major organic compounds (Lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids). Basic principles of higher plant metabolism (Biophysical phenomena. Enzymes, enzymatic reactions. Allosteric enzymes. Inhibition. Biomembranes). Respiration of higher plants (Aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, Phosphoropentose cycle. Respiratory metabolism of lipids and proteins. Control of respiration and factors affecting it). Material exchange. Inorganic nutrition of higher plants. Necessary nutrients: physiological role, absorption by roots and leaves, translocation in plants). Rules of plant production. Nitrogen metabolism and symbiotic fixation. Metabolism of other inorganic nutrients). Photosynthesis (Role. Photochemical stages. Photosystems I and II. CO2 fixation). Trioze metabolism and synthesis of organic compounds). Transpiration. Plant growth and development (Vegetative growth, growth pattern). Endogenous growth factors. Plant hormones: Chemical composition, physiological role and mode of action. External growth factors. Thermoperiodism. Dormancy. Metabolic stress.
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODSEVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) Use of ICT in Teaching and Communication with students (PowerPoint, Videos, e-class)
TEACHING ORGANIZATION
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 39
Project 15
Laboratory exercise 26
Study 45
   
   
   
Course total 125
Student Evaluation Student evaluation includes:

·      Written exams (Multiple Choice Test) at the end of the semester.

 

  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Recommended books in the ‘Eudoxus’ system:

·        Book [86183084]: Φυσιολογία Φυτών, Hopkins G. William, Huner P.A. Norman Λεπτομέρειες

·        Book [59396732]: Φυσιολογία και Ανάπτυξη των Φυτών, Lincoln Taiz, Eduardo Zeiger, Ian Max Möller, Angus Murphy Λεπτομέρειες

·        Book [6838]: ΦΥΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΦΥΤΩΝ, ΚΑΡΑΤΑΓΛΗΣ ΣΤΥΛΙΑΝΟΣ Λεπτομέρειες

 

Additional literature sources will be available to students during the semester.

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Christos Chatzissavvidis, Evangelia Sinapidou
Contact details: cchatz@agro.duth.gr , esinapid@agro.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) NO
Evaluation methods: (2) Written examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured
Implementation Instructions: (3) The final examination of the course takes place on a scheduled day, according to the examination program of the Department. It is carried out through e-class and MS teams platforms. One day before the exam, the link of the exercise in e-class appears to those who have registered for the course and have taken note and accepted the terms of distance learning.

Students who participate in the examination, firstly must connect to MS teams and show their identity, in order to be identified by the teacher. Each student has to answer 25 multiple choice questions in 20 minutes. Every correct question is scored with 0.4 and there is also a negative score. More details are given with an announcement through e-class.