PřF:Bi8030 Production biology - Course Information

Bi8030 Production biology

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Miloš Barták, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Miloš Barták, CSc.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Eliška Karasová

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

PRODUCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY Topics of lectures ( 1 ) Productivity of the Earth ecosystems, global cycling of N and C ( 2 ) Solar energy as a basic energy source, spectral and energetic properties of solar radiation ( 3 ) Interception and absorption of solar radiation by plants, optical properties of leaves, components of radiation balance ( 4 ) Minerals, water, air and soil temperature as driving factors of plant production ( 5 ) Fotosynthesis and respiration, carbon balance, gross and nett photosynthesis, photochemical and biochemical part of photosynthesis. Principles of photoprotective mechanisms. ( 6 ) Transport and allocation of assimilates, source-sink relatin ( 7 ) Biomass growth in time, growth curves, analysis of growth processes ( 8 ) Limits of plant production, supplemental energy, agroecosystems, plant cultivation in artifical systems ( 9 ) Laboratory and field methods of plant production ( 10 ) Principals of production estimation on individual and community level Mathematical simulation and modelling of plant production - basic terminology ( 11 ) Modelling of plant production, basic types of models ( 12 ) Plant production models, advantages and disadvantages, exaples of application in practice ( 13 ) The use of methods of plant production biology in practice

Literature

• BARTÁK, Miloš. Chlorophyll fluorescence as a tool in physiological plant ecology: Assessment of plant photosynthetic response to long-term elevated CO2. In Topics in Ecology. Structure and Function in Plants and Ecosystems. Antwerp: University of Antwerp, 2000, p. 211-221. ISBN 90-5728-022-1. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Kombinace písemné a ústní zkoušky: Písemná část formou 1 hod. testu (25 otázek). Ústní část je tvořena 4-5 otázkami z celého rozsahu učiva přenášek.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• Bi8030c Production biology - practical course
  NOW(Bi8030)  
• Bi8030en Production Plant Biology
  (!Bi8030) && !NOWANY(Bi8030)  

Teacher's information

http://www.sci.muni.cz/kfar/probio.html

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