Bi8030 Production biology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2007
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
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
Teacher's information
http://www.sci.muni.cz/kfar/probio.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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