Bi8030 Production biology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2008
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: Věra Faronová
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
The main objective of this course is present students basic mechanisms and factors underlying plant biomass production in biosphere. The main part of the course is explanation of processes of carbon fixation and carbon loss in plants. The connections between the size of production and environmental factors are analyzed as well as possible predictions of plant production based on mathematical modeling.
Syllabus
  • ( 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
  • Handbook of functional plant ecology. Edited by Fernando Valladares - Francisco I. Pugnaire. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1999, xiv, 901. ISBN 0824719506. info
  • FITTER, Alastair and Robert HAY. Environmental physiology of plants. 3rd ed. San Diego: Academic press, 2002, xii, 367. ISBN 0122577663. info
Assessment methods
Final examination consists of written test and oral exam.
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 2007, 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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