PřF:Bi7570 Plant Physiological Ecology - Course Information
Bi7570 Plant Physiological Ecology
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 3/0/0. 3 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Jan Gloser, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Vít Gloser, Ph.D. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Vít Gloser, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jan Gloser, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Tue 13:00–15:50 C13/332
- 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 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course, students should be able to explain: (1)physiological mechanisms of interactions of plants with different environmental factors, which is of basic importance for causal explanation of plant growth and distribution in natural stands, (2)to scale up these interactions from cellular level to whole plant and stand responses, (3) to estimate relative importance of individual environmental factors for plant activity in different types of habitats.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course, students should be able: (1)to explain physiological mechanisms of interactions of plants with different environmental factors, which is of basic importance for causal explanation of differences in plant growth rate and distribution in natural stands, (2)to scale up these interactions from cellular level to whole plant and stand responses, (3) to estimate relative importance of individual environmental factors for plant activity in different types of habitats.
- Syllabus
- Interception of radiation by leaves and stands.
- Photoinhibition, photodestruction.
- Effect of spectral distribution of radiation on growth, photoperiodicity.
- The energy budget of a plant leaf, chilling and frost injury, resistance to extreme temperatures.
- The influence of water stress on physiological processes, control of water uptake and transpiration.
- Water use efficiency in C3, C4 and CAM plants.
- Availability of mineral nutrients in the soil, adaptation to nutrient limitation.
- The effects of toxic compounds in the environment on plants.
- Function of plants in hypoxic, strongly acidic and calcareous soils.
- Plant competition, allelopathy, resistance to pathogens and herbivores.
- Growth strategies of plants in different environments.
- Literature
- LAMBERS, Johannes Thieo, F. Stuart CHAPIN and Thijs Leendert PONS. Plant physiological ecology. 2nd ed. New York, N.Y.: Springer, 2008, xxix, 604. ISBN 9780387783406. info
- SCHULZE, Ernst-Detlef, Erwin BECK and Klaus MÜLLER-HOHENSTEIN. Plant ecology. Heidelberg: Springer, 2005, ix, 702. ISBN 354020833X. URL info
- FITTER, Alastair and Robert HAY. Environmental physiology of plants. 3rd ed. San Diego: Academic press, 2002, xii, 367. ISBN 0122577663. info
- NOBEL, Park S. Physicochemical & environmental plant physiology. 2nd ed. San Diego: Academic Press, 1999, xxiv, 474. ISBN 0125200250. info
- LARCHER, Walter. Fyziologická ekologie rostlin. Translated by Václav Bauer. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1988, 361 s. URL info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures using audiovisual techniques, study of recommended textbooks.
- Assessment methods
- Written test consisting of 30 questions. To pass the exam students have to answer at least 50% of the questions correctly.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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