Bi9876 Plants and water

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Vít Gloser, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Vít Gloser, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Naděžda Bílá
Supplier department: Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of plant physiology and plant anatomy is required.
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
  • Special Biology (programme PřF, B-EXB, specialization Experimental Biology of Plants)
Course objectives
The subject provides information on the highly topical topic of water availability in the environment and water use by plants. Knowledge of the mechanisms of interactions between plants and water available in the environment is very necessary for understanding a number of current problems around us, especially in relation to food security and climate change.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to explain the basic principles and mechanisms governing the movement of water between soil, plants and the atmosphere. It will also cover the relationship between plant productivity and water availability in natural and agricultural systems, as well as plant adaptation mechanisms to water scarcity.
Syllabus
  • Water on Earth
  • Water in the soil
  • Water uptake by plants
  • Long-distance transport and distribution of water in the plant
  • Water use by plants
  • Physiological responses of plants to lack of water
  • Adaptations of plants to lack of water
  • The importance of plants for the movement of water in terrestrial ecosystems
  • Principles of water use in vegetation
  • Consequences of varying water availability on natural ecosystems
  • Availability of water and agricultural production of plants
  • Possibilities and methods of reducing the effects of drought on plants
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KIRKHAM, M. B. Principles of soil and plant water relations. Second edition. Oxford: Academic Press, 2014, xviii, 579. ISBN 9780124200227. info
  • EHLERS, Wilfried and Michael GOSS. Water dynamics in plant production. 2nd edition. Boston: CABI, 2016, xx, 375. ISBN 9781780643823. info
  • NOBEL, Park S. Physicochemical and environmental plant physiology. 4th ed. Amsterdam: Academic Press, 2009, xxi, 582. ISBN 9780123741431. info
  • TAIZ, Lincoln. Plant physiology and development. Seventh edition. ?: Oxford University Press, 2022. ISBN 9780197577240. info
  • GREGORY, P. J. Plant roots : growth, activity and interaction with soils. Oxford: Blackwell Pub., 2007, x, 318. ISBN 9781405119061. info
  • SCHULZE, Ernst-Detlef, Erwin BECK, Nina BUCHMANN, Stephan CLEMENS, Klaus MÜLLER-HOHENSTEIN and Michael SCHERER-LORENZEN. Plant ecology. Second edition. Berlin: Springer, 2019, xxi, 296. ISBN 9783662562314. info
  • 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
Teaching methods
Lectures supplemented by screening presentations and short multimedia inputs.
Assessment methods
An oral exam covering two topics selected from the range of topics published during the semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2023.
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