SCIENZE BIOLOGICHE, GEOLOGICHE E AMBIENTALIBiologyAcademic Year 2022/2023

1010999 - MORFOLOGIA E FISIOLOGIA VEGETALE A - L
Module 1011001 - FISIOLOGIA VEGETALE

Teacher: Antonia Egidia CRISTAUDO

Expected Learning Outcomes

To know the main functions of Cormophytes; identify the close relationship between structure and function and highlight the adaptations to environmental characteristics.

Course Structure

The course (6 CFU) will be carried out through lectures supported by power point presentations.

Detailed Course Content

Membrane physiology. Root absorption of water and mineral nutrient. Water conduction transport from root to leaf. Transpiration and guttation. Oxidative respiration: Glycolysis, Krebs cycle. PHOTOSYNTHESIS - Light-dependent reactions: the photosynthetic pigments, the photosystems, energy conversion to the stable chemical forms. Light-independent reactions: Calvin cycle. Influence of the environment on photosynthesis. Photorespiration. C4 and CAM photosynthesis. Nitrogen assimilation and biological nitrogen fixation. Translocation of photoassimilates. HORMONES. Tropisms movements: phototropism and gravitropism. PHYSIOLOGY OF FLOWERING.

Textbook Information

  1. R.F. Evert & Eichorn S.E. La Biologia delle piante di Raven. Zanichelli ed., Bologna
  2. MAUSETH J. D., Botanica. Fondamenti di biologia delle piante. IV^ ed. 2019. Casa ed. Idelson-Gnocchi.

To study in deep

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1Ricambio idrico: AssorbimentoTesto 1: cap. 30
2Trasporto a breve ed a lunga distanzaTesto 1: cap. 30
3Dispersione: traspirazione e guttazioneTesto 1: cap. 30
4Respirazione: Glicolisi, Ciclo di KrebsTesto 1: cap. 6
5Fotosintesi - Fase luminosa: i pigmenti fotosintetici, i fotosistemi, trasformazione dell’energia luminosa in energia chimica (schema a Z)Testo 1: cap. 7
6Fotosintesi - Fase oscura: ciclo di CalvinTesto 1: cap. 7
7Fotorespirazione. Piante C4 e CAMTesto 1: cap. 7
8Organicazione e ciclo dell’azotoTesto 1: cap. 29
9Trasporto delle sostanze organicheTesto 1: cap. 30
10Cenni sugli OrmoniTesto 1: cap. 27
11Fototropismo e GeotropismoTesto 1: cap. 28
12Influenza dei fattori ambientali sulla fiorituraTesto 1: cap. 28

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