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Plant Physiology

Course code

MLB6037.LT

old course code

MLB6037

Course title in Estonian

Taimefüsioloogia

Course title in English

Plant Physiology

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2026/2027 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To promote the development of knowledges necessary for the understanding the processes taking place in plants (assimilation, dissimilation, anabolism, catabolism).

Brief description of the course

Course on the functioning of the plant organism and basic life processes, regulation, membrane, trophic, hormonal and environmental levels, adaptation to various ecological factors. Main topics: plant cell structure, chemical composition of plants, water exchange, mineral nutrition, photosynthesis, respiration, growth and development, specific features of moss physiology, growth regulators, stress physiology.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has basic knowledge of plant physiology and is able to describe the main physiological processes occurring in plants;
- can describe the specific physiological processes of taxonomic plant groups;
- can create connections between physiological processes of plants and ecological factors;
- can prepare a presentation and illustrative diagram on a selected narrow topic and argue about them.

Teacher

lekt Elle Rajandu PhD

Prerequisite course 1

Introduction to Botany (MLB6005.LT)

Prerequisite course 2

General Chemistry (MLK6001.LT)

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