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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 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Elle Rajandu (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring 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

The functioning of plant organisms and the regulation of basic life processes at the level of membrans, hormons, cells and environment. Adaptation to different ecological factors. Following topics are covered: plant water relations, mineral nutrition, photosynthes, respiration, growth and development, growth regulation

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has ability to explain the basic physioloigical processes in plants;
- has ability to explain the differences in physiology of different phylogenetic groups of plants

Teacher

lekt Elle Rajandu PhD

Prerequisite course 1

Introduction to Botany (MLB6005.LT)

Prerequisite course 2

General Chemistry (MLK6001.LT)

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