Study-unit PLANT ECOPHYSIOLOGY
| Course name | Natural and environmental sciences and technologies |
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| Study-unit Code | GP004106 |
| Curriculum | Comune a tutti i curricula |
| Lecturer | Roberto Venanzoni |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2023 |
| Supplied | 2023/24 |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Sector | BIO/04 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian language |
| Contents | THE WATER TRANSPORT: diffusion, bulk flow and osmosis. Hydric potential. solute transport: active and passive transport. Ionic channels, carrier and pumps. The membrane potential. Water and salt uptake: from soil to root, root pressure. Phytoremediation PHOTOSYNTHESIS: Overview of the light and the dark phase of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis ecophysiology: modulation of photosynthesis by light, CO2 concentration and temperature. PLANT METABOLISM: Assimilation of mineral elements: uptake and assimilation of nitrate. Synthesis of aminoacids. Biological fixation of nitrogen. SECONDARY METABOLITES: terpens, alkaloids and flavonoids. BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES |
| Reference texts | N. Rascio “Elementi di Fisiologia Vegetale” Edises II edizione 2021. Luigi Sanità di Toppi "Interazioni Piante-ambeinte" Piccin edzione 2018 |
| Educational objectives | The course is aimed to furnish useful elements to the understanding of the plant metabolism. To achieve this objective the students must understand a) how the plants are able to use the solar energy to assimilate the inorganic carbon and to convert it through different biosyntheses into molecules and complex organic structures composing the plant cell; b) how the plants are able to take up mineral elements and water from the environment and to redistribute them inside the different parts of the plant; c) how the plants are able to develop and to regulate their own growth, also in relationship to the environmental stimuli. The mechanisms of the response and adaptation of the plants to stress conditions will be deepened with particular attention to formation and scavenging of reactive oxygen species. |
| Prerequisites | Prerequisite that the student must have to fully understand the contents of the course is the knowledge of general botany (Plant citology and morphology). Important prerequisite is considered the knowledge of fundamentals of general chemistry, inorganic and organic. |
| Teaching methods | Face-to-face lectures and lab experiences. |
| Other information | Slides of the lectures are in the web site UNISTUDIUM. |
| Learning verification modality | Final written test. For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or DSA, visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa |
| Extended program | THE WATER TRANSPORT: diffusion, bulk flow and osmosis. Hydric potential. solute transport: active and passive transport. Ionic channels, carrier and pumps. The membrane potential. Water and salt uptake: from soil to root, root pressure. Phytoremediation PHOTOSYNTHESIS: Overview of the light and the dark phase of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis ecophysiology: modulation of photosynthesis by light, CO2 concentration and temperature. PLANT METABOLISM: Assimilation of mineral elements: uptake and assimilation of nitrate. Synthesis of aminoacids. Biological fixation of nitrogen. SECONDARY METABOLITES: terpens, alkaloids and flavonoids. BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES During the course will be carried out lab exercitations. |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | Quality education; Life on earth; Act for the climate |