Study-unit BOTANY
| Course name | Biological sciences |
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| Study-unit Code | GP004017 |
| Curriculum | Comune a tutti i curricula |
| Lecturer | Marilena Ceccarelli |
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| CFU | 8 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2023 |
| Supplied | 2023/24 |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Discipline biologiche |
| Sector | BIO/01 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | General structure and organization of plant organisms. The plant cell. Plant tissues: meristems and mature tissues. Morphology and anatomy of stem, leaf, and root. Morphological adaptations to different environmental conditions. The vegetative and sexual reproduction. Principles of Systematic and Taxonomy. The most important groups of plant organisms: Algae, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Spermatophyta. |
| Reference texts | G. Pasqua, G. Abbate, C. Forni, Botanica generale e diversità vegetale. Piccin, IV ed., 2019 S. Pancaldi, C. Baldisserotto, L. Ferroni, L. Pantaloni, Fondamenti di Botanica generale. Teoria e pratica in laboratorio, McGraw Hill,II ed., 2019 J. D. Mauseth, Botanica, 2 voll. (parte generale; biodiversità). CG Idelson Gnocchi, II ed., 2003 F. M. Gerola, Biologia e diversità dei vegetali. UTET, 1995 R.F. Evert, S.E. Eichhorn, La biologia delle piante di Raven. Zanichelli, 2013 |
| Educational objectives | This course is part of the basic teachings in degree course in Biological Science. The main aim is to provide students with the basis knowledge about structure organization and physiology of plant organisms, their development and reproduction, as well as their evolution. At the end of the course the students should have understood the fundamental role of the photosynthetic organisms in maintaining life on Earth. |
| Prerequisites | The study of plant cell structure and organization is an extensively covered topic in the course. In order to be able to follow this course with profit, it is useful that the students have successfully passed the Cytology and Histology exam. |
| Teaching methods | The course is organized in lectures on all expected topics. Attendance at classes is optional but strongly recommended. |
| Other information | Supplementary teaching material will be available in the Uni-studium web page. |
| Learning verification modality | The exam consists of an oral test based on questions on some topics of the teaching program. Its length is about 30 minutes. The test aims to ascertain the knowledge level and the understanding capability acquired by the student about the theoretical program contents. The oral exam will also test the student communication skills, his language correctness, and his autonomy in the organization and exposure of the theoretical topics. |
| Extended program | General structure and organization of plant organisms. The plant cell: in-depth study of cell wall, plastids, vacuole, nucleus. Plant tissues: meristems and cellular differentiation; the mature tissues systems: epidermis, parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma, secretory tissues, xylem and phloem. Morphology and anatomy of stem, leaf, and root. Morphological adaptations to different environmental conditions. The vegetative and sexual reproduction. Principles of Systematic and Taxonomy. The most important groups of plant organisms: Algae, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Spermatophyta. Reproductive organs: flower, fruit, seed. |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | 11-Città e comunità sostenibili 13-Agire per il clima 15-La vita sulla terra |