Course overview
This course provides an introduction to the structure and function of plants with a specific focus on plants of agricultural and horticultural importance, but may also include native species when appropriate. Attention will be given to how plants respond and adapt to their environment and the consequences of these interactions to productivity and quality. The link between an understanding of plant science and the management of plants will be highlighted.
Course learning outcomes
- Describe the photosynthetic pathway and explain the role of environmental controls on photosynthetic rates
- Discuss the factors that determine water use efficiency
- Explain how plants acquire, transport, and use mineral nutrients
- Describe the life cycle of plants, important environmental and hormonal controls of growth and development
- Identify the basic anatomy of plants as it relates to the physiology
- Explain the physiological responses to mycorrhizal infection and rhizobium symbiosis
- Design and manage experimentation, develop and test an hypothesis and to analyse and present the data clearly
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