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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
| Grao en Bioloxía |
 Subjects |
| Plant Physiology I |
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| Identifying Data | 2019/20 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Plant Physiology I | Code | 610G02027 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Second | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| I. INTRODUCTION | Topic 1.- INTRODUCTION TO PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. Topic 2.- THE PLANT CELL. |
| II. WATER BALANCE AND MINERAL NUTRITION | Topic 3.- WATER BALANCE IN THE CELL. Topic 4.- ABSORPTION AND TRANSPORT OF WATER. Topic 5.- TRANSPIRATION. Topic 6.- MINERAL NUTRITION. Topic 7.- ABSORPTION AND TRANSPORT OF MINERAL NUTRIENTS. Topic 8 .- NITROGEN METABOLISM (I). Topic 9.- NITROGEN METABOLISM (II). Topic 10.- SULPHUR METABOLISM. Tema 11.- METABOLISMO SECUNDARIO. |
| III. PHOTOSYNTHESIS | Topic 12.- INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSYNTHESIS. CLOROPLASTS. Topic 13.- PHOTOSYNTETIC PIGMENTS AND THE LIGHT ABSORBING SYSTEM. Topic 14.- ELECTRON TRANSPORT AND PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION. Topic 15.- THE CALVIN-BENSON CYCLE. Topic 16.- PHOTORESPIRATION. Topic 17.- OTHER ROUTES FOR ASSIMILATION OF PHOTOSYNTETIC CO2 Topic 18.- TRANSLOCATION IN THE PHLOEM. |
| Practical work | Lab session 1.-Determination of water potentials Lab session 2.-Induction of nitrate reductase in maize. Lab session 3.-Quantification of photosynthetic pigments. Lab session 4.-Identification of photosynthetic pigments. Lab session 5.- Photosynthesis by isolated chloroplasts. |
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