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20306 Plant Physiology

Credits: 6 advanced credits in Life Sciences

Prerequisites: Students must fulfill all English requirements

Required: Biochemistry I, Cell Structure and Function, Plants and Vegetation

The course deals with some of the major topics in plant physiology research. The first part of the course deals with metabolic processes (photosynthesis, photorespiration, and nitrogen fixation); the second part deals with factors involved in plant development phytohormones and environmental conditions. Special emphasis is placed on light, gravity and temperature as developmental signals.

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1Units 1,2 and 9 of the course have been replaced by translations of chapters in Plant Physiology (2nd ed.), by L. Taiz and E. Zeiger (Sinauer, 1998). Other units will gradually be replaced by translated chapters from the book.