Duration
27h Th, 9h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- Use of water by the plant
- Mineral nutrition
- Introduction to bioenergetics
- Using light energy: photosynthesis
- Recovering chemical energy: oxidative catabolisms
- Pland developpement: general principles and the role of hormones
- Reproduction physiology
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Basic knowledge on the functioning of plants (metabolism, growth, development), emphasizing the structure - function relationships, from the molecular to the whole plant levels.
After completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:
- Describe the main plant functions and their underlying structures.
- Apply the principles of bioenergetics to plant functions: photosynthsesis, catabolims, water and mineral nutrition.
- Interpret plant development as the realization of a program under the control of genetic, hormonal and environmental factors.
- Set up simple experiments showing phenomena related with plant metabolism and growth.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
-- BIOL2010-1- Cellular biology -- CHIM9237-1- General chemistry -- BOTA0412-1 - Botany: organisation of seed plants
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures ex cathedra
Laboratory courses
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face activities
Web platform for training activies and further illustration
Recommended or required readings
Mandatory textbook:
Taiz L. et al. 2015. Plant Physiology and Development, 6th edition, Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Power point presentations of the lectures (based on the figures of the book) and overviews of the lectures available online
Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination Notation of the laboratory reports
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Participation to the laboratory courses is mandatory and unjustified absences lead to penalties at the final examination.
Contacts
Pr. Patrick du Jardin Patrick.duJardin@ulg.ac.be(Patrick.DuJardin@ulg.ac.be)