PLANT AND CROP PHYSIOLOGY
| Title | Φυσιολογία Φυτών και Καλλιεργειών / PLANT AND CROP PHYSIOLOGY |
| Code | ΝΑΚΑ803Ε |
| Faculty | Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment |
| School | Agriculture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Christos Dordas |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600024877 |
Programme of Study: Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Climate Change
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses beloging to the selected specialization | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 5 |
| Total Hours | 65 |
| Class ID | 600290559
|
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600290559
- eLearning:
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Students should be to have basic knowledge of physiology and crop production of field crops. Use of computers to present a relevant topic.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Understand the effects, at plant and crop level, of abiotic factors and how they affect crop yield and quality.
2. Distinguish and suggest ways to deal with problems that arise at the crop level.
3. Propose and utilize natural "tools" to deal with problems of cultivation in collaboration with other specialties (eg geneticists).
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Respect natural environment
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Photosynthesis, translocation of photosynthates respiration and photorespiration: processes, genetic and environmental influence. Light interception in plant and crop level, radiation and laws that describe it. Photosynthesis, processes, genetic and environmental influence, carbon balance in plants. Phytohormones: function and mechanisms in plants. Genetic and environmental influences, carbon balance in plants, respiration and photorespiration. Uptake and retranslocation of nutrients in plants adaptation of plants to nutrient deficiencies and toxicities. Utilization of nutrients, Nutrient use efficiency, ways of increasing nutrient efficiency, critical levels of nutrients. Physiological function of nitrogen in plants, N metabolism and productivity, interactions of N and carbon in plants. Water relations: mechanisms of water transport in plants, transpiration, water use efficiency, availability of water and development of field crops. Source/sink relationships of photosynthates, mechanisms of movement, regulation of movement, influence of biotic and abiotic factors. Yield of field crops and yield components, source/sink relations in different groups of field crops (cereals, legumes, sugar beet, forage crops etc. Estimation of N2-fixation of legumes with the method of natural abidance. Student presentation.
Keywords
Physiology, field crops, function and mechanisms of plants
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Description
Teaching with powerpoint.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 65 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 40 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Tutorial | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Project | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 200 |
Student Assessment
Description
80% written exams, 20% Assignment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
-
Additional bibliography for study
Web of Science
Last Update
01-09-2024
