Plant Physiology (BOT-271)
Goals and Objectives of the Course
- To understand the structure and functions of cell components.
- To understand plant water relation.
- To learn types of solution, their spécifications and phenomenon of Osmosis and Diffusion.
- To understand phloem transport, and to learn the difference between active and
passive transport in plants.
- To learn about mineral nutrition and to understand the role of different macronutrient
and micronutrients in plants, their déficiences and symptoms.-
- To understand photosynthesis, light and dark reactions of photosynthesis, Calvin
Cycle, differences between C3 and C4 plants
- To learn phytohormones and their roles in plant growth and development.
- To learn about Amino acid, proteins, and enzyme mechanism
- To learn photoperiodism, photomorphogenesis and Vernalization.
- To understand the respiration in plants
- To learn about the plant metabolites, functions of primary and secondary metabolites
- To understand the photoperiodism, long day, short day and day neutral plants.
- To understand the concept of plant stress physiology, types of biotic and abiotic stresses
avoidance and resistance.