Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h + 30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Draye Xavier (coordinator); Lutts Stanley;
Language
French
Prerequisites
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Content
The water relations of the plant are detailed: notions of water potential and its components, water transport in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, stomatal regulation and the importance of water relations at the cell and tissue level. The bases of mineral nutrition are specified: interactions between the root system and the soil, notions and functions of essential elements, cellular and transcellular transport. The light phase of photosynthesis is described in relation to the structure of the photosynthetic apparatus. The dark phase is approached by integrating the problem of gas exchanges and the efficiency of water use. The transport of assimilates is detailed: loading and unloading of the phloem, distribution of assimilates according to source-well relationships.
Teaching methods
Ex-catherdra course with practicals in groups and in project mode.
Evaluation methods
Written exam and evaluation of the group work (final presentation).
Online resources
Moodle: powerpoint slides, modelling exercices
Bibliography
Transparents des cours.
Le cours suit assez fidèlement le livre (disponible en BST) Plant Physiology (Taiz and Zeiger).
Le cours suit assez fidèlement le livre (disponible en BST) Plant Physiology (Taiz and Zeiger).
Teaching materials
- Plant Physiology (Taiz and Zeiger)
- Transparents des cours
Faculty or entity
AGRO
