Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

6769 (v.3) Plant Physiology 212


Area:

Department of Environmental Biology

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

1754 (v.6) Cell Biology 101 or any previous version
AND
    1756 (v.7) Plant Biology 101 or any previous version
    OR
    303226 (v.2) Horticulture Plant and Soil Resources 101 or any previous version
    OR
    303231 (v.2) Horticultural Plant and Soil Systems 102 or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

Secondary products of metabolism. Plant hormones - flowering and fruit development. Mineral nutrient requirements, tolerances uptake mechanisms. Specialised modes of nutrition - root clusters and mycorrhizas. Photosynthesis - environmental constraints. Scientific report writing. Greenhouse effect. Water relations and drought. Transpiration - mechanisms and constraints. Growth analyses - crop physiology. Physiology of germination. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Ecophysiology and cultivation tolerances of Australian plants.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

010900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2007 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

 
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