Course: General Botany

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Course title General Botany
Course code CBG/OBFR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Koutová Linda, Mgr.
  • Traxmandlová Iva, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to botany and plant physiology 2. Plant cell - structure and processes at the cell level 3. Histology 4. Introduction to morphology. Root. Stem 5. Bud. Blade 6. Flower morphology. Inflorescence. Pollination, fertilization. Embryo 7. Seed, fruit 8. Anatomy and morphology: bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms. Ontogenetic cycles of plants. 9. Ontogeny of plants. Plant integrity. Plant regulators. 10. Transport of substances in the plant body. Plant movements. Water regime of plants 11. Mineral nutrition of plants 12. Photosynthesis 13. Respiration. Stress, acclimatization and adaptation of plants, secondary metabolites Laboratory courses: 1. Introduction (botanica literature, general description of the plant body, latin names, herbarium) 2. Mosses, Ferns and Gymnosperms(anatomical and morphological specifics) 3. Plant cell 4. Histology 1 (tissues) 5. Histology 2 (epidermis incl. trichomes, anatomical structure of different leaf types) 6. Vascular bundles and stele (structure and types of vasculare bundles and stele types) 7. Primary and secondary plant body (primary versus secondary anatomical structure of stem and root) 8. Root and stem morphology 9. Leaf morphology 10. Flower morphology, floral formulae and diagram 11. Inflorescence types, seed, embryology 12. Fruit types 13. Assessments

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work, Lecture with visual aids
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 8 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 32 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 50 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
know plant cell structure at the upper secondary school level
know plant tissues at the upper secondary school level
know plant organ morphology at the upper secondary school level
know plant ontogenesis and reproduction at the upper secondary school level
know rules of plant system at the upper secondary school level
know terms used in the general biology at the upper secondary school level
know biochemical processes in living organisms at the upper secondary school level
know physical processes in living organisms at the upper secondary school level
Skills
know how to work with microscope and stereo microscope
specify aims, results and conclusion of own observation according to a task at the upper secondary school level
be able to understand interdisciplinary relations especially of biology, chemistry and physics
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
know plant cell structure
know primary and secondary plant body structure
know plant morphological structures used for plat determination
know different plant reproduction processes
know plant ontogenesis for different systematic groups
know generally used terms for plant body description, plant ecological function in ecosystem, phylogenetical and ecological relations
know role of the plant regulators for homeostasis, ontogeny, life and plant defence
know the principles, how the plats uptake water, how they manipulate plant water regime and facts concerning water regime of plant communities including specific adaptation for extreme ecological conditions
to explain how plants uptake different minerals and their physiological role in plant body, including adaptions for specific soil conditions
know what are the important biochemical processes at the cell and sub-cell level: photosynthesis, metabolism of main nutrients, respiration, and production of important compounds
Skills
can read and write plant scientific names
can derive plant systematic group names both in Czech and scientific group names
can observe, determine and describe plant cell structures visible in the optical and electron microscope
can observe anatomical and morphological structures of primary and secondary plant body important for plant determination at the presented plant material
can determine and correctly name anatomical and morphological structures of primary and secondary plant body important for plant determination at the presented plant material
can characterise anatomical and morphological structures of primary and secondary plant body important for plant determination at the presented plant material and name their function and relation to similar but phylogenetically different structures
be able to explain physiological processes by physical and chemical principles
understand physiological mechanisms of plant responses
understand and explain evolutional plant adaptation as a physiological response to certain conditions
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Laboratory work
Skills
Laboratory work
Skills demonstration
Individual study
Competences
Laboratory work
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Continuous assessment
Written exam
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Test
Competences
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Lux, Alexander; Baláž, Milan,; Kummerová, Marie,; Soukup, Aleš; Votrubová, Olga,; Abe, Jun,; Morita, Shigenori; Rost, Thomas L. Obrazový průvodce anatomií rostlin = Visual guide to plant anatomy. Vydání 1. 2017. ISBN 978-80-200-2620-0.
  • Tomášková I., Kubásek J. Fyziologie lesních dřevin II.. Praha, 2017.
  • Tomášková I., Kubásek J. Fyziologie lesních dřevin I.. Praha, 2016.
  • Votrubová O. Anatomie rostlin. Praha, 1996.


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