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Botany

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Course Unit Code546-0304/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KRE71Ing. Hana Švehláková, Ph.D.
Summary
Comprehension and knowledge of organisms functioning, knowledge about plant species of CR, about their using possibilities, about their importance.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Comprehension and knowledge of organisms functioning, knowledge about plant species of CR, about their using possibilities, about their importance.
Course Contents
1. Water management of the plant. Mineral nutrition of plants.
2. Photosynthesis. Respiration.
3. Secondary plant substances. Heterotrophic nutrition.
4. Physiology of movements - physical and vital movements. Phytohromones.
5. Physiology of plant growth and development.
6. Plant reproduction.
7. Cytological bases of heredity. Plant propagation, overview of methods,
principles. Generative reproduction, mitosis, meiosis.
8. Mendel's laws. Monohybrid crossing - dominance and recessivity. Cross
monohybrida - partial dominance. Binding of talents, Morgan's rules.
9. Sex inheritance, sex chromosomes. Types of heterogamity. Mutation,
mutagenicity, mutagens. Genetic toxicology. Ecotype.
10. Classification of plants, their origin and evolution. Biological species. Basic
division of organisms, plant systematics.
11. Non-cellular forms of living systems.
12. Lower plants.
13. Higher plants.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Taiz & Zeiger: Plant Physiology. Text book. Chelmsford, Essex, 2002
PROCHÁZKA, S., I. MACHÁČKOVÁ, J. KREKULE, J. ŠEBÁNEK a kol. Fyziologie rostlin. Praha: Academia, 1998
PROCHÁZKA, S. Botanika: morfologie a fyziologie rostlin. Brno: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7375-125-8
STALMACHOVÁ, B. Biologie I. - Botanika (Systematika nižších rostlin). Skripta VŠB - TU Ostrava, 1996
TAIZ, I., ZEIGLER, W.: Plant Physiology. Text book. Chelmsford, Essex, 2002
Recommended Reading:
Stern,Kingsley and Bidlack,James. Introductory Plant Biology.2007. ISBN:
9780072830682.
HEJNÝ, S. a B. SLAVÍK. Květena ČR 1. – 8. Praha: Academia, 1988 – 2010
UHER, J. Biologie rostlin: Systém a evoluce vyšších rostlin. Brno: MZLU, 2001
KAPLAN, Z. a kol. Klíč ke květeně České republiky. Praha: Academia, 2019. ISBN 978-80-200-2660-6
BIDLACK J. a S. JANSKY. Stern's Introductory Plant Biology. McGraw-Hill Education, 2019
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Terrain work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 34