Spring 2019 - BISC 366 D100
Plant Physiology (3)
Class Number: 2295
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Mon, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
BurnabyJan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
BurnabyJan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Fri, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 13, 2019
Sat, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
David Hik
dhik@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
MBB 231 with a grade of C- or better.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The plant's physical environment and the physiological basis (mechanisms and principles) of the interaction between plants and their environment in relation to their survival and ecological distribution.
COURSE DETAILS:
BISC 366 will provide an overview of the integrated physiological processes involved in plant interactions with the environment, including water relations, gas exchange, energy balance, mineral nutrition, responses to the environment, plant defenses, and stress physiology. These processes will be discussed with respect to current problems ecology, with particular attention to adaptations to environmental stressors, species interactions, and global change.
- Nutrient acquisition including an overview of water transport; nitrogen assimilation and mineral uptake mechanisms.
- Photosynthesis including mechanism and regulation of photosynthesis, photorespiration, C3, C4 and CAM.
- Plant hormones and signalling associated with auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, or other metabolites, and their roles in tropism, photoperiodism, thermoperiodism, fruiting and flowering; and plant-plant communication.
- Adaptation and stress responses to environmental stress; acclimatisation and adaptation; response to herbivory, pathogens and herbicides
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
By the end of the course students will have an integrated understanding of:
- nutrient acquisition in plants
- the process and regulation of photosynthesis
- plant hormones and their role in the life cycle and responses to the environment
- the diversity of plant responses and adaptations to environmental conditions and stressors
Grading
- First Midterm 20%
- Second Midterm 20%
- Final Exam 35%
- Tutorial Presentation/Participation 10%
- Annotated Bibliography Assignment 15%
NOTES:
Course Hours:
1 hour lecture; 3 times a week for a total of 3 lecture hours a week
1 hour tutorial; 1 time a week for a total of 1 tutorial hour a week
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Specific journal readings will be assigned in class.
RECOMMENDED READING:
Fundamentals of Plant Physiology, 1st Edition Edited by Lincoln Taiz; Eduardo Zeiger; Ian Max Møller; Angus Murphy 2018: Sinauer Associates is an imprint of Oxford University Press. eISBN-13: 9781605357904
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