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Course Information

Bi8030 Production biology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2005

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Miloš Barták, CSc. (lecturer)

Supervisor

prof. Ing. Miloš Barták, CSc.
Department of Experimental Biology - Biology Section - Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Eliška Karasová

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

PRODUCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY Topics of lectures ( 1 ) Productivity of the Earth ecosystems, global cycling of N and C ( 2 ) Solar energy as a basic energy source, spectral and energetic properties of solar radiation ( 3 ) Interception and absorption of solar radiation by plants, optical properties of leaves, components of radiation balance ( 4 ) Minerals, water, air and soil temperature as driving factors of plant production ( 5 ) Fotosynthesis and respiration, carbon balance, gross and nett photosynthesis, photochemical and biochemical part of photosynthesis. Principles of photoprotective mechanisms. ( 6 ) Transport and allocation of assimilates, source-sink relatin ( 7 ) Biomass growth in time, growth curves, analysis of growth processes ( 8 ) Limits of plant production, supplemental energy, agroecosystems, plant cultivation in artifical systems ( 9 ) Laboratory and field methods of plant production ( 10 ) Principals of production estimation on individual and community level Mathematical simulation and modelling of plant production - basic terminology ( 11 ) Modelling of plant production, basic types of models ( 12 ) Plant production models, advantages and disadvantages, exaples of application in practice ( 13 ) The use of methods of plant production biology in practice

Literature

• BARTÁK, Miloš. Chlorophyll fluorescence as a tool in physiological plant ecology: Assessment of plant photosynthetic response to long-term elevated CO2. (Chlorophyll fluorescence as a tool in physiological plant ecology: Assessment of plant photosynthetic response to long-term elevated CO2.). In Topics in Ecology. Structure and Function in Plants and Ecosystems. Antwerp: University of Antwerp, 2000. p. 211-221. ISBN 90-5728-022-1. info

Assessment methods (v češtině)

Kombinace písemné a ústní zkoušky: Písemná část formou 1 hod. testu (25 otázek). Ústní část je tvořena 4-5 otázkami z celého rozsahu učiva přenášek.

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• Bi8030c Production biology - practical course
  NOW(Bi8030)  

Teacher's information

http://www.sci.muni.cz/kfar/probio.html

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, autumn 2012, autumn 2013.

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