PřF:Bi8030c Production biology - pr. - Course Information
Bi8030c Production biology - practical course
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. Ing. Miloš Barták, CSc. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. Ing. Miloš Barták, CSc.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Věra Faronová - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- NOW( Bi8030 Production biology )
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The main objectives of this course are namely introduction of the most important methods for measurement of the rate of plant biomass production and practical measurements of factors that significantly affect production processes in plants.
- Syllabus
- Measurement of microclimatic factors in the field
- Absorbtion of the irradiance by leaf and canopy
- Plant cultivation in experimental setup
- Measurement the rate of photosynthesis
- Effects of photoinhibition in leaves
- Gasometric measurements of respiration and transpiration
- Use of automatic datalogging systems for data acquisition in the field
- Practical measurements in the field
- Mathematical modeling of plant production
- Future prospecst and use of plant production analysis
- Literature
- Plant physiological ecology : field methods and instrumentation. Edited by Robert W. Pearcy. 1st ed. London: Chapman & Hall, 1989, 457 s. ISBN 0412407302. info
- NOBEL, Park S. Physicochemical & environmental plant physiology. 2nd ed. San Diego: Academic Press, 1999, xxiv, 474. ISBN 0125200250. info
- LAMBERS, Johannes Thieo, F. Stuart CHAPIN and Thijs Leendert PONS. Plant physiological ecology. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998, xxvii, 540. ISBN 0387983260. info
- Assessment methods
- Complete protocols with results of measurements for all topics. Final written test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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