PřF:B8030 Production biology - Course Information

B8030 Production biology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2000

Extent and Intensity

2/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

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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

Syllabus

PRODUCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY Topics of lectures (academic year 1999-2000) ( 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 ( 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

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

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

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002.