| Inst. for Jordbrugsvidenskab
80 % Inst. for Plantebiologi 20 % | |||||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Bachelor 2. år til Kandidat 2. år | ||||||||||||||||
| Varighed | En blok | ||||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Fælleskursus | ||||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Løbende eksamen skriftlig prøve Alle hjælpemidler tilladt Beskrivelse af eksamen: 3individual multiple choice tests distributed over the course and a final individual case report. Vægtning: Three individual multiple choice tests: 45%(15% each) Final case report: 55% 7-trinsskala, intern censur | ||||||||||||||||
| Forudsætninger for indstilling til eksamen | Evaluation of one group-based essay based on experimental exercises | ||||||||||||||||
| Rammer for undervisning | 50% lectures and 50% problem solution, cases and laboratory work. Cases in project groups characterised by choice of ecosystem or species (forest, horticulture or agriculture). Excursion. | ||||||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 4 Ugestruktur: B | ||||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||||
| Begrænset deltagerantal | None | ||||||||||||||||
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| Basic Science: Fundamental knowledge of the impact of the environment on plant functioning and adaptation at various levels of integration from the molecular, biochemical and physiological level to a whole plant level. Knowledge of and experience with laboratory and field techniques used in plant ecophysiological research. Applied Science: Ability to understand how variations in natural growth factors and anthropogenic management factors affect the growth and productivity of different plant species used in horticulture, agriculture and forestry. Ability to use, transfer, evaluate and make judgment of strategies for improvement of plant tolerance towards adverse soil and climatic conditions by breeding and biotechnology. Ethics and values: Ability to analyse and react on problems related to plant growth and biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems caused by changes in climate, soil conditions and exposure to anthroponenic pollutants. | |||||||||||||||||
| Kursets målsætning | |||||||||||||||||
| To develop and apply plant physiological principles to plant growth and resource utilization in cultivated and natural terrestrial eco-systems. The impact of changes in the environment on plant functioning will be assessed and the concept of biological stress used to understand mechanisms involved in plant adaptation to adverse soil and climatic conditions. The direct and indirect aspects of anthropogenic pollution will be treated in relation to impacts on plant physiological processes. | |||||||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||||||
| Key themes include: 1. Assessment and analysis of plant growth and carbon partitioning, the interactions of internal and external factors in determining photosynthetic efficiency and the seasonal control of growth and development. 2. Ecophysiologically based classification of species and ecotypes according to distribution in soils. 3. The functional properties of inorganic elements in plants with respect to growth, reproduction and survival in different environments. 4. Plant adaptation to changing climatic conditions such as increased CO2, extreme temperatures, drought, UV radiation and ozone. 5. Plant adaptation to adverse soil conditions: deficiencies and toxicities of mineral nutrients, salinity, acidity, alkalinity, drought and heavy metals. 6. Diagnosis of nutritional disorders and other abiotic stress responses. 7. The genetic and molecular basis for that some plant species, genotypes and ecotypes are more tolerant towards abiotic stress than others. 8. Plant-soil interactions (rhizosphere processes) 9. The use of plants for cleaning of soils polluted with heavy metals and other xenobiotics (phytoremediation). | |||||||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||||||
| The teaching consists of 50% lectures and 50% will be used for problem solution and cases. The case work will be carried out in project groups within different areas of plant ecophysiology characterised by choice of ecosystem or species (terrestrial ecosystem, forest, horticulture, agriculture boreal or others). The problem solution work will consist of theory (mindmaps) and hands on laboratory work dealing with key experimental techniques for measurement of plant ecophysiological processes and diagnosis of abiotic stress. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Stipulated in "Areas of Competence the Course Will Address" | |||||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||||
| Jan Kofod Schjørring, jks@life.ku.dk, Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi/Plante- og Jordvidenskab, Tlf: 35333495 Søren Husted, shu@life.ku.dk, Institut for Jordbrugsvidenskab/Plante- og Jordvidenskab, Tlf: 35333498 Bjarke Veierskov, bv@life.ku.dk, Institut for Plantebiologi og Bioteknologi/Plantefysiologisk/Anatomisk Laboratorium, Tlf: 35333328 Dan Bruhn, dbr@life.ku.dk, Institut for Jordbrugsvidenskab/Plante- og Jordvidenskab, Tlf: 3528 | |||||||||||||||||
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