Plant growth and Development

The course is offered every second year, next time will be in autumn 2023. It builds on the foundation in plant physiology established in BI1007 with an emphasis on growth and development. It covers the physiological processes involved in plant growth and development, including embryonic development, cell expansion, root and shoot growth, light responses, hormonal regulation, and environmental and hormonal signal transduction. The pensum includes chapters from a current textbook and scientific articles chosen by the instructor and students. This course provides a physiological foundation for students studying cell and molecular biology and biotechnology, and together with BI2021 comprises a comprehensive full semester course in plant physiology for physiology majors.

Knowledge:

Upon completion of the course the student will have a fundamental understanding of the physiological principles and processes involved in plant growth and development.

Skills:

The student will be able to:

• Search databases to collect scientific articles on a specific subject
• Use bibliographic software to search, catalogue, and cite scientific information
• Critically evaluate scientific methods, including data analysis and presentation, in scientific articles
• Analyze and lead discussion on a scientific article
• Summarize and synthesize scientific literature in a review article

General competence:

The student will be able to:

• Choose and define the boundaries for review of a scientific subject
• Search for, critically read, and evaluate scientific journal articles
• Cite scientific literature to support statements and discussion in scientific writing
• Write a literature review

Lecture and discussion: 30 hours

Project work where the student will:

• Choose, present and lead discussion on a journal article
• Choose a theme in plant growth and development and write a review article on it.