ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 27 Interactive Classroom: 21 Total: 51
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Functional Biology
Areas: Plant Physiology
Center Faculty of Biology
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
The objective of the course is for students to acquire the following skills:
- Distinguish plant diversity and the life cycle of plants.
- Apply their knowledge of the role of walls and membranes and of the transport mechanisms of xylem and phloem.
- Describe the processes of photosynthesis and photorespiration.
- Identify the basic processes of mineral nutrition and secondary metabolism.
- List the phytohormones and apply the knowledge of their roles in the regulation of different developmental stages.
- Identify photomorphogenesis and responses to biotic and abiotic stress.
LECTURES:
1. Plants: Diversity and introduction to functional genetics, 1h.
2. Transport: Water and chemical potential and membrane transport, 1.5 h.
3. Water: uptake in roots, transport in the xylem and regulation of stomata, 2 h.
4. Light: Electron transport chain and antennas 2 h.
5. Adaptation: Quality and intensity of light, 2 h.
6. Rubisco: Photosynthesis and photorespiration, 2h.
7. C4 and CAM: Alternative photosynthesis pathways, 1.5 h
8. Sugars: Synthesis of sucrose and starch and transport in the phloem, 1.5 h
9. Nutrients: Uptake and distribution, toxicity, and symbiosis, 2 h
10. Synthesis: Amino acids, Wall polysaccharides, Lipids, and secondary metabolites, 1.5 h
11. Messengers: Hormones and Peptides, 3h.
12. Receptors: Photoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, and chemoreceptors, 3h.
13. Development: Germination, growth, flowering, and fruiting, 2h.
14. Stress: Biotic and abiotic stress, 2h
LABORATORY:
Students will work 10 hours in the laboratory to complete the following activities:
1. Photosynthesis in isolated chloroplasts
2. Role of gibberellin in germination.
3. Role of photoreceptors in seedling development.
4. Nitrate reductase activity.
5. Analysis of results.
SEMINARS:
Interpretation and debate of experimental results related to the theoretical contents of the course.
TUTORIALS:
Resolution of student questions and review of exercises.
BASIC
Taiz, L., Zeiger, E., Moller I. M. and Murphy, A. eds., 2015. Plant Physiology and Development. 6th ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates.
Buchanan, B., Gruissem, W. and Jones, R. eds., 2015. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Plants. 2nd ed. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell.
Teaching Tools in plant Biology. http://www.plantcell.org/content/teaching-tools-plant-biology
SUPPLEMENTARY
Jones, R., Ougham, H., Thomas, H. and Waaland, S., 2012. The Molecular Life of Plants. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Smith, A.M., Coupland, G., Dolam, L., Harberd, N., Jones J., Martin, C., Sablowski, R. and Amey, A., 2010. Plant Biology. New York: Garland Science.
Taiz, L., Zeiger, E., Moller I. M. and Murphy, A. eds., 2018. Fundamentals of plant physiology. Sinauer Associates - Oxford University Press
CONOCIMIENTOS/CONTENIDOS
Con01, Con02
HABILIDADES/DESTREZAS
H/D01, H/D03, H/D04, H/D05, H/D06, H/D10, H/D12
COMPETENCIAS
Comp03, Comp04, Comp05
Lectures will be taught in 27 sessions of one hour, with a periodicity of 2 hours per week during the second semester of the academic year. They will explain the basic concepts of the different sections of the course. Competencies developed: CG1, CG2, CG3, CB1, CB2, CB3, CT1, CT2, CT4, CT6, CE4.
Interactive seminar classes will be taught in small groups during 12 sessions. In these classes, students must solve common problems consisting of interpreting experimental results related to the syllabus. Competencies developed: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CT1, CT2, CT4, CT5, CT6, CE4.
Laboratory classes will comprise 10 hours distributed in 5 sessions. Attendance will be verified using participation lists. The students must prepare an individual report that will include the analysis and discussion of the results. Competencies developed: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CT3, CT4, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT8, CE3.
Throughout the course there will be 2 tutorial session of 60 minutes in very small groups in which student questions will be solved and the results of the continuous evaluation will be reviewed and discussed. Competencies developed: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CT1, CT2, CT3, CT4, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT8, CE3, CE4.
ACTIVIDADES OBLIGATORIAS NO EVALUABLES:
Será necesario asistir a las 4 sesiones presenciales de prácticas para poder presentar el informe de prácticas.
ACTIVIDADES OBLIGATORIAS EVALUABLES:
- Informe de prácticas (25% de la calificación final). Competencias evaluadas: Con01, Con02, H/D01, H/D03, H/D04, H/D06, H/D10, Comp03, Comp04, Comp05.
Será necesario presentar un informe de prácticas y obtener una calificación mínima de 4 sobre 10 para poder presentarse al examen final. En caso de obtener al menos un 5 y suspender la materia no será necesario repetir las prácticas y se conservará la nota del informe en los dos cursos siguientes. De manera voluntaria los alumnos repetidores podrán presentar un nuevo informe si asisten a la última sesión de prácticas. Se considerará no presentado a efectos de evaluación al alumno que no entregue el informe de prácticas.
- Examen final (55% de la calificación final). Competencias evaluadas: Con01, Con02, H/D01, H/D03, H/D04, H/D05, H/D10, H/D12, Comp03, Comp04, Comp05.
El examen final se basará en el método de resolución de problemas y ejercicios similares a los que se verán en seminarios y prácticas. Durante el examen final se podrá consultar los apuntes.
Será necesario obtener una calificación mínima de 3 sobre 10 en el examen final para superar la asignatura.
ACTIVIDADES NO OBLIGATORIAS EVALUABLES:
- Cuestionarios de evaluación continua (10% de la calificación final). Competencias evaluadas: Con01, Con02, H/D01, H/D04, H/D10, Comp03, Comp04, Comp05.
Se realizarán durante los seminarios. En el caso de repetidores la nota de los cuestionarios sólo se tendrá en cuanta si mejora la calificación final.
- Examen parcial no liberatorio (10 % de la calificación final). Competencias evaluadas: Las mismas que en el examen final.
El examen parcial será similar al examen final y tiene como objetivo que el alumnado se familiarice con este tipo de prueba.
WORK IN THE CLASSROOM:
- Lectures: 27 hours
- Interactive seminars: 12 hours
- Laboratory classes: 10 hours
- Tutorials in small groups: 2 hours
- Final exam: 3 hours
PERSONAL STUDENT WORK:
- Individual study and preparation of the lab report: 96 hours
TOTAL WORK HOURS: 150 HOURS
- It is advisable to study the subject during the whole course.
- It is highly recommended to participate actively in the seminar sessions since the exercises that will be solved will be similar to those of the partial and final exams.
- It is important to organize the class notes so that they can be consulated efficiently during the seminars and exams.
The subject material and all announcements will be available in the virtual classroom. A Teams group will be used to share the results of the laboratory classes.
Javier Sampedro Jiménez
- Department
- Functional Biology
- Area
- Plant Physiology
- Phone
- 881813113
- javier.sampedro [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Yolanda Ferradas Rial
Coordinador/a- Department
- Functional Biology
- Area
- Plant Physiology
- yolanda.ferradas.rial [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) PhD Assistant Professor
Oscar Martinez Troncoso
- Department
- Functional Biology
- Area
- Plant Physiology
- oscar.martinez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Intern Assistant LOSU
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