Biologia Vegetal
Descrição
At the end of the semester, students will have acquired the necessary skills to critically assess the complexity of plants, their adaptations to the environment and their relevance in society. Specifically, they will be able to:
(1) Evaluate the contribution of Plant Biology to solving societal challenges.
(2) Understand the implications of climate change on agricultural production.
(3) Identify environmental factors with a major impact on plant growth and development (e.g. availability of water and mineral nutrients in the soil, pathogenic and beneficial microorganisms).
(4) To frame molecular innovations in research in Plant Biology.
(5) Discuss the ethical implications, risks and opportunities of using different technologies in plant breeding, e.g. genetically modified crops.
(6) Identify molecular mechanisms involved in water transport and its regulation;
(7) Identify molecular mechanisms of absorption, regulation and transport of mineral nutrients and their implications for plant development;
(8) Describe the relationship between photosynthesis and water availability.
(9) Indicate why photosynthesis is considered an inefficient process.
(10) Identify molecular mechanisms of photosynthesis regulation.
(11) To describe the metabolic importance of sucrose in the cellular context and in the plant context.
(12) Identify growth regulators and molecular aspects of their signaling pathways.
(13) Identify and analyze molecular recognition mechanisms in plant- microorganism interactions (beneficial or pathogenic interactions).
In parallel, students will:
(14) Acquire skills in terms of teamwork, task management and critical and constructive discussion of experimental results.
(15) Complement skills acquired or being acquired, in the Curricular Units of “Metabolism and Regulation”, “Cell Biology A”, “Molecular Biology” and “Laboratory Techniques in Biology II” (2nd year of Degree).