Course: Plant Mineral Nutrition

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Course title Plant Mineral Nutrition
Course code KCB/MVA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Koprna Radoslav, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Essential Nutrients, Deficiencies, and Plant Disorders. Treating Nutritional Deficiencies. Soil, Roots, and Microbes. Nitrogen in the Environment. Nitrate Assimilation. Ammonium Assimilation. Amino Acid Biosynthesis. Biological Nitrogen Fixation. Sulfur Assimilation. Phosphate Assimilation. Cation Assimilation. Assimilation of Other Nutrients. The Energetica of Nutrient Assimilation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Basic information about mineral nutrition and fertilization.
Describe and explain: Essential Nutrients, Deficiencies, and Plant Disorders. Treating Nutritional Deficiencies. Soil, Roots, and Microbes. Nitrogen in the Environment. Nitrate Assimilation. Ammonium Assimilation. Amino Acid Biosynthesis. Biological Nitrogen Fixation. Sulfur Assimilation. Phosphate Assimilation. Cation Assimilation. Assimilation of Other Nutrients. The Energetica of Nutrient Assimilation.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

80% fruitfulness in exam
Recommended literature
  • Alberts, B., Bray, D., Johnson, A., Lewis, J., Raff, M., Roberts, K., Walter, P. (2000). Základy buněčné biologie. Espero Publishing, Ústí nad Labem.
  • Procházka, J. (1998). Fyziologie rostlin. Academia, Praha.
  • Taiz, L., Zeiger, E. (2006). Plant Physiology. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publisher, Sunderland, Massachussets.


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