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Lecturer(s)
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Soukupová Klára, Mgr.
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Holubová Yashasvi, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction to botany and plant physiology 2. Plant cell - structure and processes at the cell level 3. Histology 4. Introduction to morphology. Root. Stem 5. Bud. Blade 6. Flower morphology. Inflorescence. Pollination, fertilization. Embryo 7. Seed, fruit 8. Anatomy and morphology: bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms. Ontogenetic cycles of plants. 9. Ontogeny of plants. Plant integrity. Plant regulators. 10. Transport of substances in the plant body. Plant movements. Water regime of plants 11. Mineral nutrition of plants 12. Photosynthesis 13. Respiration. Stress, acclimatization and adaptation of plants, secondary metabolites Laboratory courses: 1. Introduction (botanica literature, general description of the plant body, latin names, herbarium) 2. Mosses, Ferns and Gymnosperms(anatomical and morphological specifics) 3. Plant cell 4. Histology 1 (tissues) 5. Histology 2 (epidermis incl. trichomes, anatomical structure of different leaf types) 6. Vascular bundles and stele (structure and types of vasculare bundles and stele types) 7. Primary and secondary plant body (primary versus secondary anatomical structure of stem and root) 8. Root and stem morphology 9. Leaf morphology 10. Flower morphology, floral formulae and diagram 11. Inflorescence types, seed, embryology 12. Fruit types 13. Assessments
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Laboratory work, Lecture with visual aids
- Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8)
- 8 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Practical training (number of hours)
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 32 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 50 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| know plant cell structure at the upper secondary school level |
| know plant tissues at the upper secondary school level |
| know plant organ morphology at the upper secondary school level |
| know plant ontogenesis and reproduction at the upper secondary school level |
| know rules of plant system at the upper secondary school level |
| know terms used in the general biology at the upper secondary school level |
| know biochemical processes in living organisms at the upper secondary school level |
| know physical processes in living organisms at the upper secondary school level |
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| know how to work with microscope and stereo microscope |
| specify aims, results and conclusion of own observation according to a task at the upper secondary school level |
| be able to understand interdisciplinary relations especially of biology, chemistry and physics |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| know plant cell structure |
| know primary and secondary plant body structure |
| know plant morphological structures used for plat determination |
| know different plant reproduction processes |
| know plant ontogenesis for different systematic groups |
| know generally used terms for plant body description, plant ecological function in ecosystem, phylogenetical and ecological relations |
| know role of the plant regulators for homeostasis, ontogeny, life and plant defence |
| know the principles, how the plats uptake water, how they manipulate plant water regime and facts concerning water regime of plant communities including specific adaptation for extreme ecological conditions |
| to explain how plants uptake different minerals and their physiological role in plant body, including adaptions for specific soil conditions |
| know what are the important biochemical processes at the cell and sub-cell level: photosynthesis, metabolism of main nutrients, respiration, and production of important compounds |
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| can read and write plant scientific names |
| can derive plant systematic group names both in Czech and scientific group names |
| can observe, determine and describe plant cell structures visible in the optical and electron microscope |
| can observe anatomical and morphological structures of primary and secondary plant body important for plant determination at the presented plant material |
| can determine and correctly name anatomical and morphological structures of primary and secondary plant body important for plant determination at the presented plant material |
| can characterise anatomical and morphological structures of primary and secondary plant body important for plant determination at the presented plant material and name their function and relation to similar but phylogenetically different structures |
| be able to explain physiological processes by physical and chemical principles |
| understand physiological mechanisms of plant responses |
| understand and explain evolutional plant adaptation as a physiological response to certain conditions |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Laboratory work |
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| Laboratory work |
| Skills demonstration |
| Individual study |
| Competences |
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| Laboratory work |
| Individual study |
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| Continuous assessment |
| Written exam |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Test |
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| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Lux, Alexander; Baláž, Milan,; Kummerová, Marie,; Soukup, Aleš; Votrubová, Olga,; Abe, Jun,; Morita, Shigenori; Rost, Thomas L. Obrazový průvodce anatomií rostlin = Visual guide to plant anatomy. Vydání 1. 2017. ISBN 978-80-200-2620-0.
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Tomášková I., Kubásek J. Fyziologie lesních dřevin II.. Praha, 2017.
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Tomášková I., Kubásek J. Fyziologie lesních dřevin I.. Praha, 2016.
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Votrubová O. Anatomie rostlin. Praha, 1996.
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