General Objective:
This module introduces the key concepts, processes and techniques required to understand the basics of the physiology of plants, explain the functional and metabolic processes of plants and familiarize students with the concept of plant responses to the physical environment. It also help students to understand how plants fix carbon; long-distance transport in the phloem; uptake, movement and control of water fluxes in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum; behaviour and physiology of stomata; ion uptake by plant roots; ecophysiology of plants in response to different abiotic stresses and understand the adaptive mechanisms plants utilize to overcome various stresses.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the module, students will be able to:
Explain the significance of water to plant life
- Apply concept of water potential
- Explain the mechanisms involved in the water absorption and ascent of sap.
- Describe mechanism and other salient features of photosynthesis
- Discuss mechanism of respiration
- Describe carbon fixation and nitrogen metabolism in plants.
- Compare different stresses faced by plants.
- Explain the mechanism by which a plant responds to a particular stress environment
- Analyze the stress conditions where a plant is growing in and suggest remedial measures for its improvement.
- Design experimental projects on plants growing in stress conditions.
- Analyze the plants relation with the changing environment