BIO 441

 

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Course No.

Course Title

No. of Units

Pre-requisites

Th.

Pr.

Credit

 

Bio 441

Plant Nutrition

2

3

3

Bio 345

 

  • Course Description:

    The course aims to introduce students to the basic principles of plant nutrition, nutrients uptake and assimilation.

     

  • Course Main Objective:

    To study:

    1. The plant mineral composition, uptake, function, deficiency and toxicity symptoms
    2.  Mechanisms of mineral salts uptake
    3. Factors affect nutrients uptake
    4. Functions of essential mineral elements
    5. Deficiency symptoms 6. Foliar fertilization

     

  • Learning Resources
  1. Mineral nutrition of higher plants, 3rd ed. Marschner H. 2012. Academic Press: London
  2.  Plant Physiology and Development, 6th ed. L Taiz, E Zeiger, IM Møller, and A Murphy. 2015. Eds. Sinauer Associates, Inc.
  3. Principles of plant nutrition. 5th ed. K Mengel, EA Kirby. 2001. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  4.  Plant Physiology Journal
  5. Multimedia associated with the textbook and the relevant websites
Last Update
10/13/2009 10:28:52 PM