Unit PLANT BIOLOGY AND APPLIED BOTANY
- Course
- Economics and culture of human nutrition
- Study-unit Code
- A003114
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Daniela Gigante
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
BOTANY
| Code | GP000464 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Lara Reale |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Discipline biologiche |
| Academic discipline | BIO/03 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Essential features of plant biology: plant cytology, histology and anatomy. Reproductive biology of plants. Hints of plant Physiology. |
| Reference texts | Fondamenti di Botanica generale - Pancaldi, Baldisserotto, Ferroni, Pantaleoni. McGraw-Hill, Milano, 2011. La biologia delle piante di Raven - Evert, Eichhorn. Zanichelli, 2013. Notes provided by the teacher. |
| Educational objectives | The Course aims to provide students with essential knowledge of fundamental structure of higher plants, both at microscopic and macroscopic level. Main knowledge acquired will be: plant cell, cell wall, plastides, vacuole and membranes; vegetative anatomy and reproductive anatomy with emphasis on cultivated plants. |
| Prerequisites | The ability to solve simple numerical calculations and, above all, knowledge of basic biology, chemistry and physics. |
| Teaching methods | The Course is organized as follow: lectures on all subjects of the course as reported in the program, exercises on some subjects treated with the solution of simple questions, observation at light microscope of histological and anatomical samples and tests with multiple choice test or open-ended question. |
| Other information | Availability of educational material in UniStudium platform. Consulting hours: each wednesday from 9.30 to 11.30 or by appointment via email:lara.reale@unipg.it |
| Learning verification modality | The exam consists of a discussion of about 30 minutes long aiming to ascertain the knowledge level and understanding capability acquired by student on contents as indicated on the program. The oral exam will also test the student communication skills and his autonomy in the organization and exposure of the theoretical topics. |
| Extended program | 1. The plant cell: characteristics of prokaryitic, eukaryotic, animal and plant cells. 2. The cell wall, membranes, vacuole and plastides. 3. Plant tissues: meristems, parenchyma, dermal tissue, secretory and vascular tissues, collenchyma and sclerenchyma. 4. Plant reproduction. 5. Ontogenetic cycles. 6. The flower and inflorescences in angiosperms. 7. The seed and fruits. 8. Morphology and anatomy of stem, root and leaf. 9. Modified stems, roots and leaves. 10. Hints of plant Physiology: photosynthesis, plant hormones, mineral nutrition. |
SYSTEMATIC BOTANY AND GEOBOTANY
| Code | A003115 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Daniela Gigante |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Discipline biologiche |
| Academic discipline | BIO/03 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Contents | Plant biodiversity and role of plants. Systematics and Taxonomy. Botanical nomenclature. Speciation and selection. Living Kingdoms: Archea, Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Animalia, Plantae, Fungi. Algal taxa. Bryophytes. Pteridophytes. Spermatophytes. Gymnosperms. Angiosperms: Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons. Fungi. Families and species interesting for agricultural, food, and forestry purposes: main species identification, systematics, and distribution in natural, semi-natural, and cultivated systems. |
| Reference texts | Slides and material provided by the teacher. Pasqua G., Abbate G., Forni C. - Botanica Generale e Diversità Vegetale. II edizione, Piccin. 2011 Judd W.S., Campbell C.S., Kellogg E.A., 2015. Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach. Oxford University Press Identification tools: Tutin T.G., Heywood V.H., Burges N.A., Valentine D.H., Walters S.M., Webb D.A. (Eds.), Flora Europaea, Cambridge University Press, 06-12-2001, 5 volumes + CD, 2392 pp., ISBN 978-0-521-80570-4. Pignatti S., Guarino R., La Rosa M., 2017-2019. Flora d’Italia, 2a Ed. Edagricole-New Business Media, Milano Online diagnostic keys |
| Educational objectives | The aim of the course is to transfer knowledge about the life kingdoms, from unicellular to multicellular organisms, their morphology and the organization of their structures, plant biodiversity, taxonomic arrangement and distribution in natural and cultivated environments of the main species with food value, with toxic/poisonous characteristics, with aromatic properties. The acquired knowledge can be applied to achieve various abilities: Identify plant species Identify various types of fruits Distinguish the different plant structures Prepare a herbarium Link up with other professionals to work in the field. |
| Prerequisites | Basic knowledge of General Botany. |
| Teaching methods | Theoretical lessons and practical activities. The course is organized in classroom lectures on the topics listed in the syllabus, practical lectures on the identification of plants by using the botanical keys, practical lectures on botanical observation, and the preparation of a herbarium. |
| Other information | Classrooms at DSA3, Borgo XX Giugno 74, Perugia. Lectures timetable according to DSA3 calendar. The preparation of an individual Herbarium is required, composed of about 35-40 specimens, to be presented during the oral test. For further details send an email to: daniela.gigante@unipg.it |
| Learning verification modality | Oral Exam with Herbarium. The exam consists of an oral text of about 30 minutes long aiming to ascertain the knowledge level and understanding capability acquired by student on contents as indicated on the program. |
| Extended program | Introduction to plant biodiversity and its importance for the human species. Systematics: the concept of species, definitions. Phylogenesis. Taxonomy: systematic categories and related suffixes; Division, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Botanical nomenclature. Selection and speciation. Outlines on agamic propagation, sexual reproduction, mitosis and meiosis, ontogenetic cycles. Classification of the living Kingdoms: Archea, Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Animalia, Plantae, Fungi. Morphological, reproductive, and ecological characteristics of the main groups of autotrophic organisms included in the kingdoms Bacteria (Cyanobacteria), Protozoa (Euglenophyceae), Chromista (Cryptophyta, Haptophyta, Ochrophyta; Dinophyceae; Chlorarachniophyceae). The kingdom Plantae: ontogenetic cycles and morphological characteristics of the main groups. Algal taxa (Glaucophyta, Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, Charophyta): main species and their uses. Embryophytes: general characteristics, organization, and structure; Bryophytes. Chormofphytes: general characteristics, organization, and structure; Pteridophytes. Spermatophytes: general characteristics, organization, structure, morphology of plant organs. Evolutionary characters: the seed. Gymnosperms: description, ecology, importance from an environmental, agricultural, forestry, and food point of view of the Ginkgoaceae, Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Taxaceae families. Angiosperms (reference to APG); outlines about evolutionary characteristics: micro- and macro-sporogenesis, double fertilization; the flower and the fruit. Description, ecology, importance with reference to food, environment, agriculture and forestry, of the following families: Fagaceae, Juglandaceae, Betulaceae, Rosaceae, Brassicaceae, Oleaceae, Vitaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Lamiaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Solanaceae, Apiaceae, Poaceae, Liliaceae, Iridaceae, Amaryllidaceae. The kingdom Fungi: organization and morphology, nutrition systems, propagation and reproduction, ontogenetic cycles, main systematic subdivisions. Saprophytic, parasitic, symbiotic, mycorrhizal mushrooms. Importance of mushrooms in the environment and in food; edible mushrooms, truffles, poisonous mushrooms. Practical lessons: Herbarium preparation: collection of samples, drying and pressing, arrangement and preparation of sheets, labeling, conservation. Use of analytical keys for the identification of samples |