BIOVISUAL LAB
System Physiology - Plant
Explore all 8 topics in S6 - System Physiology - Plant. Each topic includes detailed content, subtopics, and interactive labs.
S6
System Physiology - Plant
Plant photosynthesis, transport, metabolism, signaling, and stress physiology.
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A. Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis. Light harvesting complexes, mechanisms of electron transport, photoprotective mechanisms, CO2 fixation - C3, C4 and CAM pathways
B. Respiration and photorespiration
Respiration and photorespiration. Citric acid cycle, plant mitochondrial electron transport and ATP synthesis, alternate oxidase, photorespiratory pathway
C. Nitrogen metabolism
Nitrogen metabolism. Nitrate and ammonium assimilation; amino acid biosynthesis, biological nitrogen fixation
D. Plant hormones
Plant hormones. Biosynthesis, storage, breakdown and transport, physiological effects and mechanisms of action
E. Sensory photobiology
Sensory photobiology. Light perception, structure, function and mechanisms of action of phytochromes, cryptochromes and phototropins, stomatal movement, photoperiodism and biological clock
F. Solute transport and photoassimilate translocation
Solute transport and photoassimilate translocation. Uptake, transport and translocation of water, ions, solutes and macromolecules from soil, through cells, across membranes, through xylem and phloem, transpiration, mechanisms of loading and unloading of photoassimilates
G. Secondary metabolites
Secondary metabolites. Biosynthesis of terpenes, phenolics, alkaloids, phenylpropanoids, nitrogenous compounds and their roles, metabolic engineering in plants
H. Stress physiology
Stress physiology. Physiological and molecular responses of plants to biotic and abiotic stresses, innate immunity