PLANT BIOLOGY
Academic Year 2015/2016 - 1° YearCredit Value: 6
Scientific field: BIO/03 - Environmental and applied botany
Taught classes: 32 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Detailed Course Content
The prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell
The plant cell and life cycle patterns
Differentiation and function of tissues: meristematic and definitive tissues.
Differentiation and function of organs
Root: morphology, anatomy, modifications and adaptations to the environment
Shoot: morphology, anatomy, modifications and adaptations to the environment.
Leaf: morphology, anatomy, modifications and adaptations to the environment.
Evolution and systematic
Fungi: main features, reproduction, life cycle patterns and systematics (Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota e Basidiomycota)
Bryophytes: main features, reproduction, life cycle patterns and systematics (Anthocerotophyta, Hepatophyta, Musci)
Tracheophytes: main features, reproduction, life cycle patterns and systematics of Pteridophytes
Spermatophyta: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
main features, reproduction, life cycle patterns and systematics
Flower, Fruits and Seed
Textbook Information
1- Biologia delle piante – T.L. Rost, M.G. Barbour, C.R. Stocking, T.M. Murphy - Zanichelli
2- Biologia Vegetale – P. Pupillo, F. Cervone, M. Cresti, N. Rascio – Zanichelli
3- Biologia delle piante – P.H. Raven, R.F. Evert, S.E. Eichhorn - Zanichelli