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On completion of this module students should be able to:
- Understand the importance of mineral nutrients and their assimilation for plant growth and development;
- Understand the complexity of response of plants to stress, particularly salt stress;
- Describe the major nutrients required by plants;
- Understand the role of photosynthetic reactions in nutrient assimilation;
- Summarise and analyse data on a larger experiment and present the outcome through an oral group presentation;
- Relate contents of lectures to practical class material;
- Be able to apply some basic and advanced techniques in the area of plant physiology.
Plant
- Growth
- Development
- Mineral nutrition
- Salt stress
- Analysing techniques
- Data Handling
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 12 |
Practical | 36 |
Specified Learning Activities | 10 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 67 |
Total | 125 |
Level 2 module: Principles of Plant Biology (BOTN 20040)
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Presentation: Group presentation (Powerpoint) of the outcome of labs run in Part-1 of module (mineral nutrition) | Week 6 | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Examination: This examination is run as part of the UCD-central exams in May and involves MCQs and short-answer questions which relate to the lecture and lab material of Part-2 of module (salt stress) | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities
Feedback/Discussions during lectures/labs and on final report; interactive throughout
Name | Role |
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Dr Sonia Negrao | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |