Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic discipline
BIO/04 ()
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY "LAZZARO SPALLANZANI"
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Lesson hours
24 lesson hours
Prerequisites
=Basic knowledge on the structure and function of the biological
macromolecules in procariotic and eukariotic cells is required. Basic
knowledge in biology, chemistry and physics is also required.
Learning outcomes
This part of the course aims at highlighting the peculiarities of plant
organisms and cells with particular reference to fundamental features as
the totipotency of the plant cell and photosynthesis.
Course contents
Plant Cell Biology Module. Autotrophy and heterotrophy. Peculiarity of
plants and mode of life. Plant cell peculiarity (cell wall, vacuole, plastids).
Chloroplast and photosynthesis: light absorption and its transformation
chemical energy. CO2 assimilation: Calvin cycle, photorespiration. An
introduction to C4 and CAM plants. In vitro culture of plant cells: an
introduction.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Laboratory practical
Reccomended or required readings
Concetti ed Esperimenti, Gerald Karp - 4a ed., EDISES.
(ISBN: 9788879596961).
• La Cellula. Un Approccio
Molecolare. G.E. Cooper, R.E. Hausman, Piccin, 2012- (ISBN:
978-88-299-2133-1).
• Il Mondo della Cellula, Becker - Kleinsmith - Lewis - Editore: PEARSON EDUCATION
ITALIA, 05/2009, ISBN: 8871925424
• Elementi di Fisiologia Vegetale, Lincoln Taiz - Eduardo Zeiger, Piccin 2013 (ISBN 978-88-
299-2322-9)=
Assessment methods
Written examinations
Further information
Written examinations
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
Università di Pavia - Offerta formativa