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May 05, 2024
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PBIO 3260 - Plant Ecophysiology
A survey of the complexity of plant physiological and structural adaptations that relate to their ecological performance. The class is structured to combine lectures, discussions and a hands-on lab approach to exploring the physiological and anatomical adaptations of plants to their environments. Labs will introduce students to state-of-the-art instrumentation and technology which are used to 1) assess biotic and abiotic factors affecting plants and 2) use instrumentation to quantify plant physiological responses to their environment. Students work in groups and actively use knowledge and skill taught in lecture and labs to perform student led ecophysiological experiments.
Requisites: PBIO 2090
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Be able to describe and define the components of the energy budget of plants.
- Be able to describe the major abiotic stressors on plants and adaptations for tolerance or avoidance.
- Be able to describe, compare, and contrast the 3 major photosynthetic pathways.
- Conceptual understanding of plant water relations from the cell to the whole plant.
- Define and describe the principal mechanisms underlying plant physiological responses to the environment.
- Identify major interaction of plants and other biotic entities and their impacts on physiology and ecology.
- Knowledge of major mineral elements, their sources and their function in plants.
- Understand the ecophysiological mechanisms underlying plant competitive interactions.
- Understanding of basic abiotic environmental parameters that impact plants with respect to climate change.
- Understanding of growth and carbon allocation patterns.
- Understanding of photosynthesis light and dark reactions, where they occur, what they produce.
- Understanding of plant structures that minimize hydraulic dysfunction.
- Understanding of tradeoffs between respiration and carbon assimilation in different environments.
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