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From plant cells to plant, animal and microbe interactions and plants’ reactions to internal and external cues

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Course ID:	WB.VP-10
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (0511) Biology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	From plant cells to plant, animal and microbe interactions and plants’ reactions to internal and external cues
Name in Polish:	From plant cells to plant, animal and microbe interactions and plants’ reactions to internal and external cues
Organizational unit:	Institute of Botany
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	English

Classes in period "2023/2024 summer semester" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-26 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable
Type of class:	Lecture, 45 hours, 15 places more information Workshop, 15 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators:	Irene Lichtscheidl, Bartosz Płachno
Group instructors:	Irene Lichtscheidl, Bartosz Płachno
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Grading
Learning outcomes of a component:	Understanding of composition of plant cells and their importance for the plant growth and performance Understanding of plants’ structure and physiology Understanding of plants’ development and growth Understanding of plants’ reactions to external and internal cues Give the bases for the manipulation of plants and their cells for the benefit of improving plant performance and strengthening plants in stressful conditions
Requirements:	no prerequisites
Conditions of gaining credit:	Written essay on a selected topic.
Learning activities and teaching methods:	lectures in the form of presentations (on-site and on-line) – 45 hours, demonstrations, practical workshops – 15 hours
ECTS estimate:	45 h – lectures; 15 – practical workshops; 10 h – studying literature; 10 h – preparing for passing the course (Total: 80 h)
Short description:	The course delivers information about the structure and physiology of plant cells in the context of their organization in plant tissues. It also presents cell-to-cell communications, their developmental changes as well as responses to microorganisms, other plants and animals. The structure and function of plants is required to understand plant interactions to biotic and abiotic stresses, and their influence on plant resilience and growth performance.
Full description:	In this course we want to deliver information about the structure and physiology of plant cells and relate them to plants’ organization and their reactions to other organisms as well as to developmental changes and to biotic and abiotic stress. Understanding of structure and function of plants is needed to understand plant interactions with other plants, animals, microbes and biotic and abiotic stresses and to influence plants for improved resilience and growth performance. Therefore we must understand cells, the basis of every living organism; organisms may consist of just one cell, or they are constructed from a consortium of cells with very diverse structure and function. The course will relate plant performance to fundamentals of their cells.
Bibliography:	hand-outs provided by the lecturer; Alberts et al. (2022) Molecular Biology of the Cell. WW Norton&Co; Cole W. (2022) Essentials of Plant Cell Biology. States Academic Press; Noguchi T et al. (2014) Atlas of Plant Cell Structure. Springer, Tokyo, doi: 10.1007/978-4-431-54941-3; Wilson A. (2017) Principles of Plant Cell Biology. Callisto Reference; Crang R., Lyouns-Sobaski S., Wise R. (2018) Plant Anatomy: A Concept-Based Approach to the Structure of Seed Plants. Springer International Publishing AG; Evert R.F. (2006) Meristems, Cells and Tissues of the Plant Body – Their Structure, Function and Development. John Wiley&Sons, Inc.; Lux A et al. (2019) Visual Guide to Plant Anatomy. Academia Praha; Taiz et al. Plant Physiology and Development (2022) Oxford University Press; Willey N. (2015) Environmental Plant Physiology. Garland Science.
Notes:	Course date: March 6, 2024 to May 22, 2024 Stationary and Online lectures: Wednesday (non-standard frequency), 10:00 - 12:15 Thursday (non-standard frequency), 10:00 - 12:15 Stationary lectures (Institute of Botany, Gronostajowa 3) March: 6,7 Online lectures: March: 13,14,20,21,27 April: 3,4,10,11,17,18,24,25 workshops from 10:00-13:45 May 8, 15 (Institute of Botany, Gronostajowa 3) May 22 (Garden of the Jagiellonian University, Kopernika 27)

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