Content (Syllabus outline)
Introduction: Plants are living organisms. Botany as science and branches of Botany. Links between botany and agronomy.
Systematics: Fundamentals of plant taxonomy. Identification of plants. Nomenclature of cultivated plants. Important plant families and representatives of agricultural plants and their position in plant kingdom.
Structure of cultivated plants and their functioning:
The plant cell and cell organelles (nucleus, plastids, mitochondria, ribosomes, ER, GA, cell wall, vacuole. Link between cell structure and fodder/nutrition value.
Plant histology: Structure and function of meristems and permanent tissue (parenchyma, protective covering tissue, vascular tissue, supporting tissue and secretory tissue). Plant tissue and fodder/nutrition value
Development, morphology, anatomy and functioning of plant vegetative organs with emphasis on cultivated plants and weeds: stems, leaves, roots and their metamorphoses. Primary and secondary structure of stems and roots and types of secondary stem and root structure. Plant storage organs.
The structure of the flower in different plant taxa, with emphasis on cultivated plants. Types of inflorescences.
Pollination and fertilization in flowering plants. Seed: morphology and anatomy, seed types and germination. Development, structure and types of fruits in different cultivated plants.
Plant nutritition: autotrophic, hetrotrophic, semiparastism, parasitism, symbiosis and carnivory.
Life span of plants.
Sexual and asexual reproduction of plants with emphasis on vegetative reproduction.
Prerequisites
Conditions for inclusion in the work:
Enrolment in the appropriate academic year.
Conditions for performing study obligations
Prerequisites for final exam are: attendance at laboratory courses and field work, herbarium, and passing all preliminary examination: Laboratory course examination, Calculation of forage grass sward fodder value and Determination of plants.