PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Lecture Notes
1. SUBJECT AND OBJECTIVES OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. KEY TRENDS IN MODERN PHYTOPHYSIOLOGY
A Brief Historical Outline of Plant Physiology Development in Ukraine
2. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PLANT CELL
Subcellular Structures of Plant Cells
Organs, Tissues, and Functional Systems of Higher Plants
3. REGULATORY AND INTEGRATIVE SYSTEMS IN PLANTS
Intracellular Regulatory Systems
Intercellular Regulatory Systems
Integration of Regulatory Mechanisms at the Organismal Level
4. WATER RELATIONS
The Importance of Water for Plants
Structure and Properties of Water
Water Relations of Plant Cells
Mechanisms of Water Transport in Plants
Water Relations in Different Ecological Groups of Plants
Physiological Foundations of Irrigated Agriculture
5. PHOTOSYNTHESIS
The Two Phases of Photosynthesis
Light-Dependent Reactions of Photosynthesis
Carbon Metabolism (The Dark Reactions of Photosynthesis)
Endogenous mechanisms of photosynthesis regulation
6. PLANT RESPIRATION
Major pathways of respiratory substrate oxidation
Respiratory electron transport chain (ETC)
Regulation of respiratory processes
7. MINERAL NUTRITION OF PLANTS
Development of the theory of plant root nutrition
The significance of the root system in mineral nutrition
8. LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT OF SUBSTANCES IN PLANTS
9. HETEROTROPHIC NUTRITION IN PLANTS
Nutrition of carnivorous plants
Heterotrophic nutrition via endogenous organic substances
10. BIOGENESIS OF CELLULAR STRUCTURES AND PLANT CELL ONTOGENY
11. PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Stages of Ontogenesis in Higher Plants
Plant Differentiation and Growth
Environmental Effects on Cell Growth
Application of Synthetic Growth Regulators in Crop Production
12. PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANT REPRODUCTION