The Faculty of Urbanism / Landscape Design and Planning
UP-69 | Botany, Agrometeorology and Pedology
Compulsory Course | Hours/Week: 1C | ECTS Credits: 1
Department: Urban and Landscape Design
- Titular:
- asist.drd.ing.hort. Mihaela Marinescu
- Learning outcomes:
- Understanding the basics of environmental conditions and the components of plant systematic, botany and physiology of plants.
- Content:
- Plant systematic – the biological classification of plants.
Plant cytology and histology . Observation of cellular structures. Observation of plant tissues.
Root, stem, leaf - the composition and functioning, examples and direct observation.
Flower, seed, fruit - morphology and anatomy, examples and direct observation.
Plant physiology - respiration, transpiration photosynthesis, transport of substances inside the plant. Mechanisms of interaction of these functions in plants.
Plant nutrition, regulation of plant’s growth and development .
Meteorology - introduction to the field.
Temperature, atmospheric pressure, air humidity and cloudiness, wind direction and speed.
Precipitation, climatology - the classification of climates.
Soil science - introduction to the field. The mineral and organic components of the soil. - Teaching Method:
- Illustrated and commented lecture.
- Assessment:
- Attendance to the lecture 20%, essays and presentations 60%, final examination 20%.
- Bibliography:
- Chirita, C. – Pedologie generala, Ed. Agrosilvica, Bucuresti, 1955 ;
Dumitru, I.F. – Biochimie, Ed. Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti, 1980 ;
Ionescu-Varo, M. – Biologia celulara, Ed. Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti, 1976 ;
Parascan,D. – Fiziologia plantelor, Ed. Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti, 1967 ;
Paun, M. si colab. – Botanica, Ed. Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti, 1980 ;
Parvu, Constantin – Universul plantelor, Ed. Enciclopedica, Bucuresti, 2000.
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