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Syllabus

PNS0201 Experimental approaches in plant growth analysis and phenotyping, 5.0 Credits

Subjects

Biology

Education cycle

Postgraduate level

Grading scale

Prior knowledge

Accepted as PhD student within plant biology, ecology, agricultural sciences or related subject areas.

Objectives

Objectives, including learning outcomes The aim of the course is to provide an in-depth overview of the basic methods for measuring and assessing growth and physiology of plants, and to give an overview of quantitative methods for the measurement of structural and functional plant properties (so called phenotyping) in modern phenotyping facilities. Upon completion of the course the student should be able to (i) describe the basic methods for measuring and assessing the growth of plants; (ii) evaluate scientific experiments focusing on the growth of plants in relation to the surrounding environment (plant-environment and plant-plant interaction); and (iii) evaluate different quantitative methods for measuring structural and functional plant properties in modern phenotyping facilities.

Content

Content Topics covered by this course are: - Growth analysis and functional physiology of agricultural and forest plants - Plant-environment and plant-plant interaction - Modern phenotyping methods for plants, i.e. technical solutions for rapid and automated quantification of structural and functional plant properties in large quantities of plant individuals. Pedagogical form Lectures and seminars (including group work)

Additional information

Organizer: Martin Weih, Dept. of Crop Production Ecology, phone 018-67 25 43

Register no later than June 15 2020

This course is part of the SLU Research school Ecology – basics and applications.

Responsible department

Department of Ecology