BOT-421                               Plant Physiology-II                                Cr. 3 (2+1)

Aims & Objectives

The field of plant physiology includes the study of all the internal activities of plants—those chemical and physical processes associated with life as they occur in plants. This includes study at many levels of scale of size and time. At the smallest scale are molecular interactions of photosynthesis and internal diffusion of water, minerals, and nutrients. At the largest scale are the processes of plant development, seasonality, dormancy, and reproductive control. Plant physiology includes the study of plant response to environmental conditions and their variation, a field known as environmental physiology. Stress from water loss, changes in air chemistry, or crowding by other plants can lead to changes in the way a plant functions. These changes may be affected by genetic, chemical, and physical factors.

Assessment criteria:

• Mid Term Exam         20 Marks
• Practical Exam           20 Marks
• Final Term Marks       40 Marks
• Sessional (Attendance, Assignment, Presentation,Plantation, Conferences/workshops/Seminars Certificates) 20 Marks

Recommended Books:

1. Dennis, D. T., Turpin, D. H., Lefebvre, D. D. and Layzell, D. B. 1997. Plant Metabolism. 2ndEdition.Longman Group, U. K. Dey, P. M. and Harborne, J. B. 1997.Plant Biochemistry. Harcourt Asia PTE Ltd. Singapore.

2. Fitter, A. and Hay, R. K. M. 2001. Environmental Physiology of Plants. Academic Press, UK.

3. Heldt, H. W. 2004. Plant Biochemistry.3rd Edition, Academic Press, U.K.

4. IhsanIllahi, 1991. Plant Growth, UGC Press, Islamabad.

5. IhsanIllahi, 1995. Plant Physiology, Biochemical Processes in Plants, UGC Press.

6. Nobel, P. S. 1999. Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology. Academic Press, UK.

7. Press, M. C., Barker, M. G., and Scholes, J. D. 2000. Physiological Plant Ecology, British Ecological Society Symposium, Volume 39, Blackwell Science, UK.

8. Salisbury F. B. and Ross C. B. 2010. Plant Physiology.5th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing Co. Belmont CA.

9. Hopkins,W. B. 1999. Introduction to Plant Physiology. 2nd Ed. John Wiley and Sons. New York.

10. Epstein, E. and Bloom, A. J. 2004. Mineral Nutrition of Plants: Principles and Perspectives. 2nd Edition. Sinauer Associates, California, USA.

11. Kirkham, M. B. 2004. Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

12. Barton, W. 2007. Recent Advances in Plant Physiology.

13. Taiz, L. and Zeiger, E. 2006. Plant Physiology.4th Edition. Sinnauers Publ. Co. Inc. Calif.

Journals / Periodicals:

Pakistan Journal of Botany, Plant Physiology, Physiologia Plantarum, Planta, Annual Review of Plant Biology, Journal of Plant Physiology.

Time Table of Dr. M. Kabir for Spring-2020 wef 13-01-2020

Classes: BS 4th Botany, BS 6th Botany (Reg. + SS)        & BS 8th (Botany + Zoology)