Agricultural Botany

Code: BIO13977L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Biological Sciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Presentation

The student should acquire knowledge on diversity (form and function) of plants with agronomic interest, on their taxonomy and recognition and with natural resources sustainability.

Sustainable Development Goals

Erradicação da pobreza - Acabar com a pobreza em todas as suas formas, em todos os lugares

Fome zero e agricultura sustentável - Acabar com a fome, alcançar a segurança alimentar e melhoria da nutrição e promover a agricultura sustentável.

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Ação contra a mudança global do clima - Tomar medidas urgentes para combater a mudança climática e seus impactos (*).

Vida terrestre - Proteger, recuperar e promover o uso sustentável dos ecossistemas terrestres, gerir de forma sustentável as florestas, combater a desertificação, deter e reverter a degradação da Terra e deter a perda da biodiversidade.

Learning Goals

Knowledge on the morphological and functional diversity of seed plants with agronomic interest. Knowledge on principles and practice of biological systematics and classification (taxonomy) of cultivated plants, including botanical nomenclature. Taxonomic and ecological recognition of species of agronomical interest and weeds. Fundamentals of seed bank dynamics.

LECTURES: 1. The seed plant body structural and architectural patterns; 2. Botanical nomenclature; 3. Taxonomy and ecology of plants with agronomic interest; 4. Weed biology and ecology. LAB: 1. Comparative study of vegetative and reproductive organs of seed plants; 2. Identification of flowering plant families specimens.

Teaching Methods

Lecture classes for thematic presentation and discussion, using a wide variety of technological resources. Teaching materials will be available on-line. Lab classes will include graphic interpretation of botanical diversity and plant identification and study of environmental factors effects on plant development. Lab work will be registered in a lab note book.

Evaluation: Lecture exam: 45%; Lab exam: 45%; Mini-evaluations: 10%.