2025
Olive Tree Phisiology and Morphology
Name: Olive Tree Phisiology and Morphology
Code: BIO10130M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Biological Sciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
It is intended that students acquire knowledge but, mainly, that they start thinking on how to apply them to
concrete situations.
Learn the external morphology and anatomy of the olive tree.
Understand the major anatomic and histologic processes that occur during plant development.
Understand the physiological processes that control the various stages of the development cycle of the
olive tree.
Understand the responses of olive trees to the diverse environmental stresses.
concrete situations.
Learn the external morphology and anatomy of the olive tree.
Understand the major anatomic and histologic processes that occur during plant development.
Understand the physiological processes that control the various stages of the development cycle of the
olive tree.
Understand the responses of olive trees to the diverse environmental stresses.
Contents
1. External Morphology of the Olive Tree
1.1. The Root
1.2. The Stem
2. The Anatomy and Histology of the Olive Tree
2.1. Plant cell: main characteristics
2.1.1. Cell growth and the primary and secondary cell walls
2.1.2. The diverse types of plant tissues
2.2. The development the olive tree: from seed to mature tree (primary and secondary growth)
2.3. Histology and Anatomy of plant organs : root; stalk; leaves; flower; fruit
3. Physiology of the olive tree : The Water Relations (absorption, transport and transpiration); The Mineral
Nutrition; The Balance of Carbon (photosynthesis and respiration) and the distribution of assimilates;
The Control of Development (hormones, tropisms, photoperiodism, thermoperiodism and vernelization).
4 The phenological cycle of the olive tree; Flowering, pollination and fertilization; The development,
maturation and abscission of fruits
5. Response of olive trees to various types of stress:. drought, salinity, temperature, waterlogging
1.1. The Root
1.2. The Stem
2. The Anatomy and Histology of the Olive Tree
2.1. Plant cell: main characteristics
2.1.1. Cell growth and the primary and secondary cell walls
2.1.2. The diverse types of plant tissues
2.2. The development the olive tree: from seed to mature tree (primary and secondary growth)
2.3. Histology and Anatomy of plant organs : root; stalk; leaves; flower; fruit
3. Physiology of the olive tree : The Water Relations (absorption, transport and transpiration); The Mineral
Nutrition; The Balance of Carbon (photosynthesis and respiration) and the distribution of assimilates;
The Control of Development (hormones, tropisms, photoperiodism, thermoperiodism and vernelization).
4 The phenological cycle of the olive tree; Flowering, pollination and fertilization; The development,
maturation and abscission of fruits
5. Response of olive trees to various types of stress:. drought, salinity, temperature, waterlogging
Teaching Methods
Introductory lectures on the diverse subjects, practical and laboratory classes on instrumentation to
assess the physiological status of plants, experimental field work.
Evaluation of students performance by means of a written test and oral presentation and discussion of a
short experimental research work.
assess the physiological status of plants, experimental field work.
Evaluation of students performance by means of a written test and oral presentation and discussion of a
short experimental research work.
Teaching Staff (2024/2025 )
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