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Unit of Study AGRC2007 - Plant Biology (2026)

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Develops the key scientific principles underpinning plant function. Students will gain knowledge of metabolism, physiology and structure of plants together with a better understanding of regulation of growth and development and influence of environment on these processes.

Unit content

  1. Plant water relations

  2. Plant macro and micro-nutrients and their uptake and transport within the plant.

  3. Plant Metabolism: C3, C4 and CAM photosynthesis

  4. Plant hormones

  5. Plant response to abiotic stress

  6. Plant identification using taxonomic keys based on vegetative and floral structures and plant community identification and classification using structural and floristic techniques.

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Lismore
Term3
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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

analyse and explain the fundamental roles of water, light, hormones, and nutrients in plant function, growth, and development

critically assess the basic structural, biochemical and physiological processes that plants rely on to survive

evaluate how plants respond to different types of abiotic and biotic stress.

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