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Curriculum subject

Botany

Subject
Subject code 1TR16/BOT
Subject name Botany
Credit points 4 ECTS
Grading method Distinctive (letters)
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2016 F
Study year 1
Semester Spring semester
Subject type Mandatory
Academicians
Kaie Eha
Subject loads
Lecture 46
Practice 32
Personal study 26
Aim
To provide students with the basic knowledge on the structure of plants and their functions in order to pass specialty subjects related to medicinal plants (pharmacognosy, phytotherapy) and to understand the importance of plants in nature and human life.
Study outcome
Upon completion of the subject, the student:
1. Is familiar with the structure of plant cells, plant tissues and plant organs and of their functions in plants.
2. Is able to explain the specific nature of plant reproduction and their life cycle.
3. Has knowledge on the principles of plant classification.
4. Knows the richest in the species plant families and the most important plant species, cultivated plants and medicinal plants belonging to them.
5. Is familiar with the most important physiological processes in plants (photosynthesis, transpiration, mineral nutrition).
Current rounds
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