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Stressors and Agro-Industrial Productivity

Objectives

At the end of this course the student will have acquired knowledge, skills and competencies that enable him to develop the ability to interpret and analyze parameters associated with agro-food processes and apply concepts and techniques with ecophysiological impact for the development of methodologies for enhancing the production and conversion of agro-industries.

In this framework, the students will be able to dominate and exploit scientific bases that enable the evaluation of detailed aspects and skills with application in the development of plant productive capacity, integrating knowledge related to the radiation spectrum, water potential, thermal factors and indexes of inorganic and organic pollution.

General characterization

Code

11371

Credits

3.0

Responsible teacher

Fernando José Cebola Lidon

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 56

Teaching language

Português

Prerequisites

Available soon

Bibliography

- Fritsche-Neto, R., Borém, A. (2012).Plant Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance. Springer Verlag. ISBN: 978-3-642-30552-8.
- Fageria, N. K., Baligar, V. C., Jones, C. A. (2010).Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Field Crops, Third Edition (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment). CRC Press. ISBN: 13: 978-1439816950.
- Taiz, L., Zeiger, E. (2010).Plant Physiology, Fifth Edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc. ISBN: 13: 978-0878938667.
- Lambers, H., Chapin, F.S., Pons T. L. (2008).Plant Physiological Ecology. Springer Verlag. 13: 978-0387783406.
- Nobel., P. S. (2009).Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology, Fourth Edition. Academic Press. ISBN: 13: 978-0123741431.
- Chamovitz, C. (2013). What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses. Scientific American Inc. ISBN: 13: 978-0374533885.
- Jones, R., Ougham, H., Thomas, H., Waaland, S. (2012). The Molecular Life of Plants. Wiley-Blackwell. 13: 978-0470870129.

Teaching method

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Evaluation method

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Subject matter

Raw food of plant origin: food needs and agri-food intensification; Ecophysiology and agri-food production.
Ecophysiological evaluation linked to the productive plant capacity: photosynthetic active and ultraviolet radiation (anatomical changes; photoinhibitory mechanisms; tolerance mechanisms); limiting temperatures (interactions between plant species and heat stress, elevated temperatures - functional disorders and survival mechanisms; positive low temperatures - damage to sensitive species; freezing – damage mechanisms; water deficit (decrease cell turgidity; inhibition of metabolism of proteins and amino acids; stomatal closure and mobilization of assimilates; mechanisms of resistance, tolerance and senescence; considering climate change, combined CO2 and high temperatures); organic and inorganic pollutants (mechanisms and types, direct and indirect effects.