Plant Physiology

Lecture notes covering Fundamentals of Crop Physiology as per ICAR 5th Dean Committee syllabus. Course Code: PPHY 261 | Credits: 2(1+1).

Learn what crop physiology studies and why understanding plant function is essential for crop productivity and stress management.

Significance of Water.

Understand field capacity, soil water storage, and basic water-potential terms used to explain water availability to plants.

Absorption of Water.

Translocation of Solutes.

Transpiration.

Mineral Nutrition.

Mechanism of Uptake-.

Foliar diagnosis.

Photosynthesis.

Photosynthetic Pathways.

Respiration.

Krebs— Cycle / Citric Acid.

Practical BSc Agriculture subject gateway covering plant physiology concepts, course links, study direction, and key themes for crop performance and productivity.

Protein and Fat Synthesis.

Photoperiodism.

Transmission of Stimulus.

Source Sink Relationship.

Plant Growth.

Growth Analysis.

Plant Growth Regulators.

Understand how plant growth regulators are used in rooting, dormancy management, flowering, fruiting, ripening, and canopy control.

Environmental stresses.

Seed Germination.

Abscission & Senescence.

Learn how greenhouse gases alter temperature and crop physiology, and why this matters for productivity, water use, and stress management.

Photosynthesis (C3, C4, CAM), respiration, transpiration, water and mineral nutrient uptake, plant growth regulators (auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ABA, ethylene), vernalization and photoperiodism.

Deep FCI AG-III Technical Botany lesson on photosynthesis, light reaction, Calvin cycle, C3, C4 and CAM plants, photorespiration, agriculture links and conceptual clarifications.

Deep FCI AG-III Technical Botany lesson on aerobic respiration, glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transport chain, fermentation, respiratory quotient, storage links and conceptual clarifications.

Deep FCI AG-III Technical Botany lesson on transpiration types, factors, significance, stomatal control, auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ABA, ethylene, agriculture links and conceptual clarifications.

Photosynthesis (C3, C4, CAM), respiration, transpiration, water and mineral nutrient uptake, plant growth regulators (auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ABA, ethylene), vernalization and photoperiodism.

Photosynthesis (C3, C4, CAM), respiration, transpiration, water and mineral nutrient uptake, plant growth regulators (auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ABA, ethylene), vernalization and photoperiodism.

Photosynthesis (C3, C4, CAM), respiration, transpiration, water and mineral nutrient uptake, plant growth regulators (auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ABA, ethylene), vernalization and photoperiodism.

Photosynthesis (C3, C4, CAM), respiration, transpiration, water and mineral nutrient uptake, plant growth regulators (auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ABA, ethylene), vernalization and photoperiodism.

Photosynthesis (C3, C4, CAM), respiration, transpiration, water and mineral nutrient uptake, plant growth regulators (auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ABA, ethylene), vernalization and photoperiodism.

Photosynthesis (C3, C4, CAM), respiration, transpiration, water and mineral nutrient uptake, plant growth regulators (auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ABA, ethylene), vernalization and photoperiodism.