Pphy261

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.

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.