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L5 - 2 - Plant Science

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LO 1.0 - Discuss the Structure and Function of Typical Plant External and Internal Anatomy
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LO 1.1 - Cells, Tissues, Ground
Cells: - Structure and function - Cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, vacuole, mitochondria, chloroplasts Tissues: - Vascular - Meristematic Ground: - Parenchyma, collenchyma, and sclerenchyma.
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LO 1.2 - Roots
- Function: primary and secondary - True and adventitious - Tap and fibrous - Anatomy: Rootcap, epidermis, cortex and stele - Modifications: aerial, stilt and tuberous
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LO 1.3 - Stems
Function: primary and secondary Nodes, internodes, buds Anatomy: Cuticle, epidermis, cortex, vascular bundles, pith Modifications: thorns, rhizomes, stolons, corms and tubers
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LO 1.4 - Leaves
Function: primary and secondary Structure: Simple and compound Grass leaf structure: Blade, sheath, ligule and auricles Anatomy: Cuticle and epidermis, palisade layer, mesophyll, stomata and guard cells Modifications: Scale leaves, cotyledons, spines, bulbs, tendrils and floral leaves
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LO 1.5 - Flowers
Function: sexual reproduction Structure: Sepals, petals, stamens, carpel and nectary Bisexual and unisexual flowers Male and female plants Agents of pollination and effect on flower structure
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LO 1.6 - Comparing monocotyledons with dicotyledons
- Seedling cotyledon number - Flower parts - Stem tissue arrangement - Leaf veination - Root system
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LO 2.0 - Illustrate Secondary Thickening
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LO 2.1 - Meristems: primary and secondary
Zones: - Meristematic, cell elongation and cell differentiation - Vascular and interfascicular cambium - Primary and secondary xylem and phloem - Cork cambium - Cork, bark and wood including annual rings.
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LO 3.0 - Outline Plant Processes and Their Relationship with Environmental Factors
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LO 3.1 - Photosynthesis
- Definition, function and plant parts involved - Process and chemical formula - Environmental factors affecting photosynthesis; light intensity, CO2 concentration, H2O availability, temperature and leaf loss and how grower may modify
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LO 3.2 - Respiration
- Definition, function and plant parts involved - Aerobic and anaerobic - Process and chemical formula - Environmental factors affecting respiration; time of day, stage of growth, temperature, oxygen level and how grower may modify
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LO 3.3 - Transpiration
- Definition, function and plant parts involved - Environmental factors affecting transpiration; light intensity, relative humidity, air movements, temperature and soil water availability - Internal factors affecting transpiration; stomatal behaviour, stomatal number, size and distribution, presence of cuticle and presence of hairs
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LO 3.4 - Mineral and water uptake
- Function and plant parts involved - Input: osmosis and active transport: energy requirements - Movement across from root hairs to xylem - Mechanisms of upward movement within xylem; capillarity, root-pressure ‘push’ and tension cohesion ‘pull’
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LO 4.0 - Outline the Life Cycle and Development of Plants
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LO 4.1 - Seed structure and function
- seed coat, cotyledons, embryo (plumule, radicle) and endosperm - Seedling variability - Dormancy: definition and benefits for plant - Types of seed dormancy and pre-conditioning to overcoming dormancy by grower
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LO 4.2 - Vegetative plant growth and vegetative propagation
- Cell division by mitosis - Use: cloning - Methods: tissue culture, cuttings, grafting, budding, layering and division
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LO 4.3 - Flowering plant and sexual reproduction
- Use: sexual reproduction results in seedling variation - Cell division by meiosis - Pollination: definition, methods(self and cross) and agents (wind, insect, water) - Fertilisation: definition and result - Fruit formation and seed
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LO 4.4 - Fruiting plant and fruit classification
- Function of fruit - Classification of fruit – dry or fleshy: simple, aggregate and multiple - Dehiscence or indehiscence - Seed dispersal – wind, water, animals, explosive dehiscence
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LO 5.0 - Describe the Functions and Role of Plant Hormones
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LO 5.1 - Auxin
- Promote growth, apical dominance and bending towards light - Synthetic rooting ‘hormone’ substances
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LO 5.2 - Cytokinins
- Plant growth, cell division - Regulate height of plants
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LO 5.3 - Gibberellins
- Stimulate flowering, seedless fruits - Break dormancy
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LO 5.4 - Abscisic acid
– leaf and fruit fall
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LO 5.5 - Ethylene
- role in fruit ripening and as a thinning agent in orchards
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LO 5.6 - Role of synthetic hormones in plant production
- Rooting compounds (Indole acetic acid, Indolylbutyric acid), - Lawn weedkillers, growth regulators and retardants, - Anti-transpirants, for breaking dormancy and fruit ripening
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LO 6.0 - Apply Mendel’s Laws and Outline the Processes of Conventional Breeding
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LO 6.1 - Apply Mendel’s Laws of inheritance to mono hybrid crosses
- Explain the role of genes in affecting traits - Explain dominant and recessive genes and alleles - Genotype and phenotype - Homozygous and heterozygous - F1 and F2 generations - Mendel’s first law: law of segregation - Apply Mendel’s model for monohybrid inheritance for pea plant height to F2 generation
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LO 7.0 - Outline the Processes of Production of First Filial Generation of Hybrid Seed
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LO 7.1 - Identification and isolation of trait including
- Selfing and selection for 8-12 generations - Inbred lines produced - Cross pollination if inbred lines - Heterosis or hybrid vigour - Seed expensive and must be remade each year - Benefits of F1 seeds
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LO 8.0 - Outline the Main Characteristics of Micro-organisms
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LO 8.1 - Fungi
Structure - Hyphae and mycelium - Parasites and saprophytes and examples - Life cycle of fungus; bread mould and potato blight Economic importance - Harmful: ringworm, food poisoning, food spoilage, crop diseases - Beneficial: composting, brewing, dairy products, antibiotics, mushroom industry, mycorrhizal associations
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LO 8.2 - Bacteria
- Classification: rod, spherical and spiral - Multiply asexually by binary fission - Nutrition: lack chlorophyll, saprophyte or parasite - harmful and beneficial effects
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LO 8.3 - Viruses
- Structure: acellular obligate parasites - Sub microscopic size in relation to fungi or bacteria - Transfer by vector; inactive outside the host body, can mutate quickly - Examples: plant; black ring spot of cabbage, tomato mosaic, tulip flower streak - human viruses e.g. mumps, chickenpox measles, polio, common cold
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LO 9.0 - Investigate the system of plant classification
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LO 9.1 - Principles
- Taxonomy - Carl Linnaeus - International Code of Botanical Nomenclature - Universally accepted system
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LO 9.2 - Divisions in the plant kingdom
- According to place in evolutionary history - Single celled aquatic to multicellular terrestrial - Division, class, order, family, genus, species, variety or cultivar - Basic unit: species - Spermatophyta: seed bearing plants - Gymnosperms and angiosperms including monocots and dicots
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LO 9.3 - Binomial system of nomenclature
- Rationale for using scientific name instead of common name - Why use Latin - Genus and species; varieties and cultivars - Writing, formatting and spelling conventions - Why names keep changing
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LO 9.4 - Naming of hybrids
- Designation of hybrid using X - Interspecific and intergeneric hybrids - Chimaera; use + sign
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