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MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Learning outcomes

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Students will gain an understanding and specific knowledge of the underlying principles of plant growth at a cellular plant and crop level, including the basic principles of plant physiology, genetics, biochemistry, nitrogen fixation and plant nutrition. This will be provided in the context that these components can be manipulated to increase biomass production, while being cognisant of economic and sustainability considerations.
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Skills that will be learnt include field and laboratory acquisition of data, critical evaluation of these data and information from a variety of sources, and combining these data into a summary reportStudents will apply statistical tests to field and laboratory dataStudents will be able to apply this knowledge in an integrated assignment where they describe why major global farming systems have developed, and the environmental and economic limitations to biomass production. This will provide a basis for understanding how different management options can be developed and involve a range of skills including (a) literature analysis, (b) data acquisition, analysis and visualization, (c) creation of a synthesis report.

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Unit content:The unit will cover: 1. The underlying principles of plant growth at a cellular and plant level, including the basic principles of plant physiology, genetics, biochemistry, nitrogen fixation and plant nutrition 2. The basic principles of crop physiology (canopy structure and function, competition for resources, root–soil interaction, flowering, crop stresses and adaptation) 3. The phenology and physiology of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, pasture grasses and legumes 4. Major global farming systems and the environmental and economic limitations to biomass production