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BT3370:03

Bush Food, Plant Defences and Physiology

[Not offered in 2004]

Townsville

HECS Band 2

30 hours lectures, 36 hours practicals. Semester 2.

Staff:

Dr J Holtum.

This subject provides an understanding of traditional and modern uses of plants in Australia and examines why plants are of use to humans in general; describes the functions in plants of compounds of dietary and pharmaceutical interest to humans; describes mechanisms used by plants to defend themselves against predation and explains adaptations that enhance the performance and tolerance levels of plants subjected to environmental stresses.

Learning Objectives:

to foster an understanding of traditional and modern uses of plants by humans, particularly in an Australian context;

to provide fundamental knowledge of the links between plant structure and function;

to demonstrate the roles of primary and secondary metabolites in plants;

to demonstrate the strategies used to identify plants with potential pharmaceutical and agro-chemical applications;

to illustrate in practical sessions the characteristics of plant function documented in lectures.

Assessment by examination (60%); performance in written assignments and practical exercises (40%).