Practical pollination biology 1400-236BZRwP

The course includes 5 practicals:
1. Analysis of floral morphology and rewards, pollen and nectar presentation, nectar composition (sugar content and amionoacid profile), stigma receptivity and experimental assesment of plant breeding systems.
2. Basics of field experiments: pollinator recording and capture, methods of pollinator effectiveness assesment (body pollen loads, pollen deposition on stigma), non-invasive methods of studing body-pollen loads on insects. Setting of student own project.
3-4. Students own field observations (in the Botanic Garden) and experiments: pollinator observation, flowering and nectar production dynamics, analysisi of pollinator effectiveness.
5. Data analysis and presentation of the results of the experiment.

Type of course

elective courses

Prerequisites (description)

Basic botanical knowledge on the level of high school education, isuggested attendance to the lecture "Plant Pollination Biology"

Course coordinators

Marcin Zych

Mode

Classroom and field classes

Assessment criteria

Attendance at the practicals (only one absence is allowed), conducting and presenting the results of a field experiment which will be marked using standard marking grades 2(failed)-5(very good)

Bibliography

Dafni A. et al. 2005 Practical pollination biology. Enviroquest, Cambridge, Ontario.
Kearns C.A. & Inouye D.W. 1993. Techniques for pollination biologists. University Press of Colorado, Niwot.
Proctor M., Yeo P. & Lack A. 1996. Natural History of Pollination. Harper Collins Publishers, London.
Willmer P. 2011. Pollination and floral ecology. Princeton UP, Princeton, Oxford.

Notes

Term 2023L:

None

Term 2024L:

None

Additional information

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