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Teacher
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ASTOLFI Stefania
(syllabus)
Soil
The definition of soil
The components of soil
The physical properties of soil
Texture
Structure
Density and porosity
Consistency, temperature, colour
Movement of water in the soil
Water-soil relationships
Water potential in the soil
Available water in the soil
The movement of water in the soil
The physico-chemical properties of soil
Cation and anion exchange
Soil pH and its measurement
Buffer power of soil
Oxidation-reduction reactions
Organic matter
Constituents of organic matter
Humic substances
Humification
Extraction of humic substances
Immobilisation and mineralisation of organic matter
Enzymatic reactions
Enzymes: characteristics, structure, classification.
Characteristics of enzymatic reactions.
Inhibitors, regulation.
Photosynthesis
The chloroplast, photosynthetic pigments, the light phase (photosystem I and II and cyclic electron transfer), the dark phase (carboxylation enzymes, Rubisco and PEPc), C3, C4, CAM plants.
Respiration
The mitochondria, glycolysis, the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle), the respiratory chain, the cyanide-resistant pathway, ATP synthesis.
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(reference books)
Taiz e Zeiger, Fisiologia vegetale, Piccin
Fondamenti di Biochimica Agraria, Patron Ed
Fondamenti di Chimica del Suolo, Patron Ed
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