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 791-201 Biology III

Credit Points

7.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr John Wellman

Prerequisites

791-113 Chemistry II, 791-112 Plant Biology II and 791-111 Animal Biology ll.

Semester

1, repeat Summer (view timetable)

Contact

4 hours per week

Subject Description

The object of this subject is to utilise the biological bases introduced in the prerequisite subjects into the applied biology of nutrition and reproduction in animals, and the biochemistry of photosynthesis and respiration in plants and the influence of environmental variables on plant growth and development.

The content includes:

  • solar radiation balance;

  • photosynthesis and respiration;

  • plant-water relations;

  • impact of light, water and temperature on plant growth;

  • microbiology;

  • monogastric and ruminant nutrition;

  • reproductive physiology of lactation;

  • and egg production and wool growth.

Assessment

Written Exam(70%) and 2 assignments (15% each).

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