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I am teaching General Botany course :

General Botany

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Course overview

Plants are essential to us as food and their domestication was primary factor in the birth of civilization. Now, with the rising world population and climate change increasing the frequency of crop production failures food supply is becoming a key issue through the world. At the same time, plants are playing a growing role in meeting our energy needs and have enormous potential as sources of novel compounds. Also, this course will be as a foundation for coming course at future.

Botany is the science or study of plants. Plants, unlike animals, are able to make their own food. Plants capture energy found in sunlight through a process called Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis means “putting together” (synthesis)using “light” (photo).The energy from the sun’s rays is captured, or absorbed, by the pigment chlorophyll, found in leaves. Chlorophyll causes the plant to appear green. This energy is then used to synthesize a sugar molecule from molecules of water and carbon dioxide. This equation illustrates the chemistry of photosynthesis: Plants do not use all of the energy captured for growth; some is expended as the plant "breathes," which is called cellular respiration(cellular respiration is the process of oxidizing food molecules into carbon dioxide and water.)All animals rely on the energy plants have captured. When an animal, such as a squirrel, eats a plant, such as an acorn, it converts the plant to energy essential for growth. Animals cannot digest all the parts of a plant, so some energy is lost.

Course Objective:

Provide the student with information on Botany and its origin anddevelopment, The student will learn the principles of Botany and development in relation to environment factors (temperature, humidity, light, air, water, irrigation and soil). To provide the student with the basic information on seeds

The above information will helps the students to have enough knowledge for any related subjects incoming course and the student gain well understanding about Botany in his or her carrier in future.