The course focuses on the principles of sustainable plant production in the context of climate change and modern technologies. It also presents innovative approaches to plant production, including the use of controlled environments, bioreactors, remote sensing, and nanotechnologies. Emphasis is placed on connecting and understanding the interrelationships between biological processes and technological solutions. Syllabus: 1. Introduction to sustainable plant production: definition of sustainability, history and development of the concept of sustainable agriculture, global challenges: climate change, soil degradation, loss of biodiversity 2. Fundamentals of photosynthesis: photosynthetic apparatus, basic mechanisms and regulation, influence of environmental conditions, connection with plant production, photosynthetic parameters 3. Fundamentals of plant water regime: water uptake and transport in plants, transpiration, parameters of plant water status 4. Basics of plant stress physiology: abiotic and biotic stress factors, general mechanisms of plant stress response, mechanisms of acclimation and adaptation 5. Climate change and its impacts on plant production: increase in CO2 concentration, changes in temperature and precipitation, extreme events (droughts, floods, heat waves), shifts in vegetation zones and crop phenology 6. Carbon and water flows in ecosystems: carbon cycle in natural and agricultural systems, carbon sequestration in soil and biomass, impact of agrotechnical practices on carbon balance, water regime 7. Remote sensing: aerial and satellite imaging, optical methods (reflectance, chlorophyll fluorescence), thermal, radar, LiDAR, machine learning, plant and vegetation parameters, use in sustainable plant production 8. Approaches to ensuring photosynthetic plant production in conditions of climate change: genetic, biotechnological, agrotechnical 9. New plant cultivation technologies I - controlled environment: hydroponics, aquaponics, vertical farming, microclimate control, lighting and nutrient supply, robotics, AI 10. New plant cultivation technologies II - bioreactors: organisms, cultivation, use for food production, biofuels, and bioactive substances 11. Nanotechnology in plant production: nanofertilizers, nanopesticides, nanomaterials improving soil properties and plant protection, risks and toxicity
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Abbas, Z., Tiwari, A.K., Kumar, P. (Eds.). (2018). Emerging Trends of Plant Physiology for Sustainable Crop Production.
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Baslam, M. et al. (2020). Photosynthesis in a Changing Global Climate: Scaling Up and Scaling Down in Crops.
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De Vries, B.J.M. (2023). Sustainability Science.
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Fatichi, S. et al. (2016). Modeling plant?water interactions: an ecohydrological overview from the cell to the global scale.
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Gomarasca, U. et al. (2023). Leaf-level coordination principles propagate to the ecosystem scale.
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Guo, Y. et al. (2021). Modeling and optimization of environment in agricultural greenhouses for improving cleaner and sustainable crop production.
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Jansson, J.K., Hofmockel, K.S. (2020). Soil microbiomes and climate change.
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Robertson, M. (2021). Sustainability Principles and Practice.
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Waquas, M. et al. (2025). Blueprints for sustainable plant production through the utilization of crop wild relatives and their microbiomes.
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Xie, M. et al. (2023). Monitoring of carbon-water fluxes at Eurasian meteorological stations using random forest and remote sensing.
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