Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

CPS 205 — Principles of Crop Physiology

CPS department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• Learners have a vivid understanding of vital elements in crop growth and development
• Equips the learner with explanation on observed growth manifestations in the crop; and
• A good theoretical background for interpretation of crop research experiments results

Course contents

Crop seed germination and dormancy. Growth juvenility, maturation, and dormancy. Environmental effect on translocation and metabolic processes in crop plants. Moisture needs and moisture stress effects. Temperature, light and solar radiation effects on growth. Photosynthesis and assimilate partitioning determinants.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study CPS 205.

More CPS courses

• CPS 201 · Principles of Crop Production
• CPS 301 · Arable Crops Production
• CPS 302 · Permanent Crops Production
• CPS 303 · Crop Pests and Diseases
• CPS 304 · Crop Genetics and Breeding
• CPS 305 · Farm mechanization Practices
• CPS 306 · Crop Processing and Storage
• CPS 307 · Vegetable and Orchard Crops Management
• CPS 401 · Vegetable Crops Production
• CPS 402 · Seed Production Technology
• CPS 403 · Methods of Field Experimentation
• CPS 404 · Advance Crop Protection