PAPER I: KUF 351- TREE PHYSIOLOGY-

Introduction and practical application in forestry, Soil-water, absorption of water, water conducting system, transpiration, water stress and drought, Photosynthesis- pigments, mechanisms and factors affecting photosynthesis, Respiration- mechanism, glycolysis and Kreb’s cycle, anaerobic respiration and respiratory quotients, Growth and relative growth rate, growth regulators/plant hormones-auxins, gibberellins, cytokinin, ethylene and abscisic acid, Essential and non-essential elements and their deficiency symptoms.