Plant Physiology: Plant growth and development; Plant growth processes; Climatic influences on crops; Plant water relationships; Mineral nutrition; Phyto-hormones; Physiology of reproductive growth; Source-sink relationship; Assimilate translocation and yield; Yield determination and crop productivity; Plant growth analysis; Heat and water stress; Senescence; Seed physiology; Problem-solving and case-studies.
Botany: Plant anatomy and morphology; Plant identification (including practical) and nomenclature; Overview of economically important crops.
Plant Biodiversity: Value of biodiversity; Native flora; Threats and disturbances to biodiversity; Flora conservation and management; Conservation planning; Biodiversity and climate change.
