《植物生理学》是研究植物生命活动规律及其与环境相互关系、揭示植物生命现象本质的科学。该课程是生命科学尤其是农林学科人才培养中重要的专业基础课程之一，在农业实践和科学理论方面都具有重要意义。
课程内容主要由三部分组成：（1）植物对水分和矿质营养的吸收和转运，主要讲授水和植物细胞、植物的水分平衡、矿质营养和溶质的运输；（2）植物体内的生化和代谢过程，重点讲授光合作用（光反应和碳反应）、韧皮部运输、矿质营养的同化等内容；（3）植物生长发育及调控，主要讲授生长与发育、光敏色素和光调控的植物发育、蓝光反应、六大类激素（生长素、赤霉素、细胞分裂素、脱落酸、乙烯、油菜素甾醇）、开花的控制和非生物胁迫的应答与适应等内容。
本课程的参考教材为Lincoln Taiz和Eduardo Zeiger等编写的、目前国际上最主流的植物生理学教材《Plant Physiology》第5版（2010年出版）和《Plant Physiology and Development》第6版（2014年出版）。该课程视频共包括55个核心知识点，本学期学习总时长为16周（包括节假日）。通过本课程的学习，将有助于拓展学生的国际化视野，全面提高学生的专业英语能力和科研思路，使学生能够了解植物个体发育过程中的生理变化及植物与环境互作的适应机理，掌握动态更新的植物生理学核心和基础知识体系，初步具备运用植物生理学知识指导生产实践的能力。
Plant Cells
1.1 Overview
1.2 Plant Forms and Structures
1.3 Plant Cell Organelles
1.4 Plant Cytoskeleton
Class Discussion
TEST 1
Genome Organization and Gene Expression
2.1 Plant Genome Organization
2.2 Gene expressions and functions
Class Discussion
TEST 2
Water and Plant Cells
3.1 Basic Concepts
3.2 Applications
Class Discussion
TEST 3
Water Balance of Plants
4.1 Water Balance of Plants
Class Discussion
TEST 4
Mineral Nutrition
5.1 Mineral Nutrition
5.2 Mineral Nutrition Studies and Deficiencies
Class Discussion
TEST 5
Solute Transport
6.1 Solute Transport
6.2 Channels, Carriers, and Pumps
6.3 Active Transport
Class Discussion
TEST 6
Light and Photosynthesis
7.1 Light and Photosynthesis
7.2 The Fates of Light Energy
7.3 The Photosystems
7.4 Photosynthetic Electron Transport
7.5 Photoinhibition
Class Discussion
TEST 7
Photosynthesis - The Carbon Reactions
8.1 The Calvin-Benson Cycle
8.2 The Regulation of the Carbon Reactions
8.3 The C2 Cycle
8.4 The C4 Cycle and CAM
8.5 The Synthesis of Starch and Sucrose
Class Discussion
TEST 8
Photosynthesis Physiological and Ecological Considerations
9.1 Photosynthesis Physiological and Ecological Considerations
Class Discussion
TEST 9
Translocation in the Phloem
10.1 Source, Sink, and Phloem
10.2 Phloem Translocation
Class Discussion
TEST 10
Assimilation of Mineral Nutrients
11.1 Nitrogen Assimilation
11.2 Biological Nitrogen Fixation
Class Discussion
TEST 11
Growth and Development
12.1 Plant Growth and Development
12.2 Plant Meristems
Class Discussion
TEST 12
Phytochrome and Light Control of Plant Development
13.1 Phytochrome Physiology
13.2 Phytochrome Signaling
Class Discussion
TEST 13
Blue-Light Responses
14.1 Blue-Light Responses
14.2 Blue Light Signaling
Class Discussion
TEST 14
Auxin
15.1 Auxin – the First Discovered Plant Hormone
15.2 Auxin Polar Transport
15.3 Auxin Signal Transduction
15.4 Physiological Functions of Auxin
Class Discussion
TEST 15
Gibberellin
16.1 Gibberellins (GAs) and GA Biosynthesis
16.2 Gibberellin Signal Transduction
16.3 Gibberellin Responses
Class Discussion
TEST 16
Cytokinins
17.1 Cytokinin and Cytokinin Biosynthesis
17.2 Cytokinin Signal Transduction and Physiological Roles
Class Discussion
TEST 17
Ethylene
18.1 Ethylene and Ethylene Biosynthesis
18.2 Ethylene Signal Transduction
18.3 Developmental and Physiological Effects of Ethylene
Class Discussion
TEST 18
ABA Biosynthesis and Signaling Cells
19.1 Abscisic acid (ABA) Biosynthesis and Signaling
Class Discussion
TEST 19
Brassinosteroids
20.1 Brassinosteroids, BR Biosynthesis, and Signaling
Class Discussion
TEST 20
The Control of Flowering
21.1 The Shoot Apex and Phase Change
21.2 The Making of a Flower
21.3 Photoperiod, Vernalization, and Flowering
21.4 The florigen
Class Discussion
TEST 21
Abiotic Stress
22.1 Abiotic Stress
22.2 Temperature Stress
Class Discussion
TEST 22