THE TEACHING OF PLANT PHYSIOTECHNICS IN COLOMBIA

Abstract

Since time immemorial, man has been interested in the study of plants from different points of view. to the studio
of the functioning of the vital processes of plants has been called Plant Physiology. Plant Physiology has developed
to such a degree that specializations and collateral lines have emerged, such as the Physiology of Organs and Cells, Physiology of Herbicides and Phytoregulators, Nutrition and Metabolism, Growth and Development, Postharvest Physiology, Crop Physiology (Plant Physiotechnics), Water Relations, Ecophysiology, Physiological Genetics, and others. Given the enormous increase in information and the speed with which new knowledge is produced in each of these specializations, it is currently difficult for a physiologist to even keep up to date in the area of ​​their particular interest. In the field of Plant Physiology, two major trends have been developed: a) The focus on isolated structures and processes; b) The physiology of the entire plant. Both approaches are complementary and in the present analysis it is considered that the first is served with the general Plant Physiology courses offered in the Faculties of Agronomy and the second with the Crop Physiology or Plant Physiotechnics courses that integrate the processes and study plant behavior under field conditions.