Abstract: Plant physiology is a scientific course to study the plant life activity rules and the relationship between environment and plant, which is also a compulsory course for biology related majors. With the development of society and economy, we need to cultivate more and more applied talents. During the cultivation, the teaching method and content of plant physiology also need to change. In this paper, we discussed the plant physiology teaching methods in application-oriented college according the problems encountered in our actual teaching process.

Key words: plant physiology, teaching, application-oriented college