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Plant responses to environmental stress
Course teacher(s)
Nathalie VERBRUGGEN (Coordinator)ECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
english
Course content
The course will be a review of plant responses to different types of environmental stress, in particular physiological and molecular analysis. Molecular biology tools have allowed tremendous progress in our understanding of plant responses. Responses of plants to drought salt stress, temperature stress, toxic concentrations of trace metals, biotic stress, ... will be presented. The course will also include advances in the improvement of plant resistance to stress by genetic engineering. General research strategies will be discussed through analysis of case studies.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
The aim of the course is to give students the necessary tools to understand mechanisms of plant responses to different environmental stresses.
Teaching methods and learning activities
Case studies
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
Research and review articles (on U.V.)
Other information
Contacts
VERBRUGGEN Nathalie Laboratoire de Physiologie et de Génétique Moléculaire des Plantes - ULB-Campus Plaine - CP 242 - Bd. du Triomphe - 1050 Bruxelles. Tél. : 02/6502128 - Fax : 02/6505421 - email : nverbru@ulb.ac.be - http://www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/lpgmp
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Other
Other
Written examination+ oral presentation of a personal work
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
1/2 written examination + 1/2 oral presentation
Language(s) of evaluation
- english