Or you must have taken suitable degree units from another University.
Aims & Learning Objectives:
Aims: To gain a detailed understanding into how higher plants respond to and cope with the environmental stresses to which they are exposed.
After taking this course the student should be able to:
* Demonstrate an in-depth and up-to-date knowledge of plants ability to cope with environmental stresses
* Critically evaluate experimental evidence within this field.
Content:
The environmental stresses to which plants are exposed include drought, salinity, heavy metals, acid soils and mechanical damage, many of which are exacerbated by human pressures on the environment. As non-motile organisms plants have to deal with environmental stresses in situ. Therefore, they have evolved a wide range of mechanisms to cope with these stresses. This course examines the physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of these mechanisms and considers how plants may be manipulated to increase their stress tolerance.
|
