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Academic Year: | 2015/6 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Biology & Biochemistry |
Credits: | 6 |
Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
Period: |
Semester 2 |
Assessment Summary: | ES 66%, SM 34% |
Assessment Detail: |
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Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take BB20030 OR take BB20031 OR take BB20032 or you must have taken suitable degree units from another University. |
Description: | Aims: To gain a detailed understanding into how higher plants respond to and cope with the environmental stresses to which they are exposed. Learning Outcomes: 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. Skills: Learning and studying T/F/A, Written communication T/F/A, Oral communication T/F/A, Information handling & retrieval T/F/A, Working independently T/F. 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. |
Programme availability: |
BB40133 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Biology & Biochemistry
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