Plant Stress physiology
| Title | ΦΥΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΦΥΤΩΝ ΣΕ ΑΒΙΟΤΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΤΑΠΟΝΗΣΕΙΣ / Plant Stress physiology |
| Code | ΒΑΖΝ713 |
| Faculty | Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment |
| School | Agriculture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 420000570 |
| Academic Year | 2018 – 2019 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600121024
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600121024
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Plant Anatomy and Morphology, Plant Physiology
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able:
1. To understand key concepts involved in crucial plant processes, when the plant is subjected to various kinds of stressful environments.
2. To comprehend the influence of stressful environments on plant growth and on production of cultivated plants and of natural ecosystems.
3. To protect and cultivate plants by knowing how a plant actually reacts to adverse environmental conditions.
5. To be fully informed of the last biotechnological advances regarding plant mechanisms and reactions to stresses.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Respect natural environment
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. Introduction to the course: The question of defining plant stress. Stress categories and mechanisms of plant resistance (avoidance, tolerance).
2. Grouping of stress resistance mechanisms. Similarities in the final response of a plant to different stress categories.
3. Uptake, recognition and stress signal transduction: The role of hormones. Coordinating plant responces to stresses.
4. Plant response to stressful environments at the molecular, cellular and metabolic level (general concepts): Promoters and gene expression. Proteins and other metabolites whose biosynthesis is induced by stressful environments.
5. Oxidation stress as a regulator of plant response to environmental stresses. Origin and types of oxygen reactive species. Antioxidant mechanism (enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant molecules). Oxidation burst and its role in plant resistance.
6. Stress effects and reaction mechanisms per abiotic stressful factor (from the molecular and cellular level to whole plant level). Water deficit, drought.
7. Salinity
8. High temperatures
9. Freezing temperatures
10. Anoxia and/or hypoxia, flooding.
11. Heavy metals, phytoremedation.
12. Environmental pollution (primary and secondary pollutants, plant resistance mechanisms to ozone and SO2, symptoms of cultivated plants due to ozone, SO2, nitrogen oxides, F and PAN).
13. State of the art in researching various biomolecules involved in plant resistance to stresses. Emphasis on ubiquitine, antifreeze and ice nucleating proteins, betaines and betalaines, aquaporins,Ca2+/calmodulin. Summary-conclusions:
Keywords
Extreme temperatures, Drought, Water deficit, Salinity, Heavy metals, Atmospheric pollution, Abiotic plant stresses.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Teaching software: powerpoint
Communication via email
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | ✓ | ||||
| Written assigments | ✓ | ||||
| Total |
Student Assessment
Description
Written exams at the end of semester (multiple choice).
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
Last Update
01-06-2016
