Breeding for stress resistance/tolerance

Course Information
TitleΒΕΛΤΙΩΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΑΝΤΟΧΗ ΣΤΙΣ ΚΑΤΑΠΟΝΗΣΕΙΣ / Breeding for stress resistance/tolerance
CodeGPP109
FacultyAgriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment
SchoolAgriculture
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate, 3rd / Doctorate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorAlexios Polidoros
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600017390

Programme of Study: Prógramma metaptychiakṓn Spoudṓn Genetikī, Veltíōsī fytṓn kai Paragōgī Pollaplasiastikoý Ylikoý

Registered students: 7
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOS - Ypochreōtiká & EpilogīsElective Courses327
Class Information
Academic Year2023 – 2024
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours4
Total Hours52
Class ID
600239608
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Students are expected to: - be able to recognize and distinguish the different categories of biotic and abiotic stresses, - understand the mechanisms, biochemical pathways, genetic factors involved in the various abiotic and biotic stresses, - become familiar with the design of breeding approaches to improve cultivars with resistance/resilience/tolerance to various stresses - understand the possibilities of genetic engineering and new breeding technologies in dealing with stress.
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
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Respect natural environment
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Breeding to cope with abiotic and biotic stresses. Biotic stresses and defense mechanisms and strategies that protect plants from insects, pests and pathogens, inheritance of resistance genes and long-term efficacy of resistance genes. Abiotic stresses from environmental factors (eg temperature, water, nutrients, minerals). Endurance mechanisms. Stress signal recognition and transduction, coordination of plant stress responses, gene regulation, secondary metabolism and activation of chemical defenses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Stresses as major causes of failure to achieve yield and quality potential for many crops. Breeding for stress resistance using appropriate genetic resources to improve plant defense against stress factors. Interactions between biotic and abiotic stresses. Adaptability and stability of cultivated plants, stress resistance mechanisms and phenotypic selection, genotype-environment interaction, selection in multi-environment tests. Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses and tolerance to such agents. Transgenic and new breeding technologies for stress tolerance.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures52✓
Seminars12✓
Reading Assigment45✓
Tutorial26✓
Project20✓✓
Written assigments25✓✓
Exams2✓
Total182
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
The Plant Journal (2017) 90, 898–917 Plant Physiology, February 2018, Vol. 176, pp. 1131–1142 Trends in Plant Science, January 2019, Vol. 24, No. 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2018.10.003 NATURE REVIEWS | GENETICS VOLUME 16 | APRIL 2015 | 237 doi:10.1038/nrg3901 Advances in Plant Tolerance to Biotic Stresses, Geoffrey Onaga and Kerstin Wydra, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/64351 Molecular Breeding to Improve Plant Resistance to Abiotic Stresses, Gundimeda J. N. Rao , Janga N. Reddy , Mukund Variar ,and Anumalla Mahender, J.M. Al-Khayri et al. (eds.), Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Agronomic,Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-22518-0_8
Last Update
24-01-2024