MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS UNDER STRESS AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
| Title | Μοριακή Φυσιολογία Καταπονήσεων των Φυτών και Βιοτεχνολογικές Προσεγγίσεις / MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS UNDER STRESS AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
| Code | ΝAKA813E |
| Faculty | Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment |
| School | Agriculture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Aikaterini Karamanoli |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600024887 |
Programme of Study: Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Climate Change
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses beloging to the selected specialization | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Class ID | 600257110
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Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600257110
- eLearning:
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Students should be to have basic knowledge of physiology. Use of computers to present a relevant topic.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Understand the effects, at plant and crop level, of abiotic factors and how they affect crop yield and quality.
2. Distinguish and suggest ways to deal with problems that arise at the crop level.
3. Propose and utilize natural "tools" to deal with problems of cultivation in collaboration with other specialties (eg geneticists).
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 an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Respect natural environment
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction to the course: Stress categories and mechanisms of plant resistance (avoidance, tolerance). Uptake, recognition and stress signal transduction: The role of hormones, oxygen reactive species and other key biomolecules. Molecular plant physiology of responses to stressful environments (general concepts): Promoters and gene expression. Stress effects and reaction mechanisms per abiotic stressful factor (from the molecular and cellular level to whole plant level). High and low temperatures (heat and freezing). Water deficit, drought (anoxia and hypoxia). Salinity. Heavy metals, phytoremediation. High light intensity.Biotic stress factors and plant defense mechanisms. Coordination of plant responses to stress. Interactions between biotic and abiotic stresses. Biotechnological approaches of responses to abiotic stresses and climate change. Biotechnological approaches for resistance to biotic stresses. The role of secondary metabolism in stress and biotechnological applications.
Keywords
Physiology, function and mechanisms of plants
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Description
Teaching with powerpoint.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 65 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 40 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Tutorial | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Project | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 200 |
Student Assessment
Description
80% written exams, 20% Assignment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Web of Science
Last Update
07-10-2024
