Plant Stress Physiology (BIO 543)

2015 Fall
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Mol.Bio.Genetic&Bioengin.(BIO)
3
10
Levent Öztürk lozturk@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Doctoral, Master
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Formal lecture,Seminar,Field work/field study/on-the-job,Laboratory
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CONTENT

This course will provide basic information on the reactions of plants to environmental stress factors. Lecture topics will include crop productivity under stress; gene expression in response to stress and development of transgenic plants with elevated stress tolerance; adaptation of the photosynthetic apparatus to stress conditions; drought and salinity stress; high light and heat stress; low temperature and freezing stress; mineral nutrient deficiency and heavy metal toxicity; root responses to mineral deficiencies and toxicities; phytoremidation; responses to plant pathogens; flooding and oxygen deficiency. A special attention will be given to synthesis and detoxification of oxygen free radicals and oxidative cell damage under stress conditions.

OBJECTIVE

To teach various environmental abiotic stress factors and basic physiological mechanisms involved in coping with stress conditions in plants.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • At the end of the course the learner is expected to know basic abiotic stress factors affecting plant growth and productivity, describe and explain physiological mechanisms that are specifically regulated under various stress conditions.