LEVEL 300

The course seeks to provide students with theoretical and practical understanding of cellular mechanisms of plant development, control systems of plants and plant movements as model for studying control systems and photoreceptors and plant responses to environmental stress and plant defense mechanisms.

Learning Objectives:

Students will understand the mechanisms of:

·         seed biochemistry and embryogenesis,

·         chromatin remodeling,

·         structure and function of hormone receptors and photoreceptors,

·         cell signaling pathways during development and biotic stress,

·         plant-microbe interactions,

·         Innate immune responses and defense signaling using applied biochemistry.

·         Students will identify flowering plants, and participate in field trips to provide first-hand experience with plant growth and reproduction activities and consequent biotic stress and response mechanisms under actual growing conditions.