Course Overview

Lectures will cover topics on plant biotechnology including control of flowering time, circadian rhuythms, photoperiodic responses, organ size and responses to environmental stresses.

Learning Achievement

This course aims to give students a basic understanding of the biotechnology of plants.

Competence

Lectures will give a basic introduction of these subjects for further study in later trimesters and years.

Course prerequisites

None

Grading Philosophy

Summary report of the first day (50%) & Take home exam (50%).

Course schedule

This course is an intensive module and split into four sessions
Plant breeding and Plant Biotechnology
Physiological responses in higher plants I
Physiological responses in higher plants II
Polyploid genetics and System biology

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

Lecture attendance will be recorded. Attendance will count toward the final grade (A medical note or similar can exempt students from losing marks this way).

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