Course Overview

In this lecture, the relationship between various physiological phenomena and the environmental factors in the life history of higher plant will be overviewed for the understanding from the viewpoint at whole plant to cell levels with adding the latest molecular biological findings.

Learning Achievement

Understanding the relationship between various developmental and physiological phenomena and the environmental factors in the life history of higher plant from the viewpoint at whole plant to cell levels with the latest molecular biological findings

Competence

Course prerequisites

Prerequisite; Introduction to Plant Physiology

Grading Philosophy

Grading : Evaluated by sum of each teacher’s evaluation (report).

Course schedule

Life history of higher plants & environmental factors (Irving)
Seed germination (Irving)
Polarity & tropism (Irving)
Mineral uptake and hyperaccumulation　 (Furukawa)
Responses to low nutrient conditions (Furukawa)
Flower induction (Ono)
Defense responses against pathogenic infection & herbivory (Miura)
Regulation of stomatal movement, adaptation to water stress (Miura)
Cellular responses to temperature stresses (Miura)
Utilization of knowledge of plant physiology (Miura)

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Irving Louis John,Furukawa Jun,Miura Kenji,Ono Michiyuki

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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