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This course explores interactions between plants and their environment from a physiological perspective. It will consolidate and extend knowledge of the processes involved in the acquisition and transport of resources by plants and use this knowledge to examine the ways plants have adapted to a range of environments, some of which can be considered as extreme. The course will also look at how plants respond to environmental challenges such as climate change, salinisation and heavy metal toxicity. Interactions with other organisms will also be examined including parasitic plants. biomonitoring through bacteria, yeast, cyanobacteria, harvesting saline and arid soil is also discussed.
COURSE JUSTIFICATION/RATIONALE
This is a key course for plant biologists, environmental scientists and biotechnologist, as knowledge of plant ecophysiology is crucial for our understanding of plant and ecosystem function and designing sustainable bioproduction systems. The course delivers in-depth understanding of plant adaptations to the environments that characterisenature.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course, the student should be able to:
LEARNING OUTCOMES
A doctoral student completing the course is expected to:
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