BIOLOGY *742 / Molecular and Metabolomic Responses of Plants to Environmental Perturbations

3 unit(s)

R. Cameron, E. A. Weretilnyk

This new course will examine how plants respond to various environmental stresses, both biotic and abiotic. The molecular perception and signalling pathways involved and the metabolomic changes that allow the plant to adapt to, tolerate or resist a particular perturbation will be discussed (examples - disease, cold, drought). This course will also address an emerging and important topic in plant biology, the ability of plants to respond to multiple stresses.