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Plant molecular biology
Description
Learning objectives (content of the course) :
- In vitro methods of plant propagation
- Plant genetics
- Molecular genetic tools in plants
- Characterization of mutants, genes and genetic networks
- Production of transgenic crops
- Molecular biology of plant pathology
- Molecular biology of nitrogen fixation
- Biotechnology of algae
- Engineering of salt, heat, cold, drought and UV light stress tolerance in plants
- Engineering of plants for human nutrition and health
- Risk assessment of transgenic crops
Compétences visées
Objectives in terms of acquired skills :
(ie roughly what the student should be able to understand and apply in practical situations at the end of th course)
- To be familiar with biotechnology of plants and algae, sociological and regulatory aspects of transgenic crops, and plant molecular genetics.
- To understand the current knowledge of plant pathology, nitrogen fixation and crop improvement.
Bibliographie
References, books, course support :
- Copies of screen presentation, transcripts of lectures
- Selected articles from the scientific literature