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| BOTA0206-1 | Plant physiology | |||||
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 30h Pr | |||||
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| Holder(s) : | Claire Périlleux | |||||
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| Course contents : | The course is focused on signalling pathways used by flowering plants to cope with their environment. Signalling pathways involved in plant response to light, hormones, and abiotic stress will be detailed, with special emphasis on crosstalks between them. As an example of the integrative character of plant physiology, the last part of the course will concern flowering and its current understanding at the physiological, genetical and molecular levels. | |||||
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| Course objective : | The course starts with an introduction on methods used in plant physiology and is therafter organised in 4 chapters, focused on signalling pathways involved in the plant response to light, hormones and abiotic stress. The last chapter concerns an integrative approach of flowering. - Chapter I : Photomorphogenesis I.1. The COP9 signalosome I.2. Photoreceptors : phytochromes, cryptochromes, phototropins - Chapter II : Hormones II.1. General consideration on signalling cascades II.2. Signalling pathways of ethylene, auxin, gibberellins, cytokinins, jasmonate - Chapter III. : Abiotic stress III.1. ABA-dependent and ABA-independent responses III.2. Molecular mechanisms of stress tolerance - Chapter IV : Flowering IV.1. Vernalisation IV.2. Photoperiodism IV.3. The making of a flower IV.4. Fertilization | |||||
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| Prerequisites : | A good knowledge of the physiology of flowering plants | |||||
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| Workshops : | Practicals concern the study of flowering and the expression pattern of the LEAFY gene in Sinapis alba (physiological model) and Arabidopsis thaliana (genetical model) | |||||
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| Organization : | The theoritical course is organised in lectures of 90 min (1 or 2 lectures a week, first semester) and the practicals are scheduled as 10 half-days. | |||||
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| Written notes : | Students will receive a hard copy of the illustrations. | |||||
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| Assessment : | Oral examination. The note obtained for the practical course is considered as one of the questions of the final examination. | |||||
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| Contacts : | Claire Périlleux cperilleux@ulg.ac.be | |||||
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ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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