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HORT 55100 - Plant Responses To The Environment |
Credit Hours: 3.00. Future agricultural production and the environment will encounter multifaceted challenges from global climate change, heat and drought incidence and severity, and limited land and resources. An understanding of how plant responds to these changes is essential to develop new technologies and systems approaches to mitigate the negative impacts and enhance agricultural crop productivity. This is an advanced plant biology course covering the present state of understanding of phenological, physiological, and molecular and genetic mechanisms and processes by which plants acclimate to transient and chronic environmental extremes. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Hort & Landscape Architecture Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate an enhanced understanding of scientific principles. 2. Exhibit critical thinking. 3. Have a better understanding of the expectations of a professional scientist. 4. Increase the ability to evaluate and communicate scientific concepts. 5. Better understand scientific collaborative processes. 6. Understand some of the social and cultural interactions that come to play in scientific research. 7. Understand some of the ethical issues involved in the conduct of scientific research. 8. Understand the necessity for continuous learning that characterizes the scientific research process. |