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20402506 MOLECULAR BASIS OF PLANT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION in Ecosystems Biodiversity and Management LM-6 (professor to define)
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SIGNAL PERCEPTION AND TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS IN PLANT CELLS: RECEPTORS, MEDIATORS AND MODALITY OF TRANSDUCTION. SIGNALING PATHWAYS UPON HORMONE OR LIGHT PERCEPTION. CELL WALL AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN INTRACELLULAR AND EXTRACELLULAR ENVIRONMENT: CELL SURFACE SENSORS AND RECEPTORS. ROLE OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES IN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION. PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN RESPONSES TO ABIOTIC STRESSES (DROUGHT, FLOODING, SALT STRESS, HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE, HIGH LIGHT). SECONDARY METABOLISM AND DEFENCE STRATEGY AGAINST WOUNDING OR PATHOGEN ATTACK. INNATE IMMUNITY AND EFFECTOR TRIGGERED IMMUNITY. LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC DEFENCE RESPONSES. PLANT COMPOUNDS AS SOURCE OF DRUGS, NUTRACEUTICAL FOOD OR NATURAL HERBICIDES. BASIC KNOWLEDGE IN PHYTOREMEDIATION.
(reference books)
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER AND DISCUSSED AT LESSONS.
The professor receives every day by appointment via e-mail: alessandra.cona@uniroma3.it
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Università Roma Tre