CSS 610 (6100) - Physiology of Environmental Stresses

Offered in alternate years. Not offered Fall 2007. 3.0 cr
Prerequisite: plant physiology course (BIOPL 242 or 342) or permission of instructor.

Lecture MWF 1:25-2:15 T.L. Setter

Study of the responses of plants to environmental stresses, including drought, high temperature, salinity, chilling, freezing, hypoxia, and toxic elements. Emphasizes the physiological and biochemical basis of injury and plant resistance mechanisms at the whole-plant, cellular, and molecular levels.