2015/2016

2016/2017

DM270

BIO/04 (FISIOLOGIA VEGETALE)

DIPARTIMENTO DI BIOLOGIA E BIOTECNOLOGIE "LAZZARO SPALLANZANI"

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

Primo Semestre (01/10/2016 - 14/01/2017)

3

24 ore di attività frontale

ENGLISH

ORALE

BALESTRAZZI ALMA (titolare) - 3 CFU

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The genetic manipulation of plants: case studies. Controlling plant response to the environment: insects, nematodes and other pests. Biotechnological approaches to disease resistance: cry proteins and Bt crops; cowpea trypsin inhibitor; novel insecticidal protection. Plant viral diseases: RNA silencing-based applications for developing resistant plants. Biotechnological approaches for phytoremediation. Plants as factories: metabolic engineering of carbohydrates and lipids, bioplastics, edible vaccines, medically related proteins, volatiles, and aroma compounds.

Frontal lessons

no text books are suggested but specialized articles on international scientific journals

Oral exam

Oral exam