HORT 844b – Environmental Stress Physiology

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Instructor(s): NCS faculty (Distance education course (NCS: North Caroline State University; KSU: Kansas State University: UNK: University of Nebraska-Kearney; TT: Texas Tech University).

Number of Credit Hours: 1

Prerequisites: Admission to the Horticulture graduate certificate program; and permission https://agronomy.unl.edu/online/horticulture-graduate-certificates.

When Offered: Distance education course delivered by North Carolina State University and is offered fall semester of even-numbered calendar years.

Description: Physiology of plant responses to environmental stresses, with emphasis on current research in selected physiological, molecular, and biochemical mechanisms for tolerance to environmental stresses, such as temperature extremes, drought, salt, pathogens and other plants.