UCL - Biotechnolgie des plantes

[BOE2181]

[24h + 12h] 3 credits

Teacher(s): Stanley Lutts

Language: French

Level: Second

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Aims

Describe the different manipulations applied to plant cells and to whole plants, the results obtained and the consequences to expect for a better knowledge of plants and for use in plant breeding.

Main themes

1) In vitro culture methods of plant tissues and somatic cells : description of stages of the culture, its applications, the variation it induces, the problems posed by this variation and its possible use.
2) Using cultures of plant cells for industrial production of secondary metabolites and for biotransformation.
3) Ways of inducing haploïdy, mainly by antheridy and microspore cultures ; use of haploïds.
4) Somatic hybridation by protoplast fusion, functioning of regenerated cells and of hybrid plants, asymmetric hybrids and genetic information transfer, cybrids and mitochondrial and chloroplast transfer.

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Precursorycourses Basic courses in biochemistry, cellular biology, botany (physiology and morphology) and genetics.

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