# HORT30390

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Academic Year 2025/2026

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#### Plant Biotechnology & Micropropagation (HORT30390)

Subject:
:   Horticulture

College:
:   Health & Agricultural Sciences

School:
:   Agriculture & Food Science

Level:
:   3 (Degree)

Credits:
:   5

Module Coordinator:
:   Dr Aisling Reilly

Trimester:
:   Spring

Mode of Delivery:
:   On Campus

Internship Module:
:   No

How will I be graded?
:   Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

Plant biotechnology represents a significant advancement in plant science for food and environmental plant production, which has never been more important with a burgeoning global population. In this module, students will be taught the application of biotechnology and micropropagation of plant material, particularly in regard to its applications for plant-based food production.\
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Module content will include: totipotency in plant cells; in-vitro cultivation of cells and tissues; plant regeneration from single cells; plant hormones to induce roots and shoots; acclimation of in-vitro plants to external environment; importance of aseptic techniques; and use of plant bioreactors. Methodologies will include training in aseptic tissue culture for the purpose of plant propagation, and production of propagules.\

## About this Module

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### What will I learn?

###### Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:\
- Understand the application of plant biotechnology for plant production\
- Recognise the importance of plant totipotency and the scientific basis of in-vitro micropropagation\
- Correctly apply micropropagation techniques in a laboratory setting\
- Produce aseptic plant propagules\
- Understand and apply molecular technologies for plant production\
- Critically discuss the future role of biotechnology in producing food for a growing global population\
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### How will I learn?

###### Student Effort Hours:

| Student Effort Type | Hours |
| --- | --- |
| Lectures | 24 |
| Laboratories | 36 |
| Field Trip/External Visits | 7 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 60 |
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| --- | --- |
| Total | 127 |

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###### Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Lectures; lab work; student project.

### Am I eligible to take this module?

###### Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

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###### Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
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### How will I be assessed?

###### Assessment Strategy

| Description | Timing | Component Scale | Must Pass Component | % of Final Grade | In Module Component Repeat Offered |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Exam (In-person): Examination: End of Trimester Examination | End of trimester  Duration:  2 hr(s) | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 60 | No |
| Report(s): Lab Report: Laboratory and field trip reports | Week 7, Week 11 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 40 | No |

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###### Carry forward of passed components

No

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### What happens if I fail?

| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
| --- | --- |
| Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |

*Please see [Student Jargon Buster](https://www.ucd.ie/students/services/ucdstudentjargonbuster/) for more information about remediation types and timing.* \

### Assessment feedback

###### Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment\

###### How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

### Associated Staff

| Name | Role |
| --- | --- |
| Mr Joey Henchy | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Noeleen Smyth | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |

### When is this module offered?

**Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.**

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 09:00 - 10:50 |
| Spring | Laboratory | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Tues 15:00 - 16:50 |

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