Survival is something every individual trying to achieve. Ironically, the death of subsets of cells is an essential part of the growth and development of many organisms. In plant, programmed-cell death (PCD) occurs in every developmental stage from germination of a seed to the death of a whole plant. Cell death is also induced when plant faces biotic or abiotic stresses. The understanding of cell death is, therefore, important for us to advance our knowledge on crop improvement. The course is designed for upper division or graduate students to learn the knowledge of PCD in plants and to compare plant PCD with animal PCD. Students will have opportunities to appreciate how living organisms utilized cell death for their survival. Students will also learn how to read a scientific journal and design experiments for specific questions.

1. Introduction to plant PCD
2. Cell death Comparison in different organisms
3. Physiological events in plant PCD
4. Hormone regulation in PCD
5. General discussion in where, and when PCD occurs
6. PCD in alerurone
7. PCD in tracheary element formation
8. PCD in root cap
9. PCD in aerenchyma formation
10. PCD in leaf senescence-I
11. PCD in leaf senescence-II
12. PCD in flower senescence
13. PCD in fruit repining
14. Abiotic stress
15. Biotic stress
16. Hypersensitive response-I
17. Hypersensitive response-II
18. Discussion in various forms of PCD in plants 

1. 本校尚無訂定 A+ 比例上限。
2. 本校採用等第制評定成績，學生成績評量辦法中的百分制分數區間與單科成績對照表僅供參考，授課教師可依等第定義調整分數區間。詳見學習評量專區 (連結)。