Course ID: | PBGG(CRSS)(HORT) 4140/6140. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Plant Breeding |
Course Description: | Fundamental principles and theories utilized in the science of plant breeding and cultivar development and the role breeding plays in crop improvement. |
Oasis Title: | PLANT BREEDING |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in CRSS 4040/6040 |
Prerequisite: | HORT 3620-3620L or GENE(BIOL) 3200 or permission of department |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Provide students with the fundamental principles and theories
utilized in the science of plant breeding and cultivar
development and the role plant breeding plays in crop
improvement. |
Topical Outline: | 1. Selection of crop species, planning objectives, and
background information.
Role of plant breeding in agriculture
2. Mode of reproduction
Gene action, G X E, heritability, and genetic gain
Mass selection and recurrent selection
Inbreeding and heterosis
Polyploidy
Biotechnology methods
3. Collection and development of parents and parental
populations
Parent selection
Plant introduction and genetic diversity.
Population formation
4. Selection and breeding to develop advanced, experimental
germplasm.
Screening and screening procedures
Breeding for pest resistance
Backcrossing
Mutation breeding
Inbreeding procedures
Development of self-pollinated cultivars
Development of open-pollinated and synthetic cultivars
Development of hybrid cultivars
Development of asexually propagated cultivars
Development of multiline and blend cultivars
5. Testing of advanced, elite lines and experimental cultivars.
Field plot techniques
6. Release and dissemination of the most superior germplasm(s)
as a cultivar.
Release procedures and naming of improved cultivars
Distribution and marketing of improved cultivars
Plant Patenting and Plant Variety Protection
Seed Certification and Seed Laws |