Course Description
Fundamental principles and theories utilized in the science of plant breeding and cultivar development and the role breeding plays in crop improvement.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students take different tests and are required, as part of their grade, to submit a paper on an approved topic.
Athena Title
Plant Breeding
Prerequisite
HORT 3650 or GENE 3200-3200D or GENE 3200E or GENE 3200H or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
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
Syllabus