Learn Introductory Plant Breeding with Rahul
About Course
This course introduces the fundamental principles and techniques of plant breeding. It covers genetic improvement methods, hybridization, selection techniques, and the development of high-yielding, disease-resistant crop varieties. Emphasis is placed on both traditional and modern breeding approaches.
Course Content
Introduction to plant breeding
Domestication, plant introduction, and acclimatization
Modes of reproduction and pollination control
Qualitative and quantitative characters (qualitative and quantitative characters in crops and their inheritance)
Biometrical techniques in plant breeding (assessment of variability, aids to selection, choice of parents, crossing techniques, genotype-by- environment interactions)
Selection in self-pollinated crops (progeny test, pureline theory, origin of variation, genetic advance, genetic gain)
Hybridization techniques and its consequences (objectives, types, program, procedures, consequences)
Genetic composition of cross-pollinated populations (Hardy-Weinberg law, equilibrium, mating systems)
Selection in cross-pollinated crops (response and gain from selection, variability)
Heterosis and inbreeding depression
Mutation breeding (types, use of mutagens, application)
Polyploidy in plant breeding (aneuploidy, euploidy, allo- and autoploidy, applications)
Breeding methods in self-pollinated crops (Mass, Pure line, Pedigree, Bulk, Backcross, etc)
Clonal selection
Release of new varieties
Quality seed
Breeding for pest resistance
Intellectual property right
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