Plant Breeding

Μάθημα: Plant Breeding
Course Number: AGRON0001
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Μονάδες: 5
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Upon the completion of the course the students should have comprehend:

  • The concept of cultivars and their categories.
  • The way quantitative traits are inherited.
  • The environmental effects on quantitative traits and principles to control them.
  • The typical breeding methods

 

COURSE CONTENT

Monogenotypic and polygenotypic cultivars, gene recombination via sex reproduction, the development of genetic variation, factors affecting selection effectiveness (soil heterogeneity, soil fertility, interplant distance, genotype x environment interaction, genotype), methods of breeding (mass selection, pedigree selection, recurrent selection schemes), heterosis.