Syllabus
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Course Code: BOT602 Course Name: Plant Breeding |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Introduction and objectives of Plant Breeding: Breeding systems; modes of reproduction in crop
plants; Important achievements and undesirable consequences of plant breeding. Methods of crop improvement: Introduction;Centers of origin and domestication of crop plants; plant genetic resources;Acclimatization. Selection methods: For self-pollinated, cross pollinated and vegetativelypropagated plants; Hybridization: For self, cross and vegetatively propagated plants–Procedure, advantages and limitations. |
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| 2 | Quantitative inheritance: Concept, mechanism, examples.Monogenic vs polygenic Inheritance. Inbreeding depression and heterosis: History, genetic basis of inbreeding depression and heterosis; applications; Crop improvement and breeding. Role of mutations, polyploidy, distant hybridization and role of biotechnology incropimprovement. |
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