Plant Breeding

About this course

Expected learning outcomes

The course provides the necessary information and methodology to: 1. Introduce students to the fundamental principles of plant breeding. 2. Make students understand the central concepts of plant breeding and their components. 3. Make students capable in applying tools in plant Breeding, such as sexual hybridization, tissue culture, polyploidy and biotechnology.

Indicative Syllabus

    The course includes the following major units: Underlying science and methods of plant breeding, Historical perspectives and importance of plant breeding, The art and science of plant breeding, Plant cellular organization and genetic structure: an overview, Plant genetic resources for plant breeding, Genetic analysis in plant breeding, population genetics, quantitative genetics, Common statistical methods in plant breeding, Tools in plant breeding, Sexual hybridization and wide crosses in plant breeding, Tissue culture and the breeding of clonally propagated plants, Polyploidy in plant breeding, Biotechnology, Classical methods of plant breeding, Selected breeding objectives, Breeding for physiological and morphological traits, Breeding for resistance to diseases and insect pests, Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses, Performance evaluation for crop cultivar release, Seed certification and commercial seed multiplication.

    Teaching / Learning Methodology

    Lectures, Lab exercises and/or projects

    Recommended Reading

    Fanourakis Nikolaos, 2005, ISBN: 978-960-411-540-2, STELLA PARIKOU & CO AE A. TSAFTARIS, EIR. NIANOU, A.POLYDOROS, 2012, ISBN: 978-960-357-103-2, Christina and Vassiliki Kordali OE Roupakias Dimitrios, 2010, ISBN: 978-960-12-1972-1, University Studio Press Inc. – http://www.agri.ankara.edu.tr/fcrops/1289__BITKI_GENETIGI_VE_ISLAH.pdf //o An Introduction to Plant Breeding. Jack Brown and Peter Caligari. 2008. Blackwell Publishing, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK. 209 p. ISBN: 978-1-4051-3344-9 //o http://www.bspb.co.uk/BSPB%20Handbook.pdf

    Prerequisites

     

    Start Date

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    End Date

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    Local Course Code

    04601

    Cycle

    TBA

    Year of study

    TBA

    Language

    English

    Study Load

    5 ECTS

    Mode of delivery

    Written exams and/or project evaluation

    Instructors

    Dr. Konstantinos Paschalidis

    Course coordinator

    Dr. Konstantinos Paschalidis

    E-mail

    kpaschal@hmu.gr