Course: Breeding of Vegetable, Spice and Tuber crops (2+1)

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Breeding of Vegetable, Tuber and Spice Crops

(2 + 1)
Topic 1

Lecture-1

Centres of origin – different centres of origin – origin of important vegetable, tuber and spice crops
- Introduction Page
- Centres of diversity of the major vegetable crop species Page
- Origin Distribution and Growing states in India Page
- Spice crops Page
- Quiz
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Topic 2
Lecture-2

Plant biodiversity – germplasm conservation-In situ and Ex situ germplasm conservation – Merits and Demerits, plant quarantine
Topic 3
Lecture-3

Modes of reproduction – introduction – Asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction – relevance of different modes of reproduction
- Mode of reproduction Page
- I. Sexual reproduction Page
- II.Asexual reproduction Page
- III.Natural vegetative reproduction Page
- IV.Artificial vegetative reproduction Page
- Apomixis Page
- Quiz
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Topic 4
Lecture-4

Pollination – self and cross pollination – Mechanism of pollination in plants – methods of pollination in vegetable, tuber, spice crops
- Introduction Page
- Pollination Page
- Self-pollination Page
- Cross- pollination Page
- Often cross-pollinated species Page
- Methods of pollination Page
- The pollination process Page
- Table Page
- Methods of pollination in spices Page
- Quiz
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Topic 5
Lecture-5

Genetics – Chromosome number – Ploidy level of important vegetable, tuber and spice crops