Breeding and Seed Production of Ornamental Crops (2+1)

Syllabus

Course Title: Breeding and Seed Production of Ornamental Crops 3(2+1)

Theory: History of improvements of ornamental plants, objectives and techniques in ornamental plant breeding. Introduction, selection, hybridization, mutation and biotechnological technique for improvement of ornamental plants. Breeding for disease resistance. Development of promising cultivars of important ornamentals. Role of heterosis and its exploitation, production of F1 hybrids and utilization of male sterility, production of open pollinated seed. Harvesting processing and storage of seeds, seed certification.
Practical: Study of floral biology and pollination in important species and cultivars. Techniques of inducing polyploidy and mutation. Production of pure and hybrid seeds. Harvesting, conditioning and testing of seeds. Practice in seed production methods