Principles of Plant Breeding (2+1)

Lecture Schedule

Principles of Plant Breeding
 

Lectures	Topics to be covered
Lecture 1	Introduction to Plant Breeding, History Aims and Scope
Lecture2	Disciplines, Activities in Plant Breeding. Indian Plant Breeders
Lecture 3	Plant Breeding in India – limitations, major achievements, goal setting for future
Lecture 4	Germplasm, kinds of Germplasm, Centres of origin and plant explorations
Lecture 5	Methods of conservation, Acclimatisation, Germplasm utilization
Lecture 6	Types of pollination system
Lecture 7	Self incompatibility, types, mechanism and measure to overcome self incompatibility
Lecture 8	Apomixis
Lecture 9	Consequence of self pollination and cross pollination.
Lecture10	Qualitative and quantitative characters, components of genetic variance, Heritability and types of heritability
Lecture 11	Male sterility and types male sterility.
Lecture 12	Breeding population .Breeding methods in self pollinated crops
Lecture 13	Pureline selection, mass selection
Lecture 14	Hybridization, pedigree method
Lecture 15	Bulk method and single seed descent method
Lecture 16	Back cross method
Lecture 17	Hardy Weinberg law, factors disturbing the equilibrium in population
Lecture 18	Systems of mating.
Lecture 19	Inbreeding, Heterosis, Heterosis breeding, History
Lecture 20	Development of inbreds, inbred evaluation, prediction of double cross performance, Hybrid seed production
Lecture 21	Synthetic variety, composite variety,
Lecture 22	Mass selection and progeny selection.
Lecture 23	Recurrent selection and types
Lecture 24	Breeding of vegetatively propagated crops:
Lecture 25	Mutation breeding
Lecture 26	Polyploid breeding.
Lecture 27	Tissue culture in plant breeding
Lecture 28	Biotechnolgy in crop improvement
Lecture 29	Varietal release, plant breeders right, farmer’s right rights