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