Fundamentals of Plant Breeding
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Dr. Swapnil
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Course Name : FUNDAMENTALS OF PLANT BREEDING
Code(Credit) : ASPG2103 (2-1-0)
Course Objectives
- To impart knowledge to the students on the principles and procedures of plant breeding in self and cross pollinated crops for development of the high yielding varieties / hybrids with the help of various conventional and modern molecular approaches.
Course Outcomes (CO)- Program Outcome (PO) Mapping
| COs | Course outcomes | Mapping COs with POs |
| CO1 | Understanding the basic concepts of plant breeding | PO1 |
| CO2 | Analyze the different selection and breeding methods applied in crop improvement | PO2 |
| CO3 | Development of varieties resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses and quality improvement | PO1 |
| CO4 | Understanding the rights related to research, varietal development and seed production | PO3, PO8 |
PO1 : Knowledge Enhancement : Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to Soil Science, Agronomy, Horticulture, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Entomology and other such areas of agriculture.
PO2 : Professional Enhancement : Understanding the value and processes of life-long learning and professional development.
PO3 : Entrepreneurship Skills : Understanding the processes of setting up and managing viable business ventures.
PO8 : Ethics : Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the scientific practice.
Course Syllabus
Theory
Historical development, concept, nature and role of plant breeding, major achievements and future prospects; Genetics in relation to plant breeding, modes of reproduction and apomixes, self – incompatibility and male sterility- genetic consequences, cultivar options. Domestication, Acclimatization, introduction; Centre of origin/diversity, component of Genetic variation; Heritability and genetic advance; Genetic basis and breeding methods in self- pollinated crops-mass and pure line selection, hybridization techniques and handling of segregating population; Multiline concept. Concepts of population genetics and Hardy-Weinberg Law, Genetic basis and methods of breeding cross-pollinated crops, modes of selection; Heterosis and inbreeding depression, development of inbred lines and hybrids, composite and synthetic varieties; Breeding methods in asexually propagated crops, clonal selection and hybridization; Wide hybridization and pre-breeding; Polyploidy in relation to plant breeding, mutation breeding-methods and uses; Breeding for important biotic and abiotic stresses; Biotechnological tools-DNA markers and marker-assisted selection. Participatory plant breeding; Intellectual Property Rights, Patenting, Plant Breeders and & Farmer’s Rights.
Practical
Plant Breeder’s kit, Study of germplasm of various crops. Study of floral structure of self-pollinated and cross-pollinated crops. Emasculation and hybridization techniques in self & cross-pollinated crops.Consequences of inbreeding on genetic structure of resulting populations.Study of male sterility system.Handing of segregation populations.Methods of calculating mean, range, variance, standard deviation, heritability. Designs used in plant breeding experiment, analysis of Randomized Block Design. To work out the mode of pollination in a given crop and extent of natural outcrossing. Prediction of performance of double-cross hybrids.
Text Books / References
- Singh, BD. 1983. Plant breeding, Principles and methods. Kalyani publishers
- Singh, P. 1996. Essentials of Plant Breeding. Kalyani publishers
- Chahal and Gosal. 1960. Principals and procedures of plant breeding. Alpha Science publishers
- Principles of Plant Breeding ICAR e-Course Link
- Breeding of Field and Horticultural Crops ICAR eCourse Link
Session 2
Concept, nature and role of plant breeding, major achievements and future prospects
Session 3
Session 4
Modes of pollination
Session 5
Session 6
Self–Incompatibility: Genetic consequences, Cultivar Options
Session 7
Session 8
Domestication and Acclimatization
Session 9
Introduction
Study Link:http://ecoursesonline.iasri.res.in/mod/page/view.php?id=16400
Session 10
Session 11
Genetic basis and breeding methods in self-pollinated crops
Session 12
Session 13
Session 14
Techniques and handling of segregating population
Session 15
Session 16
Session 17
Single Seed Descent method
Watch Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnO0nQRBm1IWatch Link:
Session 18
Session 19
Session 20
Session 21
Inbreeding depression
Session 22
Development of inbred lines and hybrids
Session 23
Composite and Synthetic varieties
Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBb--Y0zUN4
Session 24
Breeding methods in asexually propagated crops-clonal selection and hybridization
Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fII4CoVoI3w
Session 25
Session 26
Polyploidy in relation to plant breeding
Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYdH0xPXOM
Session 27
Mutation breeding-methods and uses
Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g7UuucX_pI
Session 28
Breeding for disease resistance
Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IqVs4deHw
Session 29
Breeding for insect resistance
Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IqVs4deHw
Session 30
Breeding for abiotic resistance
Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oSX1S54VAw
Session 31
Intellectual Property Rights
Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOziF-QT7b8
Session 32
Varietal release
Practice Session 01
Plant Breeder’s kit
Practice Session 02
Study of germplasm of various crops
Watch link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AI4tIBIdCY
Practice Session 03
Study of the gene pool and its conservation
Watch link: https://www.vedantu.com/biology/gene-pool
Practice Session 04
Mode of pollination: To work out the mode of pollination in a given crop and the extent of natural outcrossing
Practice Session 05
Consequences of Inbreeding on the genetic structure of resulting populations
Practice Session 06
Emasculation and hybridization techniques in self-pollinated crops
Watch link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjWk9AM30Qo&t=3s
Practice Session 07
Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlTy2J7DVYw
Emasculation and hybridization techniques in cross-pollinated crops
Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjWk9AM30Qo&t=3s
Practice Session 08
Concepts of population genetics and Hardy-Weinberg Law
Watch link 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S4WMwesMts
Watch link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hJOgHPmUvY
Practice Session 09
Estimation of heterosis
Practice Session 10
Estimation of inbreeding depression
Practice Session 11
Methods of calculating mean, range, variance, standard deviation
Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx2tGUze60s
Practice Session 12
Designs used in plant breeding experiments
Practice Session 13
Analysis of Randomized Block Design
Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPWYLXb1Z7I
Practice Session 14
Component of genetic variation- heritability and genetic advance
Watch link 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ3V7V-yJbw
Watch link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrV6mK1dNtI
Practice Session 15
Prediction of performance of double cross hybrids
Practice Session 16
Emasculation methods in different crops
Watch link: https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_improvement/crop_imprv_emasculation_cereals.html
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