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

  1. Singh, BD. 1983. Plant breeding, Principles and methods. Kalyani publishers
  2. Singh, P. 1996. Essentials of Plant Breeding. Kalyani publishers
  3. Chahal and Gosal. 1960. Principals and procedures of plant breeding. Alpha Science publishers
  4. Principles of Plant Breeding ICAR e-Course Link
  5. Breeding of Field and Horticultural Crops ICAR eCourse Link

Session Plan

Session 1

Session 6

Self–Incompatibility: Genetic consequences, Cultivar Options

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self – incompatibility

Session 7

Male Sterility: Genetic consequences, Cultivar Options

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Male Sterility

Session 8

Domestication and Acclimatization

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Session 9

Session 10

Centre of Origin/Diversity

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Centre of origin/diversity

Session 11

Genetic basis and breeding methods in self-pollinated crops 

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Session 12

Session 13

Session 14

Techniques and handling of segregating population

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Session 15

Session 16

Session 17

Session 18

Backcross breeding method

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Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJp_033TSIQ

Session 19

Session 20

Session 21

Inbreeding depression

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Session 22

Development of inbred lines and hybrids

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Session 23

Composite and Synthetic varieties

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Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBb--Y0zUN4

Session 24

Breeding methods in asexually propagated crops-clonal selection and hybridization

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Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fII4CoVoI3w

Session 25

Session 26

Polyploidy in relation to plant breeding

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Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYdH0xPXOM

Session 27

Mutation breeding-methods and uses

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Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g7UuucX_pI

Session 28

Breeding for disease resistance

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Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IqVs4deHw

Session 29

Breeding for insect resistance

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Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IqVs4deHw

Session 30

Breeding for abiotic resistance

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Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oSX1S54VAw

Session 31

Intellectual Property Rights

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Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOziF-QT7b8

Session 32

Varietal release

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Practice Session 01

Plant Breeder’s kit

Practical-I

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

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Practice Session 05

Consequences of Inbreeding on the genetic structure of resulting populations

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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

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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

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Practice Session 10

Estimation of inbreeding depression

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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

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Practice Session 13

Analysis of Randomized Block Design

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Watch link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPWYLXb1Z7I

Practice Session 14

Component of genetic variation- heritability and genetic advance

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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

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Practice Session 16

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