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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.
PO4 : Communication & Extension Skills : Developing appropriate communication skills for effective transfer of knowledge and technologies through extension programs.
PO5 : Team Work : Play effective roles in multidisciplinary teams.
PO6 : Educational Leadership : Recognize and meet emerging agriculture challenges of global society in the 21st century and developing leadership and strong linkages in the agro-industrial setup.
PO7 : Data Handling : Collect, analyze and interpret scientific data.
PO8 : Ethics : Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the scientific practice.
PO9 : Computational Skills : Recognize, analyze problems and plan strategies for their solutions with the help of computer skills.
CO1: Remember the origin and diversity of different crops
CO2: Understand the components of inheritance and various crop improvement techniques
CO3: Understand different breeding techniques for the genetic improvement in kharif crops
CO4: Evaluate the adaptability, stability, Quality parameters, biotic and abiotic stress of various kharif crops
CO5: Utilize hybrid seed production techniques in cultivation of kharif crops
CO6: Design and layout field experiments to analyze the quality characters of donor parents
By the end of this course students will imparted with knowledge on the botanical description, origin, distribution and various breeding approaches used for the development of varieties / hybrids in various Kharif crops
Unit I: Botanical Name, family, chromosome number, centre of origin, nature of pollination, list of wild relatives (donor parents for different characters), distributions of species of 18 selected crops (rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, pigeonpea,mungbean, soybean, groundnut, sesame, castor, cotton, tobacco, okra, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, ridge gourd, smooth gourd and cucumber).
Unit II: Floral biology as well as study of genetics of qualitative and quantitative characters of rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, pigeonpea, mungbean, soybean, groundnut, seasame, castor, cotton, tobacco, okra, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, ridge gourd, smooth gourd and cucumber; Breeding methods of rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, pigeonpea, mungbean, soybean, groundnut, sesame, castor, cotton, tobacco, okra, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, ridge gourd, smooth gourd and cucumber.
Unit III: Major breeding objectives (including quality parameters) of rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, pigeonpea, mungbean, soybean, groundnut, sesame, castor, cotton, and tobacco, okra, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, ridge gourd, smooth gourd and cucumber; Ideotype concept for Rice, Pigeonpea, and Cotton. International, National and State level research station and varieties/hybrids released of rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, pigeonpea, mungbean, soybean, groundnut, sesame, castor, cotton, tobacco, okra, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, ridge gourd, smooth gourd and cucumber.
Unit IV: Plant Genetic Resources: definition, important features of germplasm, kinds of germplasm, classification of gene pool, types of seed collections, germplasm activities, exploration – merits and demerits of exploration and collection of germplasm, germplasm conservation – in situ conservation, ex-situ conservation, evaluation, documentation, distribution and utilization, Adaptability & stability, types of adaptation- adaptability; Stability: models for stability analysis; Breeding for biotic and abiotic stress.
Emasculation and hybridization techniques rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet; Emasculation and hybridization techniques in pigeonpea and mungbean; Emasculation and hybridization techniques in soybean, groundnut, seasame, castor, cotton; Emasculation and hybridization techniques in tobacco and okra; Emasculation and hybridization techniques in bottle gourd, bitter gourd, ridge gourd, smooth gourd and cucumber; Maintenance breeding of different kharif crops; Detailed procedure of hybrid seed production of maize, pearl millet and cotton and castor etc.; Visit to seed production plots and submission of report; Visit to AICRP plots of different field crops and submission of report.
References:
1.Manoj Kumar Sharma. 2021. Crop Breeding Vol - I (Kharif Crops) . Rudra Publications.
2. Dr. Rajendra Kumar Yadav. Practical Manual on Crop Improvement-I (Kharif Crops).S.K.Kataria & Sons.
3. Rajendra Kumar Yadav , Crop Breeding- i (Kharif Crops). Kalyani Publishers
4. Joginder Singh, Modern approaches in crop improvement. Weser Books
5. Hari Har Ram (2019), Crop Breeding and Biotechnology: Principles and Methods. Kalyani Publications
Centers of origin, distribution of species, wild relatives in different cerealshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFN0aPvQzDchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V4t0FTQcVI
Centers of origin, distribution of species, wild relatives in different cereals othershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXzOC4PnZFYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1yaD1mgA7Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdZvc_AIIgA&t=423s
Session 3:Botanical description, floral biology, breeding methods and breeding objectives as well as study of genetics of qualitative and quantitative characters in pigeonpea and mungbean
Centers of origin, distribution of species, wild relatives in different pulseshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0dHVMbXErwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uux87T2riEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ZsS6WZd_I
Session 4: Botanical description, floral biology as well as study of genetics of qualitative and quantitative characters breeding methods and breeding objectives in soybean and groundnut
Session 5: Botanical description, floral biology, breeding methods and breeding objectives as well as study of genetics of qualitative and quantitative characters in sesame and castor