Principles of Vegetable Breeding

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Course Name: Principles of Vegetable Breeding

Code Credit: HVSC 0504 (2-1-0)

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Course Objectives: To teach basic principles and practices of vegetable breeding

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COs Course Outcomes Mapping COs with PSOs

CO1  Understand the fundamental concepts of vegetable breeding

 

 

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CO2  Know the different type of hybrid seed production system of vegetable crops and develop hybrid varieties of vegetable crops and make profitable agricultural system PSO2

 

CO3  Learn the biotic and abiotic resistance breeding of vegetables crop improvement PSO3

 

PSO1 Impart knowledge and understanding of fundamental concepts

PSO2 Develop the ability to know farming practices

PSO3 Apply knowledge of basic science

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Course Syllabus:

Theory

Unit 1

Importance and history- Importance, history and evolutionary aspects of vegetable breeding and its variation from cereal crop breeding.

Unit 2

Selection procedures- Techniques of selfing and crossing; Breeding systems and methods; Selection procedures and hybridization; Genetic architecture; Breeding for biotic stress (diseases, insect pests and nematode), abiotic stress (temperature, moisture and salt) resistance and quality improvement; Breeding for water use efficiency (WUE) and nutrients use efficiency (NUE).

 

Unit 3

Heterosis breeding- Types, mechanisms, and basis of heterosis, facilitating mechanisms like male sterility, self-incompatibility, and sex forms.

Unit 4

Mutation and Polyploidy breeding; Improvement of asexually propagated vegetable crops and vegetables suitable for protected environment.

Unit 5

Ideotype breeding- Ideotype breeding; varietal release procedure; DUS testing in vegetable crops; Application of In-vitro and molecular techniques in vegetable improvement.

Practical

Unit 1

Floral biology and pollination behavior of different vegetables

Unit 2

Techniques of selfing and crossing of different vegetables, viz., Cole crops, okra, cucurbits, tomato, eggplant, hot pepper, etc.

Unit 3

Breeding system and handling of filial generations of different vegetables

Unit 4

Exposure to biotechnological lab practices; Visit to breeding farms.

 

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References:

Allard RW. 1960. Principle of plant breeding. John Willey and Sons, USA.

Kalloo G. 1988. Vegetable breeding (Vol. I, II, III). CRC Press, Fl, USA.

Kole CR. 2007. Genome mapping and molecular breeding in plants-vegetables. Springer, USA.

Peter KV and Pradeep Kumar T. 1998. Genetics and breeding of vegetables. ICAR, New Delhi, p. 488.

Prohens J and Nuez F. 2007. Handbook of plant breeding-vegetables (Vol I and II). Springer, USA.

Singh BD. 2007. Plant breeding- principles and methods (8th edn.). Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.

Singh Ram J. 2007. Genetic resources, chromosome engineering, and crop improvement-vegetable crops (Vol. 3). CRC Press, Fl, USA.

Ram.H.H. 2017.Vegetable breeding. Kalyani Publisher.2017.

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Session Plan

Theory

Session 1 Importance of Vegetable breeding

https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/75589

Session 2 History and evolutionary aspects of vegetable breeding

Textbook of Glaustas Olericulture by R. Selvakumar

Session 3 Vegetable breeding and its variation from cereal crop breeding

Textbook of Glaustas Olericulture by R. Selvakumar

Session 4 Selection procedures

https://www.biologydiscussion.com/crops/improvement/crop-improvement-selection-methods-with-diagram/17663

https://www.bionity.com/en/encyclopedia/Selection_methods_in_plant_breeding_based_on_mode_of_reproduction.html

Session 5 Techniques of selfing

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_improvement/crop_imprv_selfcross.html

Session 6 Techniques of crossing

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_improvement/crop_imprv_selfcross.html

Session 7 Breeding systems

http://faculty.agron.iastate.edu/fehr/BVC/00BVC.PDF

Session 8 Breeding methods for self-pollinated crops

https://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/studport/download/agri/hort/resources/VSC%20611_Breeding%20of%20Vegetable%20Crops.pdf

https://www.slideshare.net/rajendragoudapatil/selfing-and-crossing-techniques-in-crop-plants-and-breeders-kit

Session 9 Breeding methods for cross-pollinated crops

https://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/studport/download/agri/hort/resources/VSC%20611_Breeding%20of%20Vegetable%20Crops.pdf

Session 10 Selection procedures

https://youtu.be/aPXdJSFHVBQ

Session 11 Hybridization

https://old.amu.ac.in/emp/studym/99991198.pdf

Session 12 Genetic architecture

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17291822/#:~:text=Genetic%20architecture%20refers%20to%20the,dominant%2C%20and%20epistatic%20gene%20effects.

https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.14220

Session 13 Breeding for biotic stress (Diseases: Bacterial, Fungal and Virus) resistance

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293821502_Breeding_for_Biotic_Stresses_Resistance_in_Vegetable_Crops_A_Review

Session 14 Breeding for biotic stress (Insect pest) resistance

https://www.slideshare.net/DarMaajid/breeding-for-insect-pest-stress-in-vegetable-crops

Session 15 Breeding for biotic stress (Nematode) resistance

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2619268/

Session 16 Breeding for abiotic stress (temperature, moisture and salt) resistance

https://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2018/vol7issue3/PartO/7-2-566-721.pdf

Session 17 Breeding for quality improvement

https://www.slideshare.net/AdhiyamaanRaj/breeding-for-quality-traits-in-vegetable-crops

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/7/606

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342146257_Breeding_and_genomic_investigations_for_quality_and_nutraceutical_traits_in_vegetable_crops-a_review

Session 18 Breeding for water use efficiency (WUE)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278650834_Breeding_for_Water_Use_Efficiency

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15475373/

Session 19 Breeding for nutrients use efficiency (NUE)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6032200/

Session 20 Heterosis breeding- Types and basis of heterosis

http://www.eagri.org/eagri50/GBPR211/lec21.pdf

http://ecoursesonline.iasri.res.in/mod/page/view.php?id=15164

Session 21 Mechanism of heterosis breeding

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8502865/#:~:text=Introduction-,Heterosis%20is%20a%20common%20biological%20phenomenon%20in%20nature.,Hochholdinger%20and%20Hoecker%2C%202007).

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41438-021-00552-9

Session 22 Male sterility in vegetable crops

https://youtu.be/_SIebp6yhZc

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325975902_Male_sterility_in_vegetable_crops

Session 23 Self-incompatibility in vegetable crops

https://justagriculture.in/files/newsletter/2021/june/46.%20Self-Incompatibility%20in%20Vegetable%20Crops%20%E2%80%93%20A%20Review.pdf

Session 24 Sex forms of Vegetable crops

https://youtu.be/n5Gq_uixjlc

Session 25 Mutation Breeding

https://www.chemijournal.com/archives/2019/vol7issue3/PartBF/7-3-359-250.pdf

Session 26 Polyploidy Breeding

https://justagriculture.in/files/newsletter/2022/december/37.%20Polyploidy%20Breeding%20in%20Vegetable%20Crops.pdf

Session 27 Improvement of asexually propagated vegetable crops

https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/06/218/6218170.pdf

Session 28 Vegetables suitable for protected environment

https://justagriculture.in/files/newsletter/2021/april/38.%20Protected%20cultivation%20in%20vegetable%20crops.pdf

Session 29 Ideotype breeding- Ideotype breeding; varietal release procedure

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346580377_Ideotype_Breeding

Session 30 DUS testing in vegetable crops

https://www.upov.int/edocs/mdocs/upov/en/twa_46_prep/twa_46_prep_2.pdf

Session 31 Application of In-vitro molecular techniques in vegetable improvement

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365995245_In_vitro_culture_methods_and_molecular_approaches_for_crop_improvement_in_solanaceous_and_cucurbitaceous_vegetables

Session 32 Application of molecular techniques in vegetable improvement

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365995245_In_vitro_culture_methods_and_molecular_approaches_for_crop_improvement_in_solanaceous_and_cucurbitaceous_vegetables

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Practical

Session 1 Floral biology

https://a2zvegscience.blogspot.com/2018/09/floral-morphology-of-vegetables.html#:~:text=In%20vegetable%20crops%2C%20plant%20generally,vegetables%20produces%20many%20sex%20forms.

Session 2 Flowering behavior of different vegetable crops

https://www.bbau.ac.in/dept/Horticulture/TM/Lecture-8.pdf

Session 3 Pollination behavior of different vegetables

https://a2zvegscience.blogspot.com/2018/09/pollination-behaviours-and-pollinators.html

Session 4 Pollinating agent in different vegetables

https://owlcation.com/stem/6-Agents-of-Pollination

Session 5 Male sterility in vegetable crops

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236216121_Early_anther_ablation_triggers_parthenocarpic_fruit_development_in_tomato

Session 6 Techniques of selfing and crossing of different vegetables: Cole crops

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_improvement/crop_imprv_selfcross.html

Session 7 Techniques of selfing and crossing of different vegetables: okra

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_improvement/crop_imprv_selfcross.html

Session 8 Techniques of selfing and crossing of different vegetables: cucurbits

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_improvement/crop_imprv_selfcross.html

Session 9 Techniques of selfing and crossing of different vegetables: tomato

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_improvement/crop_imprv_selfcross.html

Session 10 Techniques of selfing and crossing of different vegetables: eggplant

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_improvement/crop_imprv_selfcross.html

 

Session 11 Techniques of selfing and crossing of different vegetables: hot pepper

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_improvement/crop_imprv_selfcross.html

Session 12 Breeding system

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_improvement/crop_imprv_breed.html

Session 13 Handling of filial generations of different vegetables

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266087730_Physico-Chemical_Evaluation_of_Fruits_from_the_Fourth_Filial_Generation_of_Some_Breeding_Lines_of_Tomatoes

Session 14 Exposure to biotechnological lab practices

https://youtu.be/J_XhKFspBo8

Session 15 & 16 Visit to breeding farms and vegetable seed industry

https://youtu.be/Zzka1KPKHrQ

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Assignment

  1. Constraints in hybrid seed production in India
  2. Biotechnological Approaches in hybrid seed production
  3. Speed breeding in vegetable crop improvement
  4. Role of Reverse Breeding in vegetable crop improvement
  5. Advance back cross breeding method and its implication in vegetable crops
  6. Breeding for special traits in vegetable crops
  7. Role of haploids in vegetable breeding
  8. Application of Double haploids in vegetable breeding
  9. Achievement in mutation breeding of vegetable crops
  10. Development of disease-resistant varieties in India

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Our Main Teachers

  Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (2011-2015) Punjab Agricultural University (PAU, PB.) Master of Science in Horticulture with specialization in Vegetable Science (2015-17) Banaras Hindu University (BHU, UP) with ICAR-NTS (National Talent Scholarship) Topic of Research: Genetic Variability, Heritability, Correlation and path coefficient analysis in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) PhD (Vegetable Science) Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI, […]