Master Introductory Plant Breeding – Notes, Case Studies & Practical Insights – with Rahul
About Course
This comprehensive course on Introductory Plant Breeding provides Agriculture students with detailed notes, practical case studies, and applied insights to understand plant breeding principles, selection methods, hybridization techniques, and genetic improvement strategies. Designed for exam preparation and real-world application, it offers research-backed examples and step-by-step guidance to strengthen understanding and practical skills – all taught by Rahul.
Course Content
Introduction to plant breeding
Domestication, plant introduction, and acclimatization
Modes of reproduction and pollination control
Qualitative and quantitative characters (qualitative and quantitative characters in crops and their inheritance)
Biometrical techniques in plant breeding (assessment of variability, aids to selection, choice of parents, crossing techniques, genotype-by- environment interactions)
Selection in self-pollinated crops (progeny test, pureline theory, origin of variation, genetic advance, genetic gain)
Hybridization techniques and its consequences (objectives, types, program, procedures, consequences)
Genetic composition of cross-pollinated populations (Hardy-Weinberg law, equilibrium, mating systems)
Selection in cross-pollinated crops (response and gain from selection, variability)
Heterosis and inbreeding depression
Mutation breeding (types, use of mutagens, application)
Polyploidy in plant breeding (aneuploidy, euploidy, allo- and autoploidy, applications)
Breeding methods in self-pollinated crops (Mass, Pure line, Pedigree, Bulk, Backcross, etc)
Clonal selection
Release of new varieties
Quality seed
Breeding for pest resistance
Intellectual property right
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