Plant Breeding

Catalog description

Students will study the methods and principles used for the genetic improvement of important agronomic and horticultural crops. Topics include plant reproduction and pollination; gene recombination, structure and inheritance; use of mutations, fertility-regulating mechanisms, induction of polyploidy and biotechnology in plant improvement; plant selection; breeding of self-pollinated, cross-pollinated and clonally propagated crops; and establishment of field plots, recording data and use of statistics to analyze genetic traits and experimental treatments used to modify plant genomes. Components: Laboratory, Class Prereqs/Coreqs: P: ENVHORT 1240 or SCSCI 1240 or BIOLOGY 1350 or BIOLOGY 3330 or consent of instructor Typically Offered: Fall - even year