Principle of Plant Breeding

Credit Hours : 3 (2+1)

General Objective:

To impart knowledge to the students on the principles and procedures of plant breeding in self and cross pollinated crops to develop the high yielding varieties / hybrids

Specific Objectives:

By the end of the course, the students will be able to

i. Learn breeding procedures in self and cross pollinated crops

ii. Understand exploitation of heterosis utilizing male sterility and other methods

iii. Know about the various population improvement programmes

iv. Study about the fundamentals of mutation, polyploidy and wide hybridization and

their role in crop improvement

References

1.       Mirlohi, A., Majidi, M. M. and M. Esmailzadeh-Moghadam. 2013. Principle of plant breeding. Arkan-e Danesh Press (In Farsi).

2-      Fehr, W.R. 1987. Principles of cultivar development; Theory and techniques (Vol. 1). MacMillan Publishing Company, New York

3-      Fehr, W. R. and H. H. Hadley. 1980. Hybridization of crop plants. American Society of Agronomy. Madison, Wisconsion.

4-      Sleper, D. A and Poehlman, J. M. 2006.  Breeding field crops. (5th edition). Iowa State University Press. Ames, Iowa.

5-      Allard, R.W. Principle of plant breeding. 2^th edition. John Wiley & Sons New York. 264P.