Plant Breeding
??414 (16) Plant Breeding Techniques (3L, 3P)
Plant breeding objectives; reproduction in plants; cell and tissue culture; breeding strategies for self- and cross-pollinating crops; the utilisation of hybrid vigour; mutation breeding; breeding for insect and disease resistance; variations in chromosome number and its exploitation in breeding programmes; plant breeders’ rights.
Flexible assessment.
PP Genetics 344
Module co-ordinator: Mr WC Botes
Lecturer: Mr WC Botes
444 (16) Quantitative Traits and Selection Methods (3L, 3P)
Components of phenotypic and genetic variance in self-pollinating crops, crosspopulations and cross-pollinating crops; the role of linkage and recombination; experimental design and data analysis; methods of selection and predictions of genetic progress; index selection; genotype-environment interaction; gene mapping of quantitative traits by means of markes genes; marker-assisted selection.
Flexible assessment.
P Genetics 414
Module co-ordinator: Mr WC Botes
Lecturer: Mr WC Botes
