PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BREEDING

AGRONOMY/HORT 501

Course Description

Principles involved in breeding and maintaining economic crops; factors affecting the choice of breeding methods; alternative approaches through hybridization and selection.

Prerequisties

(GENETICS 466 or GENETICS 467 ) and (BIOLOGY/BOTANY 130 , BIOLOGY/BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 151 , or BIOCORE 381 ) or graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

PLPATH 517

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.63

20.18% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

5.64% from Historical

A Rate

50%

68.5% from Historical

Class Size

6.82% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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GENETICS/HORT 550

Introduction of basic concepts of plant molecular biology and molecular techniques in current use. Topics include: organization and regulation of plant genes, gene cloning and analysis, transformation systems for plants, and molecular techniques for crop improvement.

SELECTION THEORY FOR QUANTITATIVE TRAITS IN PLANTS

AGRONOMY/HORT 812

Discuss advanced topics in selection theory and the utilization of molecular markers in selection.

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN CROP PRODUCTION

AGRONOMY 100

Plant science applied to the growth, production, management, distribution and utilization of field crops.

TECHNIQUES OF PLANT BREEDING

AGRONOMY/HORT 502

Lab and field techniques used in breeding and maintaining economic crops.

PLANT BREEDING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

AGRONOMY/HORT 338

Principles of transferring plant genes by sexual, somatic, and molecular methods and the application of gene transfer in plant breeding and genetic engineering to improve crop plants.

PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BREEDING

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