Principles of Plant Breeding
Principles of Plant Breeding covers breeding and maintaining economic crops, including factors affecting method choice and approaches via hybridization and selection.
Summary
Lectures are small, with a median of 22 enrolled students in the recorded sections.
What you’ll be able to do
Identify key biological and quantitative principles behind the science of plant breeding.
Recognize how genetic variation is generated and how other sources of variation can affect phenotypes.
Describe how crops were domesticated, and how germplasm can be deployed by plant breeders to improve crops.
Apply scientific theories, concepts, reasoning, and quantitative and qualitative approaches to understand and solve problems in plant breeding and plant genetics.
Use terminology accurately and effectively in describing plant breeding phenomena and processes.
Evaluate and discuss relevant scientific concepts.
Relate scientific information found in primary scientific literature to key issues and concepts in plant breeding.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course map(GENETICS 466, 467,PLANTSCI 338, or HORT 338 prior to Fall 2025) and (BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130,ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151, or BIOCORE 381), or graduate/professional standing
- GENETICS 466 · unspecified
- GENETICS 467 · unspecified
- PLANTSCI 338 · unspecified
- or HORT 338 prior to Fall 2025
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- graduate/professional standing
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Principles involved in breeding and maintaining economic crops; factors affecting the choice of breeding methods; alternative approaches through hybridization and selection.
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Topics
- Breeding and maintaining economic crops
- Hybridization and selection
- Generation of genetic variation and its effects on phenotypes
- Crop domestication and germplasm deployment
Skills
- Identifying biological and quantitative principles in plant breeding
- Describing crop domestication and germplasm deployment for crop improvement
- Using accurate terminology for plant breeding phenomena
- Evaluating factors affecting breeding method choices
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