PřF:Bi7240 Genetics and plant breeding

Bi7240 Applied genetics and plant breeding

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2009

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Jana Řepková, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Prerequisites

Bi3060 Basic genetics && Bi4020 Molecular biology
Requirements of General genetics, Molecular biology

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, M-BI)
Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, N-BI)
Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Genomika a proteomika)

Course objectives

This course deepens theoretical knowledge of students from the lecture of Plant genetics and is aimed at applications in the field of crops breeding.

Syllabus

1. Gene sources and cultural plants origin. Genome changes in evolution. 2. Plant breeding - History and function, genetic analysis in breeding, záměrné genetic variability in breeding and its sources such as mutagenesis, hybridization, polyploidy, haploidy, tissue culture and biotechnology . Moleculár markers and their application in breeding, molecular breeding . 3. Genome changes and their significance. 4. Interspecific and intergeneric hybridization - application in plant breeding. 5. Alogamy and autogamy in plants - Classic methods of plant breeding. 6. Plant species with asexual propagation and breeding. Mutagenesis in their breeding. 7. Genetic determination of male sterility and its significance in plant breeding. 8. Heterosis - Breeding hybrid cultivars. 9. Nitrogen fixation - Plant species and Rhisobium interaction, symbiosis. 10. Selected breeding objectives - breeding for physiological and morphological traits, for resistance to diseases, for resistance to abiotic stresses. Fenetic engineering. 11. Breeding selected crops. 12. Cultivar release and commercial seed production.

Literature

ŘEPKOVÁ, Jana and Jiřina RELICHOVÁ. Genetika rostlin (Plant Genetics). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 2001, 269 pp. 3489/Př-12/01-17/30. ISBN 80-210-2736-3. info
HUGHES, Monica A. Plant molecular genetics. 1st pub. Essex: Longman, 1996, 236 s. ISBN 0582247306. info

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.