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	Study programmes 2010-2011 Last update : 11/04/2011
	VEGE0005-1   General plant breeding Duration :   18h Th, 6h SEM Credits/ECTS :   Master in Agricultural Bioengineering, Professional Focus, 1st year First semester 2 Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries, Professional Focus, 2nd year First semester 2 Master in Forests and natural Areas Engineering, Professional Focus, 1st year First semester 2 Required preliminary complements to register in the Advanced Master in Tropical and Subtropical Culture Protection First semester 2 Holder(s) :   Jean‑Pierre Baudoin Language :   French language Course contents :   - Definition and steps in varietal selection - Natural evolution, plant domestication and organisation of gene pools - Breeding systems and floral biology - Schemes of plant breeding (vegetative and generative propagation) - Polyploidy and interspecific hibridizations - Applications of plant breeding to agronomic constraints Course objective :   To develop the basis of varietal improvement in cultivated plants and to develop on the basis of breeding systems selection schemes at the intra- and interspecific levels After completing the course the student is expected to -assess the influence of genetics and reproductive biology on plant breeding -become familiar with the techniques of field plant breeding -develop schemes of plant breeding for crops representative of the breeding system diversity Prerequisites :   -- PC201 - Principles of genetics (1st Part) Organization :   Lectures : 18h Seminars : 6h Written notes :   Lecture papers and pwp Assessment :   Oral examination (70%) Personal report (30%) Contacts :   Baudoin, Jean-Pierre (Professeur ordinaire) Phytotechnie tropicale et Horticulture 081 62 21 12 32-81/622112 Home Search by Faculty Search by teacher Search by course code and title
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