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| Version 2011-2012 |
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| VEGE0005-1 | General plant breeding
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| Duration : | 18h Th, 6h SEM |
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| Lecturer : | N... |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| - 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 |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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 |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lectures : 18h
Seminars : 6h |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Lecture papers and pwp |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination (70%)
Personal report (30%) |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Technical notes and copies of pwp will be available on line |
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Contacts :
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| Baudoin, Jean-Pierre (Professeur ordinaire)
Phytotechnie tropicale et Horticulture
081 62 21 12
32-81/622112 |
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