Course title
植物育種学   [Plant Breeding Science]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 3  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 01AN3308
Instructor(s)
山田 哲也, 金勝 一樹   [YAMADA Tetsuya, KANEKATSU Motoki]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
In this course, it will be explained that basic knowledge and application techniques about the plant breeding.
Expected Learning
The goal of this course is that students will be able to understand the new breeding techniques in addition to conventional methods used in plant breeding through learning of principle, theory, and methodology of plant breeding.
Course schedule
Unit 1: Guidance, Description of this lecture
Unit 2: Basics of plant breeding and genetics, Allogamous plant and autogamous plant
Unit 3: What is plant breeding? Definitions, purposes, and flow of plant breeding
Unit 4: History of plant breeding, from the use of mutation to DNA marker
Unit 5: Mutation (1), Definitions and types of mutation
Unit 6: Mutation (2), Mutation breeding
Unit 7: Selection (1), Theory of selection, selection of autogamous plant
Unit 8: Selection (2), Selection of allogamous plant
Unit 9: Hybridization (1), Purpose and method of the hybridization
Unit 10: Hybridization (2), Types of hybridization, and its application for plant breeding
Unit 11: Hybridization (3), Hybridization breeding of autogamous plant
Unit 12: Hybridization (4), Hybridization breeding of allogamous plant
Unit 13: Biotechnology and plant breeding
Unit 14: Recent advances and future tasks in plant breeding
Unit 15: Final examination
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
Reference materials will be distributed as needed.
References
Assessment/Grading
Final examination (50%) and small report of 10 times (50%)
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Variety improvement, Breeding methods, Biotechnology, Genetic variation, Artificial selection
Office hours
It is 12:00 to 13:00 on Monday. I will respond to questions and consultations at any time. It is also available in the E-mail.
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/17/2017 5:49:26 PM