University of Kentucky College of Agriculture

PLS 664 Plant Breeding Spring 2007

Discussion Topics Snippets References
1) Historical Perspective on Plant Breeding (1/16)   history_of_pb.ppt
2) Genetic Resources (1/23) Andres pbresource.ppt
3) Review of Genetics (1/30) Ranjana topicthreedvs.ppt |singlegenerevised.ppt
4) Breeding for Yield (2/6) Adam breedingforyield.ppt
5) Breeding for End Use Quality (2/13) Anthony breedingforquality.ppt | Milling_quality.pdf
6) Breeding for Disease Resistance (2/20) Nicki diseaseresistance.ppt | pdf1 | pdf2
7) Backcross Breeding (2/27) DVS backcrossing.ppt
8) Marker Assisted Selection (3/6) Andres  
9) Pedigree Method (3/20) Ranjana pedigreebreeding.ppt|Pedigree_Method.doc
10) Bulk Method (3/27) Adam bulkselection.ppt | bulkselection.doc
11) Single Seed Descent (3/29) Nicki SSD.ppt | SSD.doc
12) Early Generation Testing (4/10) Anthony egt_mass_seln.ppt
13) Wheat Variety Development (4/19) DVS  
14) Seed Production & Variety Release (4/24)   Release_and_Dist.ppt

Lab Topics
1) Fastplants - Recurrent Selection
2) Soybean Breeding GH (TBA)
3) Wheat Breeding GH (4/10 @ 1PM)
4) Fescue Breeding GH (2/20 @ 1PM)
5) Tobacco Breeding GH (2/19 @ 1PM)
6) Journal Club (alt. Tuesdays 1PM)

Course Grade
Class Participation - 10%
Mid-Term Examination - 20%
Origin & Evolution Paper - 20%
Final Exam - 20%
Problem Sets, Assignments - 20%

Texts
- Fehr - Principles of Cultivar Development Vol. 1 (Iowa State Univ. Bookstore)
- Murphy - Jeans Too (DVS will provide)

Supplemental
HS 741 Glossary 1.pdf
HS 741 Glossary 2.pdf
Andres: AA021307 / AA021307neg / aa041907 / aa041907neg
Adam: ap021307 / ap021307neg / ap041907 / ap041907neg
Ranjana: rs021307 / rs021307neg / rs041907 / rs041907neg

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