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Course code: ROSS10043o12
Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Genetics and plant breeding
Major: Horticulture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: Dr hab. Henryk Bujak prof. nadzw.
Language of instruction: Polish / English


Learning outcomes: The student after ending the course knows basic genetic processes occurring in the cell, organism and population, knows modern methods used in genetics and plant breeding. The participant can explain a meaning of biological progress in horticultural production. The student can define the purpose and principles of plant breeding and knows the basic breeding programs used in vegetable, fruit and ornamental species. The participant can explain a meaning of resistance breeding, as a method of environmental protection, knows the biotechnological methods. The person is able to explain some benefits and risks of plants’ transformation. The participant knows regulations related to the registration of varieties and seed marketing.

Competences: Ending the subject gives the student possibility of work finding in the broad area of horticultural and agricultural production. The knowledge of dependence between variety types and the possibility of their reproduction, basic regulation regarding the ownership of variety and reproduction of seed material, gives the student possibility to work and further development in plant breeding, seed companies, biotechnological laboratories or seed inspection. The student is able to find the occupation in stations examining the varieties or agricultural institutes.

Prerequisites: Botany, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Fitopatology

Course content: Inheritance of qualitative traits, interaction of genes, linkage of genes. The inheritance of quantitative traits, genetics of population. Cytological basis of inheritance, cytoplasmic inheritance. Molecular basis of inheritance. Mutations in plants. Biotechnological methods in genetics and plant breeding, molecular markers, genetically modified organisms (GMO). In vitro methods in breeding and seeding of horticultural plants. Definition of plant breeding and biological progress. Methods of plant crossing. Theoretical basis of heterosis and the use of the effect in plant breeding. Methods of self-pollinated and open-pollinated plant breeding. Mutation breeding. Poliploids breeding. The basis of resistance breeding. Aims and directions of horticultural plant breeding. The rules of registration and legal protection of varieties. Production of seed materials of gardening plants.

Recommended literature: Kosowska B. i in. – Genetyka ogólna. Wyd. UP we Wrocławiu, 2008. Passarge E. - Genetyka ilustrowany przewodnik. Wyd. Lek. PZWL, 2007. Winter P. C., Hickey G. I., Fletcher H. L. –Genetyka. Wyd. Nauk. PWN Warszawa, 2004 Węgleński P. (red) - Genetyka molekularna. Wyd. Nauk. PWN Warszawa,1998 Malepszy S. i in. – Biotechnologia roślin. Wyd. PWN Warszawa 2001. Drwa G., Ferenc T. 2010. Podstawy genetyki dla studentów i lekarzy. Wyd. Urban & Partner Wrocław Niemirowicz-Szczyt K. (red.) - Hodowla roślin warzywnych. Wyd. SGGW Warszawa, 1993. Simmonds N.W. – Podstawy hodowli roślin. Wyd. PWRiL Warszawa, 1998. Malepszy S. (red) -Biotechnologia roślin. Wyd. Nauk. PWN Warszawa, 2005. Michalik B. (red.) -Zastosowanie metod biotechnologicznych w hodowli roślin. Wydawnictwo DRUKROL S.C., Kraków 1996. Michalik B.(red.)- Hodowla roślin z elementami genetyki i biotechnologii. Wyd.PWRiL, O/Poznań, 2009.

Assessment methods: Obligatory credits pass of classes. Written exam. The sufficient knowledge to pass is 60%. The final mark consists of 50% class credit and 50% exam.

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