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Course code: RRSS10035o14
Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Plant Breeding and Seed Production
Major: Agriculture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Henryk Bujak, prof. nadzw. UP
Language of instruction: Polish / English


Learning outcomes: The student knows the basic techniques used in genetics and practical plant breeding. The participant can describe characteristics of the varieties and seed material. The person understands basic processes leading to genetic variability. The student can define the role of variety, what affects the size, quality and yield stability. The participant understands dependences between kinds of varieties and the possibility of their reproduction. The student knows basic rules of law concerning varieties possession and seed reproduction.

Competences: Ending the subject gives the student possibility to work in the broad area of horticultural and agricultural production. Knowledge of the relationship between types of varieties and the possibility of their reproduction, basic rules of law concerning possession of varieties and the reproduction of seed material, gives the student opportunity to work and further expansion in plant breeding, seed companies, biotechnological laboratories or seed inspection. The student may find occupation in station of variety evaluation or agricultural institutes.

Prerequisites: Genetics, Fitopatology, Entymology, Plant physiology

Course content: Definition of plant breeding and the meaning of biological progress in seed production. History and Polish achievements of plant breeding. The meaning of genetic variability in plant breeding and methods of its expansion. The use of different genetic mechanisms in plant crossing. The use of biotechnological methods, molecular markers, tissue cultures, transgenesis in plant breeding and seed production. Heterosis breeding of agricultural and vegetable plants. Breeding of self-pollinated and open-pollinated plants. Aims and directions of agricultural plant breeding. The meaning of plant breeding for resistance. Mutation, polyploids and proliferating breeding, The meaning of resistance breeding. Conservation breeding varieties. New cultivated plants and preservation of genetic resources. Definition of variety and its types. Regulations concerning the estimation and variety registration, legal protection of domestic, international and European Union varieties. Production of seed material and its improvement.

Recommended literature: Simmonds N.W. – Podstawy hodowli roślin. Wyd. PWRiL Warszawa, 1998. Malepszy S. (red) -Biotechnologia roślin. Wyd. Nauk. PWN Warszawa, 2009. 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. Allard R. W. – Podstawy hodowli roślin. Duczmal K. W., Tucholska H. – Nasiennictwo. Hoffman W., Mudra A., Plarre W. – Ogólna hodowla roślin M. Jassem – Hodowla roślin. Rochalska M., Orzeszko-Rywka A. – Przewodnik do ćwiczeń z nasiennictwa Tarkowski Cz. - Genetyka, hodowla roślin i nasiennictwo.Wyd. Akademii Rolniczej w Lublinie, 1995.

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

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